Unorthodox Essays
Observations on a recent Essay by 梁文道
週一, 2007-10-29 07:01 — Y.T.梁文道's recent Essay on 人民民主--prompted, as it is, by the CE's comparing extreme democracy to the Cultural Revolution--is no doubt an interesting exercise in political philoso . . .
Observations on a recent Essay by 安徒, entitled "「新香港人」，何新之有？"
週四, 2007-10-18 13:20 — Y.T.安徒 has once again written forcefully on a very large subject regarding HK, a subject which has engendered already quite a few rounds of exchanges in the press. I mean the subject of identity, and the question of "defining HK" for this generation and the next. The Essay is much worth . . .
A Note on "本土一定是保守的嗎？"
週四, 2007-09-27 07:07 — Y.T.Mr. Leung (Man Tao) has missed no time to produce a reply to an article lately published by Mr. Leung (Kai Chi) in the pages of Mingpao. The reply aims at one central question - prominetly presented in the title - and tries to answer it most favorably for the mobilizers, drawing support, to that . . .
Some Reflections on "「定義香港」的危險"
週一, 2007-09-24 10:39 — Y.T.Prof. Leung has recently published an essay in HK Mingpao, commenting on the danger of "defining HK." It reads, in its entirety:
梁啟智﹕「定義香港」的危險
張炳良教授日前於本版提出，近年來香港城市發展的討論是
A Note to Plato, or, On the Importance of History to Political Thought
週二, 2007-06-05 09:58 — Y.T.In your brief sharing I see the shadows of my path to, and sometimes away from, philosophy. More than once did I say to myself: What is philosophy, but an ingenuity to say trivial things in very obscure ways? More than once did I return to philosophy, realizing th . . .
蔡子強與伏爾泰
週五, 2007-05-18 04:25 — Y.T.In his Mingpao article, "愛在漫天風雨時－－再評中大學生報事件" (Mingpao A33, May 15, 2007; for link, see infra), 蔡子強 purposed to quote Voltaire, whom he baptized 「法國思想之父」, on the freedom of speech. His version of the quote reads:「雖然我並不 . . .
七律奉答負心多是讀書人句並序
週日, 2007-01-21 10:11 — Y.T.夫泥彩有言，以筆名發議者，其用意不能不防；又言，議而不明其身者，不得由之。向以筆名發議，而又未明其身，泥彩允稱之；而陳義何高，予怪而有問。泥彩不答，反縱筆相譏，抄書以諷，千百之辭窮耳，其理益荒。
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Considerations on a recent Article by 沈旭暉, and responses to it by 阿藹, tsw, & 熊一豆.
週四, 2007-01-18 06:02 — Y.T.The Article (see link, infra) by 沈旭暉 leaves much to be desired, as 101/102's response made clear. But at the end, what has antagonized a number of commentators here, including 阿藹, tsw, and 熊一豆, is, I think, not Mr. Shen's post-modern gestures, nor his academic jargons, but the sim . . .
Reflections on a recent Article by 雷競璇
週五, 2006-12-22 03:36 — Y.T.It is my belief, that the decline in the sense of history among the young is neither a consequence of demolishing this or that artifact, nor a consequence of the want of democracy, but (perhaps) a consequence of a gradual and long-term shift in the way we uphold or not uphold certain values and . . .
Some Notes on History and the Sense of History
週三, 2006-12-20 05:47 — Y.T.(1) History
The word "story" comes from "history"; but the word "history" does not come from "his-story." In Greek, the word "historia" was derived from the root "histor," the latter meaning "knowing, learned, wise man . . .
A Second Modest Proposal to the Editors
週五, 2006-12-08 07:07 — Y.T.To my dear Editors, greeting. It is delighting to fancy, and reasonable to presume, that in the hectic course of life, you busying yourselves with many other interesting and important things, have given much thought to the improving of this Public Space, including the several questions and recomm . . .
A Thorough Examination of an Article by 阿藹; wherein the Character of Inmedia is explored, and the Question of Editorial Power re
週四, 2006-12-07 08:24 — Y.T.The present Examination, being a reply to 阿藹's "從 Version 4 到獨立媒體運動," has two parts, the first dealing with the character of Inmedia, the second the question of editorial power. I do not respond to 阿藹 pointwise, but follow the way I take the current . . .
A Modest Proposal to the Editors of Inmedia, written against a Thievish Undertaking which has long plagued this Open and suppose
週二, 2006-12-05 14:03 — Y.T.The Quiet Metamorphosis of Inmedia, or, the Route from a Forum of diverse voices to a Promoter of a peculiar outlook
週六, 2006-12-02 03:44 — Y.T.Frequent visitors of Inmedia must have noticed some interesting changes of late respecting its page layout. "Today's Focus" has grown enormously, at the expense of the columns. New essays, saving those which can make their way into "Hot Spot," are no longer classified by genre . . .
Another Kind of "蔑視知識、濫發學位"
週五, 2006-11-10 03:22 — Y.T.A group of UST students, moved by various reasons not all of which may have been committed to paper, cried up, in their Open Letter (see below), this wonderful slogan "蔑視知識、濫發學位". If we turn, for a moment, not to the accused, but to the accusers themselves, and t . . .
An Old Essay with a New Preface: Of the Fate of the Chinese Language
週四, 2006-10-12 14:25 — Y.T.An Old Essay with a New Preface: Of the Fate of the Chinese Language
New Preface
The Essay following I penned a few years past; lamenting, not (for want of perfect foresight) what new page the Chinese University was to turn respecting the language o . . .
A Note respecting the Use of the Chinese Language in Higher Education
週四, 2006-10-12 04:45 — Y.T.A Note respecting the Use of the Chinese Language in Higher Education
I read the following Article with painful ambivalence. It is a passionate defense of Chinese instruction at CUHK, a subject which has bred not a little controversy in the few years past. To respect tradi . . .
An Essay, wherein some recent Political Comments by Mr. Ip Iam Chong are Examined, Endorsed in part, and in part Overthrown.
週四, 2006-10-05 09:14 — Y.T.An Essay, wherein some recent Political Comments by Mr. Ip Iam Chong are Examined, Endorsed in part, and in part Overthrown.
Mr. Ip Iam Chong has, in response to another commentator, written lately on this Forum two Essays, dated Sept. 23 and Oct. 1, available in his o . . .
Fourth Discourse on Revenge: On the Nature of the Moral Right to Revenge
週五, 2006-09-15 08:44 — Y.T.Preface: As commentators have found the nature of a moral right, and in particular the moral right to revenge, somewhat unclear in my precedent expositions, by which were many confusions caused, regarding what I in fact was advocating; I am inclined to treat of the subject theoretically, without any . . .
Third Discourse on Revenge: On the Right to Harm (Revised Version)
週三, 2006-09-13 14:24 — Y.T.It is a pleasure to write to readers of this Forum quietly at night, after a day of reading, thinking and, alas! responding. It is a pleasure jealously guarded, especially by a writer who loves to write autistically. What a long debate a single phrase has sparked off! There is something in the ph . . .
