Tai Ji Men

We can all understand, without justifying it, episodes of corruption. But it is the blatant capsizing of reality that bewilders the world in face of the non-justice inflicted on Tai Ji Men for almost thirty years.

We normally associate violence against religion or belief with blood and torture. But court decisions may be inherently violent, too.

The decision by the Taichung High Administrative Court was a step towards serfdom, not liberty and democracy.

Violence against believers continues to shed blood. But there is also a less visible administrative violence, of which Tai Ji Men have become victims once again.

The article was amended in 2021 to make it less favorable to taxpayers. But the Taichung High Administrative Court applied the amendment retroactively to unjustly hit Tai Ji Men.

Decisions of courts of law can both prevent and generate violence. The fathers of the Greek tragedy already knew it, as does—unfortunately—Tai Ji Men.

Despite the Supreme Court’s clear verdict in 2007, the Tai Ji Men case was not solved.

The Republic of China (Taiwan) does grant religious liberty to its citizens. It is not enough: it should be founded on it.