• “Beijing government, please do not approve building a self-deceiving memorial! One main reason for the spread of SARS is that for a long time many Chinese medical professionals failed to follow rules and protocols. SARS is brought on by those who violated the laws of disease prevention. If we want to memorialize SARS, we should have a memorial that truthfully reflects what happened and tells the whole story about this disaster. In other words, we should memorialize the bad habits of our times, especially the habit of never obeying rules and regulations, so that later generations could see that what we suffer today is the result of our bad habits and could learn from our mistakes. Another main reason for the spread of SARS is that our bureaucracy and our media were hiding the truth. A memorial should truthfully reflect this fact, so that later generations could see the great losses it has brought upon our nation. … How can we memorialize something that is still ongoing? So much exaggeration and form over substance. One lesson we learned from SARS is that exaggeration and cover-ups can hide the truth.”

• “We have not won the war on SARS. It is too early to talk about building a memorial.”

• “We should build a memorial, but not to sing praises, either for the people or their fighting spirits. The purpose should be to give warnings so that people will forever remember this disaster, the dead and their families (including medical professionals) and the lessons we learned.”

• “We must build a memorial, engraved not only with the names of the heroes and the dead, but also the names of the liars.”

• “The memorial should be both a pillar for heroes and a pillar of shame. It looks like now that the SARS epidemic is not only a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster.”

(Sources: SARS Forum of Powerful Nation Community 人民网强国社区非典专区, http://bbs.peole.com.cn, May 27, 2003 and Xinhua Forum 新华论坛, http://forum.xinhuanet.com, May 27, 2003)

(Source: SARS Chat Room of Powerful Nation Community 人民网强国社区非典专区, http://bbs.peole.com.cn, May 12, 2003)

• “How come you got caught? Old Bro, you are too careless. Aren’t you in the business of administering justice? Or maybe you were too cocky and spilled the beans yourself. Or did a thief visit your home and stole the ‘beans’?”

• “What about the real issue? How many people were wronged during his tenure? Too many bastards like him. Who end up paying for their sins???”

• “Oversight will be the key! The central government is correct in its directives regarding reigning in corruption: education will address the root of the problem, rule of law will provide guarantee and oversight will be the key! Being the head of a People’s Supreme Court is a big deal. Was the annual evaluation by the People’s Congress simply a formality? Which department should carry out the oversight responsibility of the People’s Congress? How was such power exercised? Isn’t this time we start thinking about such issues?”

• “I am not surprised. So many provincial-level supreme court chiefs had problems. But how many really got in trouble?”

• “How corrupt is our judiciary? I remember some reports about corruption within the judiciary of Hainan Province (海南省). Now comes Liaoning Province and at the Supreme Court level. So disheartening. The judiciary is our law enforcement’s last barrier against corruption. If the enforcer of justice is down, what happens to the lawbreaker? This society is really getting scary!”

• “The dark side of the Hainan court has been exposed, but not completely! Haikou Xinhua District Court(海口新华区法院) is our country’s model court. Its head Wang Yuzhong (王玉忠) has fallen!”

• “Get rid of evil for the people! Why didn’t the department in charge do anything earlier? The sharp eyes of the people are not sharp anymore?”

• “Tian, you are just unlucky. So many out there are more rotten than you.”

• “What is the root of the problem? The higher their ranking and the more corrupt they are. The more wealth and the more corrupt they are. The greater their power and the more shameless they become. The more involved they are in the administration of justice and the more corrupt they are. Such incidents have made us ordinary people feel numb. What is the root of the problem? Do we have enough courage to face the current system? It is only then that we have hope!!!!!”

• “When the enforcer of the law commits a crime, the punishment should double. Is justice so far out of reach?”

(Source: China Youth Online Forum 中靑论坛, http://bbs.cyol.com, September 17, 2002)