Looking at oral histories of the February 28 incident, for example, the people then punished as "violent rebels" are today seen as victims, and appeals for justice are made on their behalf. Are those who inflicted punishment under the power structure of those days to be made the scapegoats of history? The distinction between heroes and traitors in history is determined by those in power.
翻閱二二八的口述歷史，當年懲處「暴徒」的人，如今一一成為受害者口述的控訴對象，對受到傷害的人來說，口述歷史給予另一種公理、正義，但是從歷史的角度看來，當年「懲處」他人者，是否也在權力的架構下，為「歷史」背負罪責？