An angry reader, however, accused the western media of viewing the whole affair last year in terms of a Hollywood musical "... but the poor students were praised all the way to the grave for their willingness to die for an alien concept."
一位讀者為此憤憤投書，指責西方媒體以好萊塢歌舞劇的形式報導民運，讓年輕輕的中國學生模模糊糊地為了個外國觀念（民主），一路唱著讚美詩走向墳墓。