The point is, why must we always wait until after an accident occurs, until lives and property are lost, before confronting the underlying problems and starting to criticize officials and the bureaucracy of which they are a part?
當然從八掌溪的亡羊補牢談到防空演習的確是扯遠了，但我們不能否認，這是一個觀念和原則的大問題，為什麼我們總要在問題發生、意外出現、生命財產損害犧牲後才開始檢討，因為心痛而怪東怪西，罵體制失調、官員顢頇。