From the signing of England's Magna Carta to the first stirrings of democracy, to the growth of a mature participatory civic society, it took Europe 400 years. Although Taiwan has transformed extremely rapidly, some things cannot be accomplished on the fast track.
歐洲從英國制訂大憲章、民主乍現，到發展為成熟的公民社會，大約花了四百年時間，台灣雖然一切都「快」，但有些東西終究是無法速成的。