More importantly, says Tsao, the willingness to die protecting their homeland is something that flows in the blood of Taiwan's Aboriginal peoples, as demonstrated by the anti-Japanese resistance movements in Mutan and Wushe. When others may turn tail and run, the Aborigines will stand firm and unwavering.
更重要的是，曹明生認為，牡丹社、霧社等原住民抗日事件證明，原住民身上流著「誓死捍衛家園」的血液，反觀漢人移民出走，原住民卻沒有「逃難」的心態。