Even an out-and-out Kaohsiung lover like Yu Kwang-chung can't help but want to "sue the smokestacks": "They brazenly darken the blue southern sky one puff at a time, despoiling scenery that was pure and clean. They're like gangsters going after young girls, curses spewing from their mouths.
就連熱愛高雄的余光中也忍不住要「控訴一支煙囪」：「用那蠻不講理的姿態，翹向南部明媚的青空，一口又一口，肆無忌憚，對著原是純潔的風景，像一個流氓對著女童，噴吐你滿肚子不堪的髒話… …」