Even more worrying is that this phenomenon is not confined to Taiwan; it seems the entire world is changing. The September 11 attacks on the US deepened this impression. After all, if even two landmark buildings in the most prosperous city in the world can suddenly be destroyed in peacetime, can anything be ruled out? Perhaps because Taiwan is so small, global events impose a heavy burden on local residents.
事實上，在這個天涯若比鄰的地球村時代，整個世界似乎都在變局當中，美國的九一一更加深了這種印象，因為這個人類仇恨的永遠烙印透露了一個令人驚駭的訊息──如果連在和平時期全世界最繁華的都會裡的標竿商業大樓都會在幾小時內化為烏有，還有什麼事情不可能發生？