It is perhaps only now that people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait realize that spitting saliva or betelnut juice on the street is more than a problem of aesthetics. And don't even mention the mindset of people in Taipei who are only concerned about their own space, who keep their apartments spotless while their dogs freely relieve themselves in our public parks.
也就在 SARS 銳不可擋後，兩岸許多人彷彿才明白，原來，隨地吐痰吐檳榔渣，不只是市容雅不雅觀的問題；更別提台北人一貫「自掃門前雪」的心態：自家可以一塵不染，卻放任貓狗寵物在公園綠地隨意大小便。