"Yet it is not dirt but the fear of dirt which is the sign of man's degeneration," according to Lin Yutang; a statement that adds poignancy to the fact that farmers today keep aside a patch of land for their own "private vegetables," reserving that which has been subjected to chemical saturation for the people of Taipei who want to eat nice looking things!
「其實人類退化的信號倒不在乎齷齪，卻恰恰在乎畏懼齷齪」，對照今天，鄉間農民留塊地種自家人吃的「私房菜」，對使用過量農藥則理直氣壯﹘ ﹘台北人要吃漂亮的呀！