Under a hail of criticism, Hsu finally broke his silence after several days and made a public statement to clarify his position, but his words only brought into sharper focus his skewed understanding of the past and fanned the flames of resentment still further.
許文龍在社會一片譴責、謾罵聲中也出來作了兩度的聲明，第二次的聲明主要是為之前的失言而道歉。