英文中字詞全大寫的現象叫all caps,如果一個詞本身不是縮寫字,那就是代表書寫者大叫或提高音量的意思,大家最熟悉的例子應該是哈利波特的咆哮信。所以INDEPENDENT Government of Taiwan 在BNT電郵裡「獨立」全大寫表示強調,也表示了寫信者覺得荒謬,一種what the fuck is that的感覺躍然紙上。
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.