Come to think of it, while I still believe it would be ultimately best for Taiwan and China to reunite, for me, upon further thinking, the status quo is acceptable albeit suboptimal, and I'm not going to loose sleep over it, if that's what Taiwan wants.
So as for people like Henry, etc., it's fine for me to "agree to disagree." I don't let politics get in the way of friendships anyhow. And like I said, I'm against the use of military force if Taiwan wants to declare independence, so to this end, I'm certainly no hard core Chinese nationalist.
I guess what annoyed me though and prompted me to write my original entry are those Taiwanese who are "more anti-Chinese than anti-Japanese", as Sammy said (again, nothing personal towards you, Sammy.).
Yes, the Nationalist Chinese haven't been sinless -- but without them, do you think that Taiwan as a island would have done better? First, as I previously mentioned, the inevitable Communist invasion that would have taken place had the Nationalists not established a stronghold there, with US help, just to name but one. Not to mention the rapid program of industrialization, etc.
Anyhow, you don't see many British-Americans these days who are anti-Britain (even though they may not want to reunite), right? (to continue with the Taiwan:China :: USA:Britain analogy) Taiwanese need to put the past behind them too and stop being ungrateful towards the Chinese, despite their shortcomings. That's my real point, which I feel strongly about, much more so than reunification.