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一点点感动连我自己都觉得有点奇怪,看奥巴马的获胜演讲时,我竟然流眼泪了。
一直都在关注美国大选,到不是我多关心政治,其实我连美国的竞选制度都是昨天晚上才明白了一点点的,对两位候选人的政治观点更是知之甚少;之所以关注,是因为美国的政治是全民参与的政治,所以看起来比较有意思,所以虽然还是政治,但也能在政治的背后看到人的真性情。
奥巴马的胜利,民主党的胜利,让许多人也有了种种担忧,关于这些,我不是很清楚;我感动,是因为我觉得奥巴马的胜利不仅是黑人的胜利,而是美国的胜利;就在不长的50多年前,马丁路德金还在为争取黑人的平等权力而斗争,马丁路德金当时说,I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. 就这短短的半个世纪,奥巴马成了美国的第一任黑人总统,其中61%的选票来自于白人,这是美国文化的胜利,美国文明的胜利,这是一个美国梦的实现。
抄一段奥巴马的演讲:
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference. It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America. It'ss the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day. We are Virginia Tech----The speech from the poet Nikki Giovanni下面是诗人NIKKI GIOVANNI的对弗吉尼亚理工大学校园惨案的悼词,感动ING! 翻译了其中的一部分和大家分享。
We are Virginia Tech
We are sad today And we will be sad for quite a while We are not moving on We are embracing our mourning We are Virginia Tech We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly We are brave enough to bend to cry And sad enough to know we must laugh again We are Virginia Tech 我们是弗吉尼亚理工
We do not understand this tragedy 我们无法理解今天的悲剧
We know we did nothing to deserve it 我们知道我们是无辜的
But neither does a child in Africa dying of AIDS 但是,感染上AIDS的非洲儿童也是无辜的
Neither do the invisible children walking the night away to avoid being captured by a rogue army 那些行走在夜路上躲避战火的孩子也是无辜的
Neither does the baby elephant watching his community be devastated for ivory 那些看着自己的种群因为象牙而被屠杀的小象也是无辜的
Neither does the Mexican child looking for fresh water 那个寻找水源的墨西哥儿童也是无辜的
Neither does the Appalachian infant killed in the middle of night in his crib In the home his father built with his own hands being run over by a boulder
Because the land was destabilized
那个因山体滑坡深夜里被巨石压死在父亲为他制作的摇篮里的APPALACHIAN婴儿也是无辜的
No one deserves a tragedy 没有人应该承受这样的灾难
We are Virginia Tech The Hokie nation embraces our own and reaches out with open heart and hands To those who offer their hearts and minds We are strong and brave and innocent and unafraid We are better than we think and not quite what we want to be We are alive to the imagination and the possibility We will continue to invent the future Through our blood and tears Through all this sadness We are the Hokies We will prevail We will prevail We will prevail We are... Virginia Tech. 生命本无贵贱?美国当地时间4月16日上午,弗吉尼亚理工大学校园枪击案,33人遇难(包括凶手自己),20多人受伤,之后是铺天盖地的新闻报导,特别是当芝加哥太阳报(CHINCAGO SUN-TIMES)的网站上有人说凶手是中国人时,中国的网络新闻媒体更是象疯了一样,头版头条,大肆宣扬。博客圈也是热闹非凡,从一开始对于事件的关注,凶手的猜测,美国校园安全问题的讨论,老百姓手里究竟应不应该有枪,到布什政府的统治,等等等等。
就在今天,4月18号7时45分左右,“辽宁铁岭市清河特殊钢有限公司发生钢水包整体脱落事故,共造成32人死亡,2人轻伤”。这条新闻在新浪和搜狐上的位置都不是十分醒目,占居新闻头条的是铁路第六次大提速。也不怪媒体不重视这样的新闻,因为这样的生产责任事故几乎每天都在发生,比如大大小小的矿难。
下面在新闻中搜到的今年1月到4月发生的矿难,矿难几乎每天都在发生,我记录了死亡人数超过10人的矿难。
4月16日河南宝丰一个体煤矿发生爆炸事故,随后又发生了二次爆炸,到今天4月18号,33人依然生死不明。
3月28日山西临汾一煤矿非法生产,局部爆炸,造成26人死亡。
3月28日山西汾阳一煤矿发生事故,造成14人死亡。
3月27日贵州水城矿业公司一煤矿发生事故,造成10人死亡。
3月22日河南汝州一煤矿发生透水事故,15人遇难。
3月18日山本晋城苗匠煤矿发生爆炸,造成21人死亡。
3月10日辽宁抚顺矿业集团公司老虎台煤矿透水事故,造成27人死亡。
3月6日湖南省邵阳市邵东县牛马司镇宏发煤矿因违法生产导致特大瓦斯爆炸事故,造成15人死亡
2月2日河南省三门峡市渑池县天池镇兴安煤矿井下发生特大火灾事故,造成24人死亡。
1月28日贵州六盘水市盘县特区水塘乡迤勒煤矿井下采煤工作面发生瓦斯爆炸事故,造成16人死亡。
1月13日山西宁武矿难造成13人死亡。
弗吉尼亚理工大学校园枪击案让整个世界都震惊,因为这是美国历史上最严重的一次枪击案,因为这发生在一所世界闻名的学校,因为遇难的是32个如此鲜活的生命----去网上看看他们的名字,他们的照片,读读与他们有关的故事吧,突然之间你会觉得离他们很近很近。
可是,这些在矿难中死去的成千上万的人,他们也有名字,有父母妻儿,有兄弟姐妹,有自己的朋友,每个人也有一个与别人不一样的故事,只是我们不知道,只是没有人去关注,只是来不及关注,是因为死去的人太多,是因为媒体太忙,是因为人心太冷漠,是因为老百姓的命太不值钱。 |
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