努力從菲律賓的人質挾持事件中,收拾心情過來。
冷靜一點去回顧,這下最擔心的,倒不是香港的死傷者及家屬,而是菲律賓。
如果一樁家暴所揭示的,遠遠大於一個家庭問題,也可能包括經濟壓力、社區支援、個人情緒管理、社會風氣的影響...
那麼,喪心病狂者殺死人質,背後也可能是社會問題的縮影?大至他為何被革職,小至為什麼革職後仍能穿制服?都不像是個別例子。
阿基諾三世笑談事件,激起公憤。但我實在懷疑,非因他對香港不尊重,潛台詞更可能是:這些事件,本國見怪不怪,小事一樁,算甚麼?
的確,幾天前菲律賓也有另一兇徒持槍殺死人質事件,但因為死的是本地人,沒被大肆報道。一次獨立事件,已教香港全城悲慟;菲律賓年年月月天天都在發生,情可以堪?
周日在電台做節目,有聽眾phone-in說,她家的菲傭,每次乘夜機回國,寧願在機場待天光,也不肯夜深歸家。可見治安之差,不止牽連遊客,連本地人都怕。
當地大學生個個離鄉背井,不惜找低技術工作,不單為了錢,也為了一個安樂的環境。這一點,早已不是新聞。
一個政府貪污、腐敗,處事也必然粗枝大葉,行動缺乏組織。旅客不敢進,本地人可不能逃。香港仇菲,天曉得當地人想也極厭惡自己的政府。旅行,我們有的是選擇;他們的選擇,卻只是來香港當菲傭。
抽身出來,不獨為香港而哀傷,更為菲律賓而感可悲。一個國家的制度,何等重要。天下本無事,沒人會關心這些。只有在死到臨頭的剎那,才能真正感受其存在意義。
一套健全制度,動徹花上世紀去經營。太平盛世時,聲嘶力竭爭取,別人把你當傻子。回頭後悔,己是太遲。見彼,知己。
5 則留言:
是革職啊!
- in the 1950s, Philippine was the richest country in Asia and hub of Asia (like the status of Tokyo in Asia in the 1990s).
- democracy experiment begain in the 1950s. corruption growing along with democracy.
politicians need big money for democracy election campaign -> corruption with business leaders -> corruption of business environment & governemnt -> finally, corruption spread to every layer, every class and all people in the country
the corruption story is similar in Taiwan. In UK & US, dontation by big corporations to political parties resulting in policy advantages to big corporations is another kind of corruption.
i'm not to conclude that democracy is bad but Electocracy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electocracy) is one of the root of the problem of corrupted system.
Re: 匿名@2010年9月1日上午8:53
But the so-called "electocracy" status quo is the scar of American colonalism which the whole structure is corrupted at local level and up
(cf. 孔誥烽﹕菲律賓的崎嶇民主路(《明報》2010年8月30日 and readings cited)
Democracy without rule of law breeds corruption. Anyway, though Philippines is not a prosperous country, it is much better than her neighbouring countries like Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, and so on.
Exactly!!!
不少人只看到‘自己’、‘我們’,根本沒有同時看到其他人比我們更慘更痛苦......
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