The Burrow: April 2020

Thursday, April 30, 2020

A Look of Disgust, A Tone of Contempt 奚落、厭惡

最痛的，並不是皮肉與心靈的經歷，而是一直以為這是常態，是所有人的常態，是人人回家關上大門後都會經歷著同樣的常態。

The worst part is not what you experienced physically and mentally. It is the thought that everybody else was going through the same kind of lip-biting processes behind closed doors, a belief that you had taken for granted for decades and had not realised how far it was from reality until you were old enough to become a parent yourself.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

極權下的電子貨幣 Digital Currency in Autocratic Regime

香港絕不能全面採用「電子貨幣」、取消現鈔。

取消現鈔，就是把身家性命財產、錢財運用自由上繳，任由政權管束，連私己錢也沒有。

面對如此愛管束國民的政府，你為電子貨幣雀躍、積極配合電子貨幣，就是自尋死路。

Hong Kong cannot afford full adoption of digital currency and wiping out dollar notes and coins from the market.

Giving up dollar notes is giving up your freedom of how to use your own money and placing your privacy and your life under the control of the regime.

When you have a government that spares no effort in reining in its people, you will be digging your own grave if you waltz with this "posh" e-currency.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/28/china-starts-major-trial-of-state-run-digital-currency

Friday, April 24, 2020

病毒與人權 Virus vs Human Rights

在奴隸制度中，奴隸離開主人就會死，所以被逼服從。現在，極權也在恐嚇人民，若不服從牠，就會被病毒殺死。於是現代人在恐懼中服從極權，並自以為是正義，且引以為傲。

Back in the days when slavery was practised, a slave had to succumb to his master because he would die once leaving his master. In today's modernity, an autocratic regime just threatens its people that they would die from this "deadly" virus if they don't obey the government's orders, and the people would be driven by fear to succumb to totalitarianism while believing they are doing the right thing and so feeling proud of it.

Monday, April 20, 2020

低級執法者 Petty Law Enforcers

中共境內的城管，跟港警有幾分相似。

The way the officials of the Urban Management Bureau acts is hideously similar to the Hong Kong Berkut.

https://www.facebook.com/100048703728495/videos/127825018850955/

Sunday, April 19, 2020

無處不在，亦即不存在

色即是空，空即是色。

His omnipresence is His not being present anywhere.

看到求職者自稱無所不曉，面試者定必心中有數，知道他甚麼都不曉。

身處一個沒有風的國度，定不會知道空氣的存在。

全然的存在，與全然的不存在，是同一回事。

由此可以理解，「病毒已經無處不在」到底是甚麼意思。

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Stupidity

Our society honours stupidity, rewards worthlessness and sneers at wisdom. It also cuddles those good at playing dumb and playing weak, who will then snatch every possible chance to pull the curve down to make sure they can get cuddled forever.

怨婦批鬥文單單打打，失控的正能量

孟子說︰「生於憂患，死於安樂。」

即使你沒有文化，也請你注意用詞，不要把「悲觀」當成「消極」。

「悲觀」是不看好未來，「消極」是毫無計劃、坐以待斃。

明白了用詞的差異後，請用心認清真實的世界。真實的世界是︰

悲觀的牧者會令你知死，樂觀的牧者會令你往生。

失控地發放正能量，盲目地建立comfort zone，只會令人舒適地死，而非脫苦海而生。你自己要安樂是閣下的選擇，但帶領群眾邁向萬劫不復，是孳，是千秋萬世也不能贖的罪。

https://www.facebook.com/DrKKwongChem/posts/10158069461877158/

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

膠玩口號

建制派膠玩口號，拿「光復香港，時代革命」玩食字，總叫容易理解，既能吸引目標受眾，又能同時嘲弄民主陣營，行動與其立場和目標一致，亦合乎其邏輯與水平。

反而早陣子，泛民政客甚至自詡黃絲的小市民，興高采列高叫「康復香港，時代抗疫」，更叫人難受。

為甚麼這句口號對大家而言可以這麼輕？去年滿頭大汗高喊「光復香港，時代革命」，難道並非真心？真心喊過口號的，應該知道當中包含的有多沉重。

這邊廂大聲疾呼、高叫口號，甚至視梁天琦為精神領袖，但那邊廂可以輕鬆拿來玩食字，彷彿這句口號只是一件用來製造話題的工具，可以順手拈來消費一番？到底大家有沒有認真看待過整件事？還是由始至終只是虛偽地遊玩一場？

難受！

It's not hard to understand the pro-establishment camp making a word play on this symbolic slogan. It can catch the eyes of its target audience and make a mockery of its opposing parties. Who doesn't like it? Their action is consistent with their stance, their logic and their level of execution.

What's agonising is seeing the pan-dem politicians and even the yellow-ribbon laymen citizens chanting merrily the manipulated slogan for a much lesser cause: staying positive amid the pandemic.

How can this slogan be so lightweight? Didn't you mean what you chanted last year when you were crying out loud on the street? Wasn't it the earnest desire from the bottom of your heart? If you did, you should know how heavy this slogan is.

How can you chant it with all your sensation on one hand and toy with it on the other as if this is just some tabloid catchphrase?

Nothing is more agonising than working with such hypocrities.