; e3 m. u% m5 N6 y6 ]1 u# I2 m) e陶傑 : The War At Home 2 Y! H6 b8 O* t9 Y0 }) r5 q3 Y5 M4 G( m- B4 S The Russians sank a Hong Kong freighter last month, killing the seven Chinese seamen on board. We can live with that—Lenin and Stalin were once the ideological mentors of all Chinese people. The Japanese planted a flag on Dioy Island. That’s no big problem—we Hong Kong Chinese love Japanese cartoons, Hello Kitty, and shopping in Shinjuku, let alone our round-the-clock obsession with karaoke. 3 g; W3 t0 ^9 |+ ^2 ~$ {# P: D# q 4 X( B8 L4 H. L) U. nBut hold on—even the Filipinos? Manila has just claimed sovereignty over the scattered rocks in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands, complete with a blatant threat from its congress to send gunboats to the South China Sea to defend the islands from China if necessary. This is beyond reproach. The reason: there are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as $3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong. As a nation of servants, you don’t flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter. % k( r+ G& ^9 T" n# p ) z% L- f3 x% F7 k- u9 [% nAs a patriotic Chinese man, the news has made my blood boil. I summoned Louisa, my domestic assistant who holds a degree in international politics from the University of Manila, hung a map on the wall, and gave her a harsh lecture. I sternly warned her that if she wants her wages increased next year, she had better tell every one of her compatriots in Statue Square on Sunday that the entirety of the Spratly Islands belongs to China. & M c' a; n; q% z6 ~+ _0 K7 ?6 d 5 x: A* E/ \* lGrimly, I told her that if war breaks out between the Philippines and China, I would have to end her employment and send her straight home, because I would not risk the crime of treason for sponsoring an enemy of the state by paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows 16 hours a day. With that money, she would pay taxes to her government, and they would fund a navy to invade our motherland and deeply hurt my feelings. & m3 V R$ _) U* w1 w) r2 G& s& J0 s O, B
Oh yes. The government of the Philippines would certainly be wrong if they think we Chinese are prepared to swallow their insult and sit back and lose a Falkland Islands War in the Far East. They may have Barack Obama and the hawkish American military behind them, but we have a hostage in each of our homes in the Mid-Levels or higher. Some of my friends told me they have already declared a state of emergency at home. Their maids have been made to shout “China, Madam/Sir” loudly whenever they hear the word “Spratly.” They say the indoctrination is working as wonderfully as when we used to shout, “Long live Chairman Mao!” at the sight of a portrait of our Great Leader during the Cultural Revolution. I’m not sure if that’s going a bit too far, at least for the time being. % j* p& Z3 [0 n1 k作者: infjlam 時間: 2009-4-1 12:23 AM
討傑其實又玩曲線,不過玩到走火入魔作者: waynewi 時間: 2009-4-1 01:00 AM
) m& l* e) c3 L1 B4 p$ s我都好欣賞呢位才子~好多時...: s' t/ w% P) A) U; S9 ]# W
但反而今次我唔會幫..., v' x# c' W! Q. |5 d& P: `
冇錯係我地HKers,一講菲律賓就諗起菲傭 * Y4 c, B# K: L w h7 J* C: h但...有時寫野應該分場合囉.... J% D4 W( Y# b& Q
你自己寫係blog可能都唔太有問題...冇人監管# L1 L; a$ S9 ` }5 a
但若如樓主所寫~係寫係雜誌上面...一本正式既香港刊物就會有攻擊性 . Q: E7 v% |# l& e/ X正如Obama如果唔係對住電視機個時~先拎殘奧黎開玩笑$ e' w/ m ?3 k' h/ {0 b
絕對唔會有人覺得佢錯架播作者: slwong3 時間: 2009-4-1 02:39 AM
From that article.....all I can understand is that he is describing the HK people or even all Chinese are treating themselves as the master of all Philipines.....5 w! `* g; w E2 u4 C( [
+ G" J l/ _* h% \! W5 A 作者: infjlam 時間: 2009-4-1 11:01 AM
多人的確未必睇到陶傑又在單打土共,9 A4 B* E. e# a
但他這篇文章,實在無考慮到會傷害了菲律賓人脆弱的民族感情...1 K. a' G/ ]$ P* S/ E4 H: W
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己所不欲,勿施於人, ) U! p: b7 @5 z2 m- w/ L# L調轉你係菲律賓人,聽到這番言論,唔反枱才怪作者: andyho 時間: 2009-4-1 02:33 PM
以陶傑的智商,難道預想不到以英語撰文,必會惹起菲律賓人的反響?* l. @" r' w" w' a
即使菲國不抗議,菲傭看了也會大怒。. |! d* w1 o8 w( G2 H
如果這篇文章以中文寫及只在中文報紙刊登,登了菲律賓人也不會知道,! @3 w8 }4 W3 H% G- a4 T
何不想想才子為何要以不少菲律賓人都懂得的英語撰文?! U; m1 Y4 U) H! o( R
% Z% @3 K. u8 N3 Q回望一下才子的軌跡,半年前為亞視主持的《雙對論》,因收視極差而被腰斬,才子為何會失威? 8 }5 O9 z: o/ A' B: R; `過去在光明頂節目中明言: 8 `0 {) z9 L8 A: a0 B0 b; s* ~「come on! 不俾足我錢,唔使旨意訪問我,要訪問問那些搏名氣,肯免費出鏡的評論家吧!我的學位是花錢讀來的!」5 R) @# A- i; I: @# W) C
一直收聽光明頂的人必定對這番話不陌生,但才子最近接受了TVB星期日檔案的訪問,可收多少酬金?+ O# W A! s' h8 ^. ~% ?( A
才子又剛剛為鄭大班在NOW TV的節目做嘉賓,收的頂多是車馬費,為何才子打悄悄地打破了慣例? ' E. ^! o7 @& H& \; e今日多份報章以至電視新聞都報道了陶傑被菲國抗議一事,NOISE搏到了,7 R+ R% M# X' H- r1 z j
大家為何不為才子的高明手段拍掌又反去譴責呢?作者: infjlam 時間: 2009-4-1 06:51 PM