危险的永远不是人的思维方式,因为人性几千年来一直延续下去,甚至超越了文明的生命。危险的是少数人本着他们自己的人性,利用谎言欺骗了绝大多数人,从而享受着不平等不公正给他们带来的好处。思考一下为什么几十年前的美国和日本的记者、老百姓中居然会有人向往毛泽东时代的中国,甚至包括文革时期的中国。想想我们孩时的1980年代可曾有那么多女孩子梦想着做郭海藻?虽然那时也是有不平等的——这个世界上除了原始社会目前为止还没有出现过真正的平等社会——但至少绝大多数老百姓之间是平等的。我和我的同班同学不会因为家庭经济的差异出现相处的问题,对么?在思绪飘回1980年代的中国的同时,让我们一起聆听The Monkees的Shades of Gray
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#I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3e3X5LAB1E&feature=related 0o?2Sf`L\* g.Kyfs4` Shades of Gray
rY=dNK]d #|cr\\2* By Barry Mann and Cyntha Weil
c=:A/z{ N?%FVF When the world and I were young,
s(Fxi|v; Just yesterday.
A$J?- Life was such a simple game,
/T<,vR A child could play.
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0Xx WWIQ6EJO It was easy then to tell right from wrong.
(Vy`u)gG Easy then to tell weak from strong.
iS8yJRy When a man should stand and fight,
7lQ:}& Or just go along.
KJ6:ZTbW G:PcV_ihx But today there is no day or night
RjHKFB2 Today there is no dark or light.
JZrZDW>M Today there is no black or white,
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.|J-(J<>[. J#k.!]r,Y I remember when the answers seemed so clear
c~Z\|Y`#B We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear.
ozG!OiRW It was easy then to tell truth from lies
<:0d%YB) Selling out from compromise
-~=:tn)0 Who to love and who to hate,
B}ASZYpW> The foolish from the wise.
EK^["_*A hL/ But today there is no day or night
9D& 22hL4 Today there is no dark or light.
V34]5 Today there is no black or white,
4,6nk.$yN Only shades of gray.
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S6|L !pO ].*I Z It was easy then to know what was fair
b@N*W] When to keep and when to share.
BIEeHN4 How much to protect your heart
^: V6= And how much to care.
@1peJJ{ ')v<MqBr But today there is no day or night
x4S0C[k Today there is no dark or light.
mr#XN&e Today there is no black or white,
kD4J{\ Only shades of gray.
0o&c8?@j Only shades of gray.