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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H^KY6 Shades of Gray
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JN By Barry Mann and Cyntha Weil
Lp@Al#X55 c(FGW7L< When the world and I were young,
5M #',(X Just yesterday.
(a-Lx2 T Life was such a simple game,
:"Tkl$@, A child could play.
]GCw3r(! 0`p"7!r It was easy then to tell right from wrong.
ot!m=s Easy then to tell weak from strong.
M2d&7>N When a man should stand and fight,
TvT>UBqj= Or just go along.
'NfsAE 'W54 T But today there is no day or night
F s=x+8'M Today there is no dark or light.
u8|CeA Today there is no black or white,
6@FhDj2X Only shades of gray.
{%^4%Eco Qy4Pw\ I remember when the answers seemed so clear
5`Uzx u We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear.
|JWYsqJ0U It was easy then to tell truth from lies
$^czqA-& Selling out from compromise
jTV4iX Who to love and who to hate,
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0N; aUc#,t;Qd But today there is no day or night
pr4y*!|Y$ Today there is no dark or light.
zw$\d1-+h Today there is no black or white,
4^nHq 4_ Only shades of gray.
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DcM/p8da 9kqR-T|Q It was easy then to know what was fair
`v<S When to keep and when to share.
.'38^ How much to protect your heart
vSoG] :1 And how much to care.
yI07E "9 (f_J @n But today there is no day or night
`U\l: ~]e Today there is no dark or light.
vUO[V$rx Today there is no black or white,
&?5)Jis: Only shades of gray.
F:jtzy" Only shades of gray.