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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dPmNX-'7 C/YjMYwKgv By Barry Mann and Cyntha Weil
c4iGtW wqAj=1M\ When the world and I were young,
a[7Lqu Just yesterday.
]::g-&%Um Life was such a simple game,
i|CAN,' A child could play.
h`pXUnEZ hw0u?++ It was easy then to tell right from wrong.
fvr|<3ojo Easy then to tell weak from strong.
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When a man should stand and fight,
p]x9hZ Or just go along.
CDT3&N1'R ,XYtoZa But today there is no day or night
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: Today there is no dark or light.
gJ?Vk<hp Today there is no black or white,
"U*6?]f Only shades of gray.
wg=-&- oNp(GQ@0 I remember when the answers seemed so clear
V]P%@<C We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear.
Mcqym8,q|3 It was easy then to tell truth from lies
CYZ0F5+t Selling out from compromise
qx`)M3Mu|< Who to love and who to hate,
,_I#+XiXY The foolish from the wise.
0l2@3}e E\vW>g*W But today there is no day or night
2Z7r ZjXW Today there is no dark or light.
~c${?uf Today there is no black or white,
xnPi'?A] Only shades of gray.
BL H~`N3U !c;BOCqa [Instumental interlude]
ehyCAp0oI h5}:>yc It was easy then to know what was fair
a$]i8AeG When to keep and when to share.
M6H#Y2!ZbC How much to protect your heart
h.)o4(bO And how much to care.
Bb*P);#.K &'oZ]}^0 But today there is no day or night
4(TR'_X( Today there is no dark or light.
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p>= b|Qy| Only shades of gray.