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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M{#"t{6 Shades of Gray
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o(h]G1]. By Barry Mann and Cyntha Weil
a[!d)Y:zx ;7A,'y4f When the world and I were young,
;5l|-&{@* Just yesterday.
Smux&e Life was such a simple game,
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;(,Fe/wvC '[E_7$d It was easy then to tell right from wrong.
l`]!)j|+ Easy then to tell weak from strong.
}<S2W\,G When a man should stand and fight,
!Ch ya Or just go along.
PWU#`>4 xd.C&Dx5 But today there is no day or night
=+L>^w#6= Today there is no dark or light.
=>J#_Pprn Today there is no black or white,
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`qgJE_GC /W>"G1) I remember when the answers seemed so clear
7L6M#B[)e5 We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear.
zVa+5\Q It was easy then to tell truth from lies
{XC rjO| Selling out from compromise
~>R)H#mP7 Who to love and who to hate,
[<;2 C The foolish from the wise.
`7A@\Ha3 Ne EV!V8 But today there is no day or night
fpi6pcof Today there is no dark or light.
Q!{Dw:7 Today there is no black or white,
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HXQrtJ lTP02|eK [Instumental interlude]
]*h}sn= 5b'S~Qj#r$ It was easy then to know what was fair
&$Lm95 When to keep and when to share.
8gxLL59 How much to protect your heart
. gJKr And how much to care.
y^rg%RV #*/h*GNMs But today there is no day or night
Z#O3s:` Today there is no dark or light.
_JDr?Kg Today there is no black or white,
"U.=A7r Only shades of gray.
)]R?v,9*D Only shades of gray.