讓我們再換個角度，知己而後知彼，嘗試理解一下「管治者」與「支持高鐵」的一方的思維，我沒法鑽進他們的腦袋，也不知道他們吃錯甚麼藥打錯甚麼針，但是他們表現的形態就是：香港需要建一條高速鐵路與否，並不取決於它的造價與走線。特區政府與立法會功能組別（或他們代理的何方神聖）正正因為 A) 他們認為「香港需要建一條高速鐵路」，所以 B) 造價那麼貴，走線那麼大爭議依然要霸王眼硬上弓，說是值得，於是才會 C) 不單不撤回方案，更要加快財委會審議，務求一眾「舉手機器」表決通過工程撥款，做成「既定事實」。
這裡面有兩個考察，首先，「接軌大陸」、「趕上發展」的講法之所以廣為人接納，正在於它意涵空泛沒有實質所指——它無須論證，所以很有魅力。它的魅力來源於一種錯置的「現實」觀念（displaced idea of reality），現實有多窮困，就有幾多人恨「發達」，香港的社會情況有多倒退，就有幾多人覺得自己「落後」於形勢，社會的不義到底還是折算做「個人」的不幸、不濟，越覺得自己的生活倒霉的人越覺得自己本來應該有更多，要是有人拿走他現有、「應有的」一份兒就必須出來反對，包括政府開的空頭支票。因此「接軌大陸」、「趕上發展」的說法，它的魅力有一種統御性，它信仰者眾，也因為它「便攜」，在電台Phone-in 節目短短三十秒、報紙幾百字的篇幅、問卷調查的題目中間，或是在公車上同人吹水，容不下論証、甚至容不下教育，「總之發展是好的，總之中港融合是好的」。
The WAR IS OVER! campaign was originally launched by John and Yoko on 15th December, 1969. Billboards with the inscription “WAR IS OVER! (IF YOU WANT IT) Happy Christmas from John and Yoko” were placed in 11 cities worldwide: New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Rome, Athens, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Along with these billboards leaflets were distributed, posters plastered up, newspaper advertisements placed and radio announcements made.
When John was asked how much the billboards cost, he replied “I don’t know- but it is cheaper than someone’s life.”
The WAR IS OVER! campaign was originally launched by John and Yoko on 15th December, 1969. Billboards with the inscription “WAR IS OVER! (IF YOU WANT IT) Happy Christmas from John and Yoko” were placed in 11 cities worldwide: New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Rome, Athens, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Along with these billboards leaflets were distributed, posters plastered up, newspaper advertisements placed and radio announcements made.
When John was asked how much the billboards cost, he replied “I don’t know- but it is cheaper than someone’s life.”
人們在升旗禮中，只能仰望。旗手戴上手套，那塊布怎麼褶、怎麼拿，怎麼繫上旗桿的繩圈──寂止──音樂轟然行進，旗手要在那一拍甩出那布，期望有風，在樂聲完結前以均匀力度拉到捍頂，重覆而完美。如果沒有音樂呢？它顯得如斯荒凉、乏力。在「九一一」襲擊後的頹垣中，人們紛紛掛起了星條旗。死亡現場的死亡標記，同時是哀掉的「窗口」、寄托了穿越災難的冀願。可是正如電腦硬盤的覆寫，星條旗變成帝國仇恨的召集令，「英雄」的棺蓋，正如掉在戰地上的彈匣。Victory or Death。
About Japan invaded north east China and made Manchukuo in 1932/3/1.
And China invaded Tibet in 1959.
1959/5/7 Chairman Mao said we gave Tibet harmony society.
孟加拉、香港 Bangladesh & Hong Kong/2008/彩色Colour/83min
孟加拉語及英語對白，英文字幕 In Bangla & English with English subtitles
導演Director: Mamunur Rashid
主演Cast: 莫昭如Mok Chiu Yu, 侯萬雲Howard Hou, 莫妙英Mok Miu Ying, Mamunur Rashid, Tushar Khan, Chanchal Chowdhury
The story unfolded in 1971 during the independence struggle of Bangladesh. It is about two Chinese families in Chittagong. Wai Sun owned a shoe factory. He fought in the Chinese Army and became a pacifist. He and his wife had a daughter who had speech impairment. Dentist Tang Chiu Yu had a locally born son who was actually supporting the liberation struggle. In the midst of the bloodshed, Wai Sun lost his daughter. Dentist Tang was arrested by the Pakistani army for suspected connection with the Liberation Army. Grieving the loss of their dearest ones, the two families in the end decided to leave the place where they had lived for a long time for a port unknown. Mamunur Rashid, a renowned director of a local people’s theatre, directs alongside the experienced Hong Kong cultural activist Mok Chiu Yu and his crew the film Bangla Desh & Hong Kong, which was first broadcasted on TV in Bangladesh on 26th March 2008, Liberation Day of the country, raising an extraordinary significance.
