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Others' works that I read very often:
☆★~多多ソ私日記~★☆ - 小萱
fossite satellite - Geoffrey
腹中溫酒 - Freeman
Jason's Fantasy - Jason
Matak's Thoughts - Frank / Matak
siuoL - Louis
Reverie... - Dennis
揭諦揭諦's Blurty - Zitai / 泰
龍的天空 - Jerry / 大班
alexfc - Alex
CCl4's Home - Sunny Pau
All we are saying is... - Franklin
Maggie's Xanga - Maggie Wu
Moomintroll's Daily - 坤坤 / 肥ken
lbabyblue's Xanga - Katrina
delicate_doll - Katrina
VvIiCc - VicVic
我手寫我心 - 小蜘蛛 Gigi
1000*2之交換日記 - Dominique



現代鎖國主義

Friday, October 10, 2003 - 05:43 HKT


若有老外問你對美國的印象,你會聯想到甚麼?自由民主?個人主義?快擱曲齱H荷里活電影?迪士尼?%$#@%$#^$#^%#&^%

美國人很自傲,認為自己比全世界更文明,美國價值放諸四海皆準,恆久不變。這也難怪,美國人自小就給訓練成自信,而非亞洲人的內憸和謙卑。要他們放眼世界,比在水中撈月更難。

我這個學期選修了美國外交,當中的大美國主義讓人吃不消…教科書開宗名義叫 Rise to Globalism,其實全書的內容都是關於美國的全球出擊,換句話說,就是到處去 americanise 人家。Globalism 就是 Americanism 嘛…

吊詭的是,當美國一方面全情去 americanise 世界的同時,自己卻全力去鎖國。每年都罵人家傾銷,說要平衡貿赤;將外國人當賊辦,拿個簽證也要奴役人家一整天;到了又要驗這驗那,生怕你帶了甚麼進美國,由違禁品到病菌,統統都要驗…

這還不夠,思想上也要把自己從世界抽離。溫度、距離、容量等都有自己的標準,要到酒吧買酒嗎?要到油站入油嗎?想知道要走多遠嗎?想知道天氣怎樣?對不起,除非你忘掉美國以外的世界,否則統統做不成。最教人哭笑不得的是,他們連紙張的尺寸,文件夾的圈數,都要自訂標準…這不是現代鎖國主義是甚麼?

不過,也不怪得他們。美國之所以立國,是建基於幾世紀來想避世的無國浪人。

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