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今天,州警大人正式對華盛頓州州長提告。
雖然深知這不過是以卵擊石之舉。
但在面對野心勃勃的州長,無止盡濫用疫情緊急狀態的權力之時,
有人必須站出來,放手一搏。
值得慶幸的是,我們並非孤軍奮戰。
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州警局人事部最新訊息:州長表示將不接受任何宗教豁免證明及醫療豁免證明。州長似乎鐵了心要開除不願被迫接受疫喵的州警及消防人員。
州警局公會最新消息:州長辦公室正在討論:「不接種疫喵的員警被開除後,將不會獲得任何失業補助。」
自從疫情蔓延以來,華盛頓州發放失業救濟金是毫不手軟。許多人領取的失業救濟金比他們能賺到的薪水還更多,人們因此不願重回工作崗位,導致各行各業極度缺工。
執法機構更是面臨長期人手短缺的危機。在這種時刻,州長不僅威脅要開除不聽話的執法人員,居然還考慮剝奪被開除員警的失業救濟金!用如此蠻橫不講理的手段教訓不聽話的員警,根本就是濫權。
更不用說,華盛頓州州警局的工會領袖是為州長工作的人員。這樣的工會真的會把基層州警的利益放在心上嗎?這也難怪工會宣稱正與州長辦公室進行的談判,遲遲沒有下聞。
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我對疫喵的想法很簡單,在疫情如此嚴峻的情況下,政府的確應該致力於提高疫喵接種率,鼓勵大眾接種疫喵,並給予民眾自行抉擇的權利。只要疫喵並非百分之百安全,只要有一個人因為注射疫喵而死亡,政府就無權強迫其機構雇員接種疫喵。就算疫喵安全無虞,面對侵入體內的藥物,民眾必須擁有自行選擇的權力。
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至於公共場所(餐廳、電影院、體育場館等)要求入內民眾出示疫喵證明,有幾點我覺得非常值得大家深思:
第一,美國許多地區投票是不需要出示證件的,只要提供名字、年齡、住址,就可以投票。這樣的政策讓冒用別人名義去投票變成一件相當容易的事情。
第二,許多地區的執法人員依法不能要求非法移民提供證件。當非法移民犯法被警方攔下,警方無權要求他們提供合法居留的證件,也不能通知移民局。
第三,美國約有七十五萬記錄在案的性侵犯,有些州希望立法,讓性侵犯的證件加印 Sex Offender (性侵犯) 的註記。這項法案遭高等法院裁定違憲,因為註有性侵犯字樣的證件,會侵犯罪犯的隱私。
克萊兒是無論如何也想不透,像選舉這麼神聖的大事,選民不需出示任何身份證明即可投票,但去餐廳用餐卻要提供疫喵護照?那以後要不要進一步規定,沒打疫喵也不能投票?
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說穿了,民主黨以防疫之名,祭出一連串鐵腕政策,把對疫喵有所疑慮的民眾當成罪犯一般對待。然後面對真正的罪犯時,民主黨百般討好退讓,極盡所能維護他們的人權,放任罪犯滿街跑,甚至不惜發放獎勵金讓他們乖乖不要犯罪。如此標準實在令人匪夷所思。
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之前有醫護人員表態:不打疫喵的人若染病,醫院應該拒收。這種邪惡的言論居然獲得許多人拍手叫好,說什麼不打疫喵的人就是不在乎自己的健康,死了活該。我相信,擁有這種心態的醫護人員是極少數的。不然,不久的將來,醫院將嚴格篩選有資格看病的病患:酗酒抽菸罹癌的病人不準看醫生;沒打流感疫苗卻得流感不幸重症的民眾,醫院一律拒收;沒有實施安全性行為而感染性病、愛滋的病患,通通不準去醫院。
還有,這套標準是否可以沿用在警消人員身上呢?闖入你家的人沒打疫喵,警察不能逮捕他;車禍重傷被困在車裡奄奄一息,你沒打疫喵?抱歉不能救你。吸毒過量的遊民倒在路邊,他一定不在乎自己健康,警方用不著救人。公園裡散布一堆用過的針頭?抱歉,警方不能處理耶,誰知道針頭上有沒有病毒,會危害警消人員的安全。
這幾個月來,我的心情正如愛因斯坦所言:有時候我很疑惑,究竟是我瘋了,還是其他人瘋了?
《州警夫人FUN英文》
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
每一個擁有權力的人都容易濫用權力,這是亙古不變的道理。有權力的人往往會使用權力,直到有界線的地方才停止。
-- The Spirit of Laws, Baron de Montesquieu
孟德斯鳩《論法的精神》
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montesquieu 在 李怡 Facebook 的最佳解答
舊作選篇(之51)
財產權是道德之神
(美國之音8月一篇文章《「國進民退」鐵拳出擊 中國私企風雨沉浮》,由此而想到三年前中國開始提出「私營經濟應逐漸離場」時,於2018年9月26日一篇舊文。重刊於此。)
「財產權是道德之神」,這是法國啟蒙運動大師孟德斯鳩(Charles Montesquieu, 1689-1755)在250年前說的一句話。
美國喬治梅森大學(George Mason University)的Walter Williams教授有一段被網傳的談話,他表示:自由市場不僅在經濟上更優越,在道德上也比其他經濟體制更優越。許多人認為自由市場是自私和不道德的,會幫助富人,傷害窮人。這是錯的。自由市場主張個人之間的自願行為,沒有強迫。在自由市場,我要從你那兒得到些什麼,我就要為你做些什麼,比如我幫你修剪草坪,你給我20元,我拿20元到食品店買四磅牛排,就意味所有為提供四磅牛排服務的人:牧場主、貨車司機、肉商、包裝商,都得到報酬。你做了什麼來同這些交換?我幫人修剪了草坪,我得到20元就是證明。
說自由市場不道德,是認為這是零和遊戲,你贏了就意味我輸了,但自由市場不是零和遊戲,而是共贏遊戲。你給我四磅牛排,我給你20元;比較20元,我更需要那牛排,但食品店就需要20元多於那牛排,我們兩人的境況都好了,而不是一方贏一方輸。
Williams教授說,諷刺地,是政府,而不是自由市場,在我們的經濟中製造了零和遊戲,如果你從政府那裡得到補貼或商業救助,你因此受益而你的同胞(納稅人)就要為此埋單。你為他人服務,得到他人的服務作回報,不是比什麼都不做而依然能夠得到利益,更道德嗎?
那麼大型企業呢?難道大企業不是擁有更多控制我們生活的權力嗎?不是這樣。在政治權力公有(人民投票授權)、財產私有的社會,是由人民決定企業的命運。自由市場會懲罰一家無法滿足客戶或沒有做到有效利用資源的企業。企業不管大小,都會受到用錢投票的人的約束。
以僵化、過時、剝奪財產權的馬列為國策,幾年來的國進民退,指向民企的環保、稅費、社保、抽緊貸款……,近乎一場對私人企業的定向圍獵。2019年9月吳小平文章《私營經濟應逐漸離場》之後,又有一篇國際政法研究院院長陳中華的文章,提出「消滅私有制建立公有制,是共產黨人的初心使命」,文章引用習近平的話說:「國有企業和國有經濟必須不斷發展壯大……」。中國人力資源和社會保障部副部長邱小平提出,民營企業要以黨領導的職工為本,讓職工參與企業管理。這實際上是準備重複1953年開始的對私營企業的社會主義改造的老路。
消滅私有財產,人人向權力膜拜,道德之神遭不斷砍殺。中國近七十年來人民道德不斷下滑,以至如旅美作家余杰所言:「大部分中國人從堂堂正正的人淪為遭全世界厭棄的臭蟲。」關鍵的原因就是由打江山而取得政權的政黨剝奪人民的財產權。即使1978年實行改革開放,引入外資、發展民企、有限度開放市場,帶動經濟成長,但專制權力仍然是懸在人民頭上的刀,一部分富起來的人也不知道什麼時候財產又會被權力剝奪,化為烏有。
沒有公平交易、沒有財產權只膜拜政治權力的人民就只能依靠非道德的鑽營去求生存了。
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Malignant unrestrained power | Lee Yee
The Hong Kong police issued a statement the night before yesterday quoting the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department’s response to the arrest of the 12 Hongkongers. The short communication was full of loopholes. If these 12 people are still under investigation, how can the authorities be sure that they will be approved by the procuratorate for arrest later? One of the 12 people was the skipper, is he a member of the smuggling organization? If he is indeed part of a smuggling group, why was he escaping to Taiwan? Why was there no mention of the arrest of the skipper? What happened to the speedboat? Did the 12 people buy the boat hence it was confiscated?
It has been more than a month and they still could not spin a better story. The power has become so domineering to the point where they say what they want without regard for whether it is believable or not anymore.
Chinese state media reported that, at the recent Third Central Symposium on Xinjiang Work held in Beijing, Xi Jinping emphasized the need to “uphold efforts to sinicize religion, sinicize Islam and forge the collective consciousness of a common Chinese identity.” Following Xi’s “sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism,” this is another one of his latest sinicization campaigns with requirements explicitly put forward.
Both Tibetan Buddhism and Xinjiang Islam are religions based on beliefs in God or divine inspirations, while in other parts of China, most religious believers just pray to gods and buddhas for blessings. Very few people truly believe in gods, reincarnation, or life after death. If “One China” means China under the dictatorship of the atheist Communist Party, then the “sinicization of religion” denotes a false and bogus religion. A leader who can come up with the idea of sinicization of religion under atheism is enough to show that there is nothing believable about this regime, including the woven tale for the 12 arrested Hongkongers.
In the era of ancient China’s absolute monarchy, although there was no real religious belief, ancient Chinese emperors at least paid respect to ancestors and held ceremonies to worship heaven. Dictatorship began from as early as the Qin dynasty to the Han Dynasty during which Dong Zhongshu proposed the rule to respect the emperor. However, he also proposed to restrict the emperor and respect heaven; the emperor would be called the son of heaven, meaning the heavenly father was watching over. The occurrence of a catastrophic natural disaster would be the wrath of heaven; the emperor would often issue a rescript for penitence, and reflect and review to improve governance.
The atheistic CCP not only does not believe in gods but also disbelieves in heaven. Mao Zedong claimed to be a “monk holding an umbrella,” meaning that he was above the law and above heaven. He also said, “Battling with heaven is endless joy.” Therefore, under the guidance of the idea of “Humans will triumph over the sky,” the Great Leap Forward brought about a situation of “endless suffering” for the Chinese people.
However, the CCP regime before Mao the second at least would not, on the one hand, claim to believe in Marxism-Leninism, and on the other hand, bludgeon itself with such absurd theories as the “sinicization of religion.” Perhaps Mao 2.0 now possesses absolute power such that no one dares to tell the truth, resulting in comments of all illogical nonsense.
Recently, the Chinese education department was so preposterous that it blatantly falsified the Bible. The story of Jesus and the Adulteress from the New Testament was cited in textbooks but the ending of the story was distorted. In the original passage of the Bible, Jesus said to the adulteress, “I, too, do not condemn you; Go and sin no more!” The Chinese textbook, however, presents the story as: “When the crowd disappeared, Jesus stoned the sinner to death saying, ‘I too am a sinner. But if the law could only be executed by men without blemish, the law would be dead.’” Forcing words to justify the Chinese leaders into the mouth of Jesus.
Of course, anyone who enforces the law in any society will not be a flawless person, but in a normal society, at least the law enforcers know that they are either guilty, or that regardless of religion or even non-religion, they believe that “there is a deity watching over them.” In addition to believing that “a deity is watching,” law enforcers are also restrictive in their power by the separation of powers with mutual checks and balances, as well as the supervision of the Fourth Estate. Nearly 300 years ago, the French Enlightenment thinker Montesquieu said, “Every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. Power is naturally expansive and has a tendency to turn malignant. As long as there are insufficient restraint and supervision, any power will give rise to corruption. To prevent this abuse, it is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.”
The power we face and its extension in Hong Kong may be the most extreme power in human history. It has no restraints nor any checks and balances, and without the constraints of “heaven” from the dark ages of ancient China and the Western Middle Ages. Its “expansion and malignancy” can exceed all human imagination. Therefore, normal people can only completely and absolutely distrust this absolute power.
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