「你們只有子彈,
希望子彈用完我已經死了。
如果我沒死,你們就會沒命。」
"No, you have bullets and the hope
that when your guns are empty,I’m no longer standing,
because if I am,you’ll all be dead before you’ve reloaded."
「人民不應該害怕政府,
政府才應該害怕人民。」
"People should not be afraid of their governments.
Governments should be afraid of their people."
「製造恐懼,是政府的終極武器。」
"Fear became the ultimate tool of this government."
「面具底下不只是血肉之軀,
而是一個理念,理念是刀槍不入!」
"Beneath this mask there is more than flesh.
Beneath this mask there is an idea,
and ideas are bulletproof."
「我們被教導要記住思想,
而不是人,因為人可能失敗。
他可能會被捕,他會被殺死,被遺忘,
但400年後思想仍可改變世界。」
"We are told to remember the idea and not the man,
Because a man can fail. He can be caught,
he can be killed and forgotten,
But 400 years later, an idea can still change the world."
「為什麼?
因為儘管警棍代替了交談,
言論自由仍然有強大力量,
言論是表達意見的方式,
它也能向廣大人民揭露真相。
而真相是,這是個極權政府。
暴虐無道、殘殺無辜。
你曾經擁有過反對的自由,
可以說出你想說的話,
現在政府卻使用極端的暴力,
強迫你服從。」
"Why?
Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation,
words will always retain their power.
Words offer the means to meaning,
and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.
And the truth is,
there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?
Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression.
And where once you had the freedom to object,
to think and speak as you saw fit,
you now have censors and systems of surveillance
coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission.”
「這是怎樣發生的?這要怪誰?
這是某些當權者的決定。
他們必須付出代價,不過每個人都難脫共疚。
大家都敢怒不敢言,我知道原因,
你們很害怕,誰不害怕呢?
戰爭、恐怖事件、疾病。
這一連串可怕的事,蒙蔽你們的理性和常識,
恐懼引起你們的恐慌,用恐懼控制你⋯⋯
他向你許諾秩序,他向你許諾和平,
所要求的不過是你的服從和沈默。」
“How did this happen? Who's to blame?
Well certainly there are those more responsible than others,
and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told,
if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
I know why you did it.
I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be?
War, terror, disease.
There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason
and rob you of your common sense.
He promised you order, he promised you peace,
and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent."
「他是你,也是我,他是我們每一個。」
"He is you, and me, he was all of us."
V for Vendetta (2005)
in lieu of meaning 在 Keo Chow Facebook 的最讚貼文
「你們只有子彈,
希望子彈用完我已經死了。
如果我沒死,你們就會沒命。」
"No, you have bullets and the hope
that when your guns are empty,I’m no longer standing,
because if I am,you’ll all be dead before you’ve reloaded."
「人民不應該害怕政府,
政府才應該害怕人民。」
"People should not be afraid of their governments.
Governments should be afraid of their people."
「製造恐懼,是政府的終極武器。」
"Fear became the ultimate tool of this government."
「面具底下不只是血肉之軀,
而是一個理念,理念是刀槍不入!」
"Beneath this mask there is more than flesh.
Beneath this mask there is an idea,
and ideas are bulletproof."
「我們被教導要記住思想,
而不是人,因為人可能失敗。
他可能會被捕,他會被殺死,被遺忘,
但400年後思想仍可改變世界。」
"We are told to remember the idea and not the man,
Because a man can fail. He can be caught,
he can be killed and forgotten,
But 400 years later, an idea can still change the world."
「為什麼?
因為儘管警棍代替了交談,
言論自由仍然有強大力量,
言論是表達意見的方式,
它也能向廣大人民揭露真相。
而真相是,這是個極權政府。
暴虐無道、殘殺無辜。
你曾經擁有過反對的自由,
可以說出你想說的話,
現在政府卻使用極端的暴力,
強迫你服從。」
"Why?
Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation,
words will always retain their power.
Words offer the means to meaning,
and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.
And the truth is,
there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?
Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression.
And where once you had the freedom to object,
to think and speak as you saw fit,
you now have censors and systems of surveillance
coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission.”
「這是怎樣發生的?這要怪誰?
這是某些當權者的決定。
他們必須付出代價,不過每個人都難脫共疚。
大家都敢怒不敢言,我知道原因,
你們很害怕,誰不害怕呢?
戰爭、恐怖事件、疾病。
這一連串可怕的事,蒙蔽你們的理性和常識,
恐懼引起你們的恐慌,用恐懼控制你⋯⋯
他向你許諾秩序,他向你許諾和平,
所要求的不過是你的服從和沈默。」
“How did this happen? Who's to blame?
Well certainly there are those more responsible than others,
and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told,
if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
I know why you did it.
I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be?
War, terror, disease.
There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason
and rob you of your common sense.
He promised you order, he promised you peace,
and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent."
「他是你,也是我,他是我們每一個。」
"He is you, and me, he was all of us."
V for Vendetta (2005)
in lieu of meaning 在 作者 Facebook 的最讚貼文
V煞臭名遠播,政府和傳媒成功樂見革命英雄的象徵被踩碎,抗爭者自亂陣腳互相踐踏,互鬥掀開蒙面者的面具……
香港正上映《V煞》續集。本來,V犧牲自己把反政府的象徵賜予人民,叫政府恐懼V煞,令躲在面具背後的人民得以保護,得以勇敢地反抗暴政。然而,人民卻敗壞象徵,失去面具自然被長驅直進。政府不再恐懼人民,人民打回原型恐懼政府,V的努力被抗爭者糟蹋了。
抗爭者崇拜V,把他的說話奉為革命真言,以為人人都是V的時候,革命就會成功,把革命失敗歸咎於人民不夠團結。不,不,不,不是這樣的。他們只領略到《V煞》的皮毛,V在365日的革命計劃中完成了甚麼壯舉,他們看不見,也做不到。
V從頭到尾只做了一件事,就是塑造象徵。他炸了老貝利街,入侵電視台發放演講,吸引警察追捕他,暗殺難辭其咎的政客,向人民揭露政府的陰謀,向全市的人派發V煞面具和黑袍,利誘Mr.Creedy奪位殺了元首,再殺Mr.Creedy,然後遺體隨着裝滿炸藥的玫瑰花的列車炸毀國會大樓,在夜空大放煙花……每一件事只是一塊塊骨牌,他花了一年甚至更長時間都在排列骨牌。排甚麼圖案?只有他清楚。而聰明的探長猜到連自己也是V的其中一塊骨牌。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrwTDfdck7I
骨牌是甚麼?就是你砌完之後才可以推倒的作品,排列失當或太早啟動都會壞了大事,考驗擺佈者的智慧和耐性。當V一步又一步逐塊骨牌豎在地上,其實在積蓄社會的勢能,讓人人變成「V」這個象徵的一部分。所以,根本不存在團結,而是V把全部人綑綁在一起,形成命運共同體。當第一塊骨牌倒下時(戴V煞面具的女孩被秘密警察槍殺),整個列陣自會順勢而倒,沒有一人能倖免,所有人都被迫置身其中,構成了V。
抗爭者失敗是因為誤以為革命是技術問題,而遺忘了革命是一門藝術。V靠一個人的力量不足以對抗政府,他要借助令人們着迷的象徵,令人們自發地推動,拼好圖案後只需輕輕一推,革命就完成了。所以,他炸老貝利街前侵入街道廣播,在宵禁時鳴放柴可夫斯基的《1812序曲》,正是透過軟意識登入人民的詩情記憶。
揭穿政府說謊,並不足夠,人民已習慣了政府說謊成性,抗爭者揭露再多真相也是徒勞無功,像推倒一兩塊骨牌就無以為繼。政府用新醜聞掩蓋舊醜陋已成嫻熟技倆,手執真理者也無權柄與之抗衡。為甚麼?因為政府在V煞身上學會了象徵的重要性,利用它擺佈人民。現在香港人的骨牌砌成一幅怎樣的圖案?
就是買到樓才是幸福和成功,市民自發地榨取血汗供養地價和發展商,他們沒有發現,「 And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? 」
「殘酷不公義、不寬容和迫害、人民曾經有反對的自由,能夠暢所欲言、思考、抒發己見,但現在卻被監控、被迫思想同化。怎會這樣?要怪責誰呢?當然,部分人需要負上更大的責任,他們會付出代價。但我要講,你若想找出罪人,你只需要照照鏡子。我知道你為什麼會這樣,我知你害怕,誰不害怕呢?戰爭、恐懼、疾病......有無數的問題腐蝕你的判斷和常識。恐懼控制了你,當你恐慌時就去寄望元首。他承諾你秩序,承諾你和平,但同時要你保持沉默、服從。」
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKvvOFIHs4k
V道出了真相,同時真相要以詩般的語言講出來才會有效。「Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.」縱觀很多人,把真相鬧成笑話就有,吵耳雜亂,毫無詩意。
若要真真正正發起一場抗爭,絕不是努力或團結的問題,而是如何把象徵意義從政府手上奪回來,令全部人成為其中一分子。
這一幕的象徵強在最後一塊骨牌沒有倒下,V動身執起了它,親手解決。
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