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美國《時代》雜志的中國論壇最近刊登一篇文章，關注中國日益興起的“憤青”情緒。焦點圖片是中國網友惡搞的一篇《人民日報》頭版圖。文章的作者很顯然試圖以緩和的語言來說明問題，在一開始就說明，每個國家都有這樣的國家主義和民族主義的瘋子，并且也試圖從另一個角度來解讀這樣的情緒，釋之為中國崛起過程中日益增長的自尊心和過去長久以來的自卑感結合的情感。

實際上這篇文章顯示出，西方社會正在逐漸開始注意到中國的沙文主義傾向。實際上中國的經濟崛起本不應當成為中國威脅論的原因。中國未來真正的危險的可能在于極權模式的教育和宣傳，和這種教育和宣傳下極易產生的極端思潮。從某種意義上來說，英國《泰晤士報》日前的一篇文章，和這篇時代雜志的文章中都有涉及的對納粹德國在兩次世界大戰中存在的種種社會現象的類比，絕對不應該僅僅因為“納粹”二字而被簡單的批判，而應該實際的，認真的檢視，個中確實存在的驚人的類比性。

此類的網絡惡搞，看似是簡簡單單的玩笑。但是當一種玩笑被大量的，整體的接受時，即使它總體上還是娛樂的，我們不能不忽視這種娛樂思想的根源。并不是什么樣的話只要是玩笑就可以一筆帶過的。例如在奧地利拿猶太人屠殺，或者在中國拿中日戰爭中對中國人的屠殺拿來開玩笑，恐怕中國人無論如何不會拿同樣的娛樂心態一笑而過。從這個特別的《人民日報》例子來看，這些笑話無疑是冷血，殘忍和可怖的（例如在美國舊金山實驗核武器）。它所包含的殺戮和血腥，完全同納粹德國的集中營或者是日本在華的屠殺有本質的區別。而我們在仔細審讀此類玩笑在各大中文論壇中的回應可以看到，附和者絕對不在少數。因此當這種冷血被廣泛的作為笑話而得以接受，我們可以從中一窺中國當今社會普遍的道德和sensibility的缺失。而這種由全民狂熱參與進來的道德犯罪，同納粹德國時侯的全民罪惡是完全一致的。我記得曾經在多年之前讀過一步書叫做《Eichman in Jerusalem》，正是以哲學的視角來審視這種道德的個人參與集體犯罪的現象。

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【原文】

Above is a mock/humorous edition of the overseas edition of the People’s Daily currently circulating on the net. Every country has its nationalist nutters of course. But there’s something particularly scary to non-Chinese about this sort of thing, which seems to reflect a combination of patriotic pride and lingering resentment over past wrongs (Opium War etc) that makes for a very volatile brew in a nation whose power and influence are growing so strongly. Historians sometimes cite similar mix as being prevalent in Germany between the wars. That’s not to say China will turn into Nazi Germany. Just that it will be fascinating to watch attitudes change in coming years. I’d guess that as the country’s self-confidence grows there’ll be less of this sort of thing, which speaks more of insecurity than anything else.

Here are the headlines (thanks to David Cowhig for permission to use his translation):

– Chinese Test Atomic Bomb in San Francisco
– UN Headquarters Moves to Beijing
– Premier Wen Jiaobao is accompanied by Gov. Ma Yingjiu on a visit to Taipei
– Yao Ming recovers, leads Rockets to NBA championship
– China Apologizes to U.S. for mistaken bomb attack on the Pentagon
– Giant Earthquake in the Japanese islands; Chinese government sends
assistance; no survivors found thus far
– Chinese Aircraft Carrier returns to Hawaii base to replenish food
and ammunition
– Chinese Military Destroys East TurkmenistanTurkestan organization
– Dalai Lama assassinated
– Cross Taiwan Straits Bridge completed
– China Establishes second patriotic military base on the Moon.

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