我曾對奧巴馬總統充滿希望，覺得他的勝選標誌著美國向著人人生而平等的理念前進了一大步，但他卻在2010年代表美國人民說了一句令人從頭冷到腳的大實話：“如果十多億中國人都和美國人或澳大利亞人現在一樣生活，那我們就都會苦不堪言，這個世界會不堪重負”（ “if over a billion Chinese citizens have the same living patterns as Australians and Americans do right now then all of us are in for a very miserable time, the planet just can't sustain it”）。他的意思是美國人和澳大利亞人將一如既往地過著奢侈的生活，而中國人則必須從現在就開始學會勤儉度日。
Kimmel沒覺得這回答有什麽不可思議。他回應說“殺死所有中國人？好吧，這個建議很有意思”（“Kill everyone in China? OK, that’s an interesting idea,”）。
他接著問孩子們，“我們能容許中國人活下來嗎？”（“Should we allow the Chinese to live?”）
這是我第一次知道中國人能否活下來還需要美國人的容許。且看孩子們如何回答他的問題。
有個男孩說不能容許。有個女孩說容許，因為如果我們不讓他們活，他們就會想來殺我們（“If we don’t allow them to live, then they’ll try to kill us”）。
節目就這樣結束了。
美國華人應該憤怒嗎？當然應該，但Jimmy Kimmel覺得華人的憤怒莫名其妙。他在他的電視節目裏說，今天很怪異，有人對我不高興（“You know, today is a weird day。 There seems to be a lot of people upset with me, more upset than usual.”）
Jimmy Kimmel擁有大量的粉絲。他覺得他是代表人民的，所以他理直氣壯。直到若幹天後，ABC電視台才勉勉強強地說了一聲道歉。
感謝華人同胞們幾個月的努力，後來真的有超過十萬人簽名反對Jimmy Kimmel的視頻。於是白宮於2014 年初發表了一個簡短的書麵回應，說謝謝你們請願，有關當事人（指Jimmy Kimmel）已經對此回應過了。美國憲法第一修正案保護言論自由，即使有些言論可能冒犯了你。或許你不同意別人說的話，但保護言論自由是我們國家的基石之一（“ The First Amendment of the Constitution protects free speech, even if individuals might personally find it offensive or distasteful. It may be upsetting when people say things we might personally disagree with, but the principle of protected free speech is an important part of who we are as a nation”）。
我忽然想起了德國威廉二世在送別德國遠征軍去中國鎮壓義和團時的講話：如果你們遭遇敵人，殲滅它！不要有絲毫憐憫！不要留一個活口！不管是誰落入你的手心，都要讓他消失。一千年前阿提拉國王手下的匈人大開殺戒，讓曆史記載他們無往不勝的傳奇。你們在中國也要如此行，讓中國人再也不敢平視我們德國人。(按英文翻譯: “Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your hands is forfeited. Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that even today makes them seem mighty in history and legend, may the name German be affirmed by you in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever again dare to look cross-eyed at a German.”)
(Tony) In the same vein, he (Obama） goes on to say:
You know if you talk to Chinese leaders I think they will acknowledge immediately that if over a billion Chinese citizens have the same living patterns as Australians and Americans do right now then all of us are in for a very miserable time, the planet just can’t sustain it, so they understand that they’ve got to make a decision about a new model that is more sustainable that allows them to pursue the economic growth that they’re pursuing while at the same time dealing with these environmental consequences. So I think they understand intellectually. Right now though their understandable impulse is to say well let’s let the developed countries, the Australia’s, and the America’s deal with this problem first and we’ll get to it when we’ve caught up a little bit in terms of our standard of living. The point we’ve tried to make is we can’t, we can’t allow China to wait. (Tony 加重了最後一句)
(Tony) This indicates to me that he has some idea of how those Chinese people do not have access to the lifestyle that we have, and that access to electrical power that we all have, and that for them to come up to our level will result in significantly greater CO2 emissions. Then he literally just throws them all under the bus with the statement in bold there, effectively saying that we can’t stand by and allow them to have the standard of living that we accept as a way of life.
”誠信“你看得懂Tony的英文嗎？自己打自己嘴巴了吧。
誠信 發表評論於
You know if you talk to Chinese leaders I think they will acknowledge immediately that if over a billion Chinese citizens have the same living patterns as Australians and Americans do right now then all of us are in for a very miserable time, the planet just can’t sustain it, so they understand that they’ve got to make a decision about a new model that is more sustainable that allows them to pursue the economic growth that they’re pursuing while at the same time dealing with these environmental consequences.
我曾對奧巴馬總統充滿希望，覺得他的勝選標誌著美國向著人人生而平等的理念前進了一大步，但他卻在2010年代表美國人民說了一句令人從頭冷到腳的大實話：“如果十多億中國人都和美國人或澳大利亞人現在一樣生活，那我們就都會苦不堪言，這個世界會不堪重負”（ “if over a billion Chinese citizens have the same living patterns as Australians and Americans do right now then all of us are in for a very miserable time, the planet just can't sustain it”）。他的意思是美國人和澳大利亞人將一如既往地過著奢侈的生活，而中國人則必須從現在就開始學會勤儉度日。
Kimmel沒覺得這回答有什麽不可思議。他回應說“殺死所有中國人？好吧，這個建議很有意思”（“Kill everyone in China? OK, that’s an interesting idea,”）。
他接著問孩子們，“我們能容許中國人活下來嗎？”（“Should we allow the Chinese to live?”）
這是我第一次知道中國人能否活下來還需要美國人的容許。且看孩子們如何回答他的問題。
有個男孩說不能容許。有個女孩說容許，因為如果我們不讓他們活，他們就會想來殺我們（“If we don’t allow them to live, then they’ll try to kill us”）。
節目就這樣結束了。
美國華人應該憤怒嗎？當然應該，但Jimmy Kimmel覺得華人的憤怒莫名其妙。他在他的電視節目裏說，今天很怪異，有人對我不高興（“You know, today is a weird day。 There seems to be a lot of people upset with me, more upset than usual.”）
Jimmy Kimmel擁有大量的粉絲。他覺得他是代表人民的，所以他理直氣壯。直到若幹天後，ABC電視台才勉勉強強地說了一聲道歉。
感謝華人同胞們幾個月的努力，後來真的有超過十萬人簽名反對Jimmy Kimmel的視頻。於是白宮於2014 年初發表了一個簡短的書麵回應，說謝謝你們請願，有關當事人（指Jimmy Kimmel）已經對此回應過了。美國憲法第一修正案保護言論自由，即使有些言論可能冒犯了你。或許你不同意別人說的話，但保護言論自由是我們國家的基石之一（“ The First Amendment of the Constitution protects free speech, even if individuals might personally find it offensive or distasteful. It may be upsetting when people say things we might personally disagree with, but the principle of protected free speech is an important part of who we are as a nation”）。
我忽然想起了德國威廉二世在送別德國遠征軍去中國鎮壓義和團時的講話：如果你們遭遇敵人，殲滅它！不要有絲毫憐憫！不要留一個活口！不管是誰落入你的手心，都要讓他消失。一千年前阿提拉國王手下的匈人大開殺戒，讓曆史記載他們無往不勝的傳奇。你們在中國也要如此行，讓中國人再也不敢平視我們德國人。(按英文翻譯: “Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your hands is forfeited. Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that even today makes them seem mighty in history and legend, may the name German be affirmed by you in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever again dare to look cross-eyed at a German.”)
