今年夏天回國，去好朋友家做客。她的兒子8歲，房間牆上貼著一張世界地圖，北京，三番，青島幾個地方都貼著紅星，他一一告訴我，自己住哪裏，大姨住哪裏，奶奶住哪裏。。。在日本島上有一個大叉，我問他什麽意思，他說“小日本呀，討厭他們”。我一驚，問他，“為什麽？你認識日本人嗎？”他說，“不認識，但就是希望他們死。”我的好友在一邊，很平常的樣子。
這個孩子平時很乖很熱心，我很震驚他小小的心裏會有這種情感（更希望是小孩信口雌黃）。不禁聯想到我看過的一部法國電影，“Joyeux Noel”（Merry Christmas），講的是一次大戰時英法德士兵在聖誕節自發停火共度聖誕的真實故事。影片的開始就是戰爭前夕三個國家的孩子各自訴說他們為什麽厭惡敵對國家，這些觀點自然都是從大人，學校聽來的。可是這種情緒伴隨他們上了戰場，直到麵對麵。
所以我不太敢多想中國的未來。這種不理性的仇恨是個癌細胞，如果不及時治療，後果總有一天會是災難性的。
I spent this summer in China, during which time I visited a college friend’s home. My friend has an eight year old son. On the wall of his bedroom there was a map of the world. A few stars scattered on the map – Beijing, San Francisco, Qingdao, etc. The boy explained patiently these were places he and his loved ones lived. Then there was a big red X over the island of Japan. I asked him what it stood for. To my shock, he replied, “That’s Japan. I hate Japanese.”
“Why is that? You know any Japanese?” I asked.
“No. I just hate them. I wish them all dead.”
I looked at my friend. She kept with her own business as if she’d heard nothing.
I saw a French movie “Joyeux Noel（Merry Christmas）” a while ago. It was based on a true story. During the first year of World War I soldiers from France, Germany and Scotland ceased fire on Christmas Eve and celebrated together. At the beginning of the movie were speeches from three school boys before the war, each stating how he despised the other countries. They were fed these ideas and emotions, which would accompany them to the front, where they finally met face to face.
I lack the courage to imagine China’s future, where such emotions and ideals are still being fostered. Irrational hatred is like cancer cells. If you don’t annihilate them early on, they will manifest to terminal illness.
從一個8歲的男孩口中說出“不認識，但就是希望他們死。”個人以為,這樣的話反應了該兒童一種不太良好的心理活動.
若兒童自幼持有此類心理認知習慣,將對小孩子成長無益.
Thank you for your comment. I am all for education on the war atrocity. You can only avoid repetition of history by studying it. What I'm against is irrational hatred based on race. This child hates Japanese simply because they're Japanese. With this mentality future wars are unavoidable.
I don't wish invasion and occupation on anyone, even Japanese.