白馬非馬
屬羊，但非羊。白馬非馬，個別非一般。似是而非，道在屎溺。
代為“武漢吹哨人”領獎的致辭
華盛頓奧希勇氣獎
2020年10月28日，美國首都華盛頓
各位中國同胞和武漢老鄉們，我非常榮幸地在美國華盛頓接受由“華盛頓奧希日基金會”頒給“武漢吹哨醫生”的“奧希勇氣獎“。 “奧希”在希臘文裏是“不”的意思。這個獎項是紀念希臘人在第二次世界大戰爆發的時候對法西斯德國說“不”並勇敢戰鬥的精神。
今天這個“說不”的勇氣獎授予武漢的新冠病毒疫情的吹哨人。我們知道這些吹哨人是誰，他們就是戰鬥在抗擊疫情第一線的醫生們。一個去世了，他是李文亮醫生，另一些還在繼續戰鬥。這些吹哨醫生不僅無私地奉獻自己，挽救別人的生命，同時冒著喪失自由和職業的風險對新聞審查說“不”，對獨裁專製說“不”。這就是“奧希勇氣獎”所追求和鼓勵的全部精神所在。
武漢是一座英雄的城市，也是在推翻清王朝中打響第一槍的地方。“武漢吹哨人”繼承了同專製鬥爭的傳統。我今天代表他們接受這個勇氣獎，就是要跟隨他們的步伐，學習他們的精神，不僅敢於對自然界病毒而且對“社會病毒”，包括言論審查等，“到處說‘不’” 。“管它批評不批評，老子到處說，是不是？” （武漢話。）
謝謝2020年“奧希勇氣獎”頒給“武漢吹哨醫生”。
It is a great honor for me to accept the Oxi Courage Award on behalf of the Whistleblower Doctors in Wuhan, the Chinese central city where I was born, raised, and had worked.
While the whole world remembers Wuhan as the ground zero of this global pandemic, few know that the city was the site for the uprising that toppled China’s two thousand-year imperial rule in October 1911, and ushered in the Republic of China, the first republic in Asia.
Eighty years ago, today, when the Greek people courageously stood up to the seemingly invincible Nazi forces, the city of Wuhan also put up fierce resistance against the foreign invaders.
Knowing Wuhan’s glorious past, one is not surprised by what the Wuhan whistleblower doctors did early in this year. From the first day of this global outbreak, the doctors began their daily battle on the front lines courageously and selflessly to save others More importantly, when the government suppressed and censored the information about the coronavirus outbreak, they risked their careers and well being in exposing the Communist Party’s cover-ups, and alerted the rest of the world against the deadly potential of this threat.
One of those whistleblowers, Dr. Li Wenliang, died from Covid-19, but the others continued to fight and refuse to be silenced. “I AM a big mouth. No matter what pressures are, I’m going to talk about the virus to whoever and wherever I could,” said a doctor to her suppressor.
Just as the Greeks said OXI to the Nazis, the Wuhan whistleblowers not only said OXI! to COVID but also OXI! to disinformation, censorship, and political suppression. They are the true heroes. By recognizing them, the Oxi Courage Award inspires all of us io follow their footsteps and say Oxi to any virus and evils from nature and human society.
Thank you very much.
李進進
永遠紀念他們！