Bad days, went to the library not a big fan of the parade, still couldn't get away with stupid people. On facebook, someone said, happy China's 60 anniversary. Another one, likely American guy commented, oh, I wish it was 60 years of democracy. What a nice and peaceful wish! Then there comes this "Fenqin", jumping out of nowhere, fired it back ferociously, like he has been waiting this for years.: I wish you shut the hell up and show some respect!

I guess I kind of deserved it. I cropped those comments, and put it on Renren. Democracy= not respectful ? What a douchebag, my comment goes. And then, out of nowhere again, a guy who I don't even know how I friended him, who he is, and what he does, commented like, 美国国庆时候给他们说屠杀印第安人的历史，他们会怎么想。Well I have to say, I didn't dare to think of China's democracy as something close to genocide. At least, it is something written on Constitution of People's Republic of China. It it something we all desire. It is a bummer that Chinese people haven't been enjoying it, but that is the truth and there is nothing worth shouting. PS. I would give a wild guess, Germany has been constantly reminded of what had happened in concentration camps big days are not exception. We all know the joke about some bald guys would be pissed off when hearing any word with 光/亮 in it. Not very bald guy would do that though, only those creepers with terrible inferiority complex will do. Well those are just my thought, I didn't say anything on Renren. I just said, I have nothing to say, if you like to think so. Finally he got me back and said, 我只是觉得美国鬼子，除非全部打包滚回欧洲，要不然没有什么资格评论中国。What a bigot and such a poor argument without any logic. The only thing left in this sentence is his preferences.

I happen to read some of Herman Daly's papers recently, one of his analysis says: "Value are different from tastes, Tastes are personal and subjective. They belong to the private sphere of our life. Value, in contrast, are impersonal and objective. They belong to the public sphere. We all have a right to  our own individual tastes but not to our own individual values or our own individual facts. Of course, relativists will deny this, claiming that we all have the right to determine values for ourselves. Some postmodernists would even allow us to construct and deconstruct our own facts. Such license in choosing our own values and facts eliminates the basis for affirming the objective truth of anything, including relativism, and is therefore self-contradictory." What can I say, to this guy, in top US university without even have a value judgment.

I tried several different versions of argument, but ended up deleting everything and giving it up. Yes, The fundamental value of human right will not change, no matter what your preferences are. But I am not going to even try to play a educator. The only interest I was and I am posting these and those is to confirm I am not alone, is to know that there is someone there. So don't even bother to convince bigots. They actually make us feel better about ourselves.  If you don't like this, you can see me as a bigot too.     

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我对大龄男左粪，大龄男种族主义者，大龄男战争贩子，大龄男土鳖早就放弃抵抗了，所以早就把论坛和门户网站戒了，原来去我那儿想骂娘的也都觉得无趣，后来大家就学乖了。
碰上个偶尔脑子不大清楚的美女给我提出批评，我觉得我还有点跟她说清楚的责任。即使她开始上纲上线给我乱扣帽子，我都能坚持动之以情晓之以理的基本路线，这对我一个没有耐心的愤青来说，已经很不容易了……
所以每当遇到能明辨是非的美女我都会感慨，都是美女了，还对自己这么严格要求……如果再有点幽默感，简直能成为我揣着颗感恩的心活在这个世界上的重要理由之一了。
每次和人辩论到不耐烦的时候，我都想扔下一句话走人，“一个新的科学真理取得胜利并不是通过让它的反对者们信服并看到真理的光明，而是通过这些反对者们最终死去，熟悉它的新一代成长起来。”大家共勉。
当然我也不认为我们掌握了什么绝对的真理或正义，罗老师教育我们说“我绝不会为了我的信仰而献身，因为我可能是错的。”大家共勉。

 

刚看到一幅应景的图，大家共勉。

让我们优雅一点，再优雅一点。

这是在老特拉福德的看台上，阿尔塞纳.温格在嘲笑他的主场球迷中间。他的年轻球队因为一个牵强的点球和一个年轻球员的莫名其妙的乌龙球而落后于曼联，比赛最后时刻，他又被罚上看台，事后裁判委员承认第四裁判的做法并不恰当并向温格道歉。一周后，阿德巴约以背叛和仇视的姿态面对阿森纳，温格仍然大度以待。他不是一个惟胜利论者，对效命于他的球员们的命运，他有责任感。从海布里搬迁到酋长球场之后，俱乐部资金紧张，不能购买大牌明星，温格也从不抱怨，并令人惊叹地保持了球队的竞争力。13年来，教授不仅创造了不败赛季和新的足球美学，获得了7个冠军，还为足球运动注入了公正、谦逊、忍耐和宽容的人格光亮。对我来说他是一个活着的范例，关于如何优雅地面对失败和像冬天里的扁虱一样耐心地期待成功。

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