Month: April 2013

  • 讀臉書某Secrets頁面有感

    一、有些[WYK]開頭的留言我完全沒有共鳴,甚至不知其所指為何。有五六十人按讚,卻沒一個是我的臉書朋友。可能我真的老了。 :P

    二、其實我懷念WYK Newsgroup。

    三、不敢妄說「一代不如一代」。每一代人,都有他們的故事。記得中一時參加了某學長計劃,聽見有師兄低聲說「華仁收生質素日趨下降」;到我這一代人差不多都大學畢業了,又有人批評師弟們諸般不是。

    四、另,我中一的時候那學長計劃名為「Men for Others」,好像再之前叫「開心華仁仔」,不知道現在有沒有隨潮流改為「Men for and with Others」。其實「開心華仁仔」咪幾好。

    五、「有損校譽」這頂帽子在香港用得太濫,我一向不太喜歡。每當反對聲音有理有節,讓他們難以回應的時候,不少學校的負責人就會拿「校譽」、「家醜不可外揚」作遁詞。可是,九龍華仁的師兄師弟們,有些陳年傳聞既帶有人身攻擊成份,亦未經證實,沒有必要跟友校朋友公開分享吧。真的要說,寫「聽講有人......」就好。不用給過多提示,讓外人也能辨認當事人身份。

    六、有無有心人整返個WYK Secrets,只限WYK Network的臉書用家閱讀?我很有興趣知道華仁近年來的變化,了解現在的校園生活。不過,我想,師弟們應該比較有興趣與友校同學增進了解吧。 (:

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  • In the beginning...

    In the beginning was the Boston bombing.

    And the hashtag #prayforBoston was with the bombing, and the hashtag was the bombing. Through it all statuses were made; without it no status was made that has been made.

    And some mentioned the deaths in Afghanistan and Palestine, and decried how unequal the world is, for three dead received far more (online) mournings than hundreds.

    And some would say people are entitled to feel differently about different things. It risks appearing hypocritical when you suggest people are not being compassionate enough.

    And some may respond it is a kind of hypocrisy to argue for freedom of thought in face of gross injustice. It is just another attempt to occupy a moral high ground.

    Ad infinitum.

    And in the beginning was the Boston bombing.

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    If you feel sorry for the Boston victims, say it. If you feel sorry for Afghan victims, or would like to bring them to people's attention, say it directly. Feelings are by definition subjective. Attacking others' feelings do not make yours more convincing or superior. And it is unwise to base attacks on speculations about motives behind others' compassion. 

    "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you."
    - Matthew 7:1-2