《The Washington Post》狠狠批評「曱甴論」
‘Dogs’ vs. ‘cockroaches’: On Hong Kong streets, language of genocide rears its head
「狗」與「曱甴」:香港街頭語言背後的種族滅絶概念
只係望一望個標題,可能會覺得係每邊打三十大板嘅文章,其實細心諗就明白整個評論針對嘅係咩人。狗係指邊個,曱甴又指咩?近代歷史上,邊個非人化名詞引發種族屠殺?無錯喇,呢個就係全編嘢嘅重點,亦係英文曲線鬧人好例子(至於鬧咩人就大家自己諗)。推到國際嘅嘢,Junior Police Officers’ Association(直譯應該係「香港初級警察協會」)嘅「曱甴論」聲明,加上高級警員及公共關係嘅科嘅回應當然唔少得,當然會引述學者同專家去幫手加多腳。
評論一開始就用網絡瘋傳嘅防暴警察大叫「你地連畜牲都不如呀」同「記住呀!你地唔係人黎㗎,係曱甴呀」然後發射催淚彈,講解詆毀語言(derogatory language)已經成為香港示威嘅一個特徵(係有好「中立」咁提過一句「警狗」嘅)。講解下香港示威嘅近況之後(星期六拉咗三百人,星期日咬甩耳仔),評論就話响咁惡劣嘅局面,警察用啲非人化名詞(dehumanizing language)就係對市民無差別咁使用暴力嘅先兆。
//The use of “cockroach” — a slur used by the Nazis against Jews and by Hutus against Tutsis in the Rwandan genocide — often provides the rationale for harsh and cruel treatment against a group of people and serves to further polarize society, these experts say, especially when used by state actors.//
(「曱甴」- 係當年納粹黨對猶太人同胡圖族人對圖西族人種族屠殺嘅詆毀詞彙 - 係使用殘酷手段嘅根本籍口,而對建制者黎講,就係深化社會分裂嘅工具。)
//“This sort of derogatory language can lead to a deeper kind of genuine dehumanization, You call people cockroaches a lot, you start thinking that they are subhuman.”...these terms were used in Nazi Germany and in Rwanda long before the atrocities there reached their zenith.//
(呢類咁嘅詆毀語言係會深化真正嘅非人化,當你經常話人係「曱甴」,就會好自然咁將對方非人化。呢啲形容詞係响納粹德國同盧旺達嘅殘暴行為,去到極致之前好耐就開始出現。)
結論係:
//“But when you have a government that is not elected, when it rules by other means, they feel less restricted, they are not accountable to anybody.”//
(如果一個政府唔係民選產生嘅話,而且係用其它手段去管治,佢地自然唔會節制(自己嘅言論),因為根本唔需要問責。)
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