無題

顧名思義, 無題即是沒有主題的一篇, 這是東拉西扯的雜談。

毒菰案既落幕也未完全落幕, 我3個月前評論毒菰案, 說被告Erin Patterson會被定罪, 並處以終身監禁不准假釋, 也說被告會上訴。2025年9月8日, 她被判終身監禁, 但33年後可假釋。被告更換了律師提出定罪上訴, 暫時看不到上訴理由。控方也對被告的刑期提出上訴, 認為刑罰嚴重不足(manifestly inadequate):

"The sentencing judge erred in finding that there was a 'substantial chance' the respondent would be held in 'solitary confinement for years to come' when such a finding was not open on the evidence, and that finding infected his assessment of the respondent's likely future conditions in custody and his decision to fix a non-parole period," the appeal filing notes.

The filing also stated it was inappropriate for the judge to fix a non-parole period.

(9News)

上訴結果今年是不會知道的。Erin Patterson因為更換律師, 多獲28日提出上訴, 現階段未呈理由。

上周五諾貝爾和平獎揭盅, 特朗普落選不在話下, 下屆他也沒有機會得獎的。和平獎一向頒予民主鬥士的, 若特朗普這種黑老大也得獎就侮辱了和平, an affront to democracy。要頒就頒給身陷囹圄的大律師鄒幸彤, 也不應該給特朗普。特朗普首先爭取個人利益, 以關稅手段興波作浪撈油水, 再而為美國霸權欺凌別國, 所以, 特朗普不論性格、人格及品格, 無一合格, 和平獎落選是理所當然的。只有特朗普的發言人Steven Cheung, 才會替他吹噓:

Steven Cheung, White House Director of Communications, said in a post on X: “President Trump will continue making peace deals around the world, ending wars, and saving lives”.

“He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.

“The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.”
(news.com.au)

Steven Cheung凡事都只說一半, 對特朗普較全面的評價應是: President Trump will continue creating turmoils and then making peace deals around the world, commencing wars and ending wars, killing lives and saving lives. 俗語所云, 神又佢鬼又佢, 沒有特朗普撐腰, 以色列也不敢在加沙肆意屠殺那麼多巴勒斯坦平民。

上周看了The Guardian這篇文章: Human stupidity is nothing new in politics

...

Human beings have always lived with a psychological structural stupidity, a kind of symbolic impoverishment contained within our intelligent capacities, a tendency to mythologise events, distort memory and behave as if half aware of our own misperceptions. We idealise leaders, invent grandiose theories and develop conspiracy stories hoping that they will all fulfil our deepest yearnings; they feel real enough to shape collective behaviour, whether in politics, religion or social movements.

Psychologists map this terrain with concepts such as “bullshit receptivity”: the readiness to accept superficial slogans, pseudo-scientific claims or comforting myths, rather than engaging in critical thinking. As the historian Rick Shenkman observed, this manifests either as “wooden-headedness” (believing what we wish were true) or “bone-headedness” (succumbing to cliches and stereotypes). None of this requires malevolence, but it demonstrates an unacknowledged wilful attitude.

...

又有幾多人能夠擺脫包圍着我們日常生活的各種宣傳、偽資訊、"Truth Social", "fake news", 耳濡目染, 不知不覺地上釣?

我很少看沈旭輝的文章, 最近開始看梁慕嫻的《覺醒的道路: 前中共香港地下黨員梁慕嫻回憶錄》, 沈旭輝寫其中一篇序文,  現在節錄其中使我産生共鳴的一小段:

"......要活出另外的人生, 其實很簡單: 時刻提醒自己是有自由意志, 有獨立思考能力的人, 人有人性的光輝, 有人性的陰暗; 會成功, 也會犯錯。但去到最後, 有一點是肯定的: 人性是立體的, 靈魂是自主的, 命運應該是自己掌握的。我沒有資格說大義凜然的話, 只能在有限的時空內, 做力所能及的事, 維繫香港人應有的元氣和精神。我相信, 這也是每一個香港人不論在牆內、牆外的共同責任。

......"

我一向都不是政治人, 但政治和法律在某程度上綑綁在一起, 難以分割。所以自佔領中環開始, 我的法律評論離不開政治。我批評戴教授一些謬誤的理念, 歸根究底我一直呼籲以身試法的人冷靜思考後果, 一時間那些"藍絲"誤以為我是同路人, 直至國安法出爐遭到我大肆批評, "藍絲"又把我視作叛黨, 不斷進來漫罵洗版, 蠢蛋不知critical thinking為何物, 只懂圍爐取暖, 做豬也不懂做特立獨行的豬。不懂做豬的竅門, 就應找王小波的《一隻特立獨行的豬》來看。

梁慕嫻這本書我看後也不會寫書評的, 畢竟我從沒搞過政治, 甚麼黨也與我無關, 有興趣的是看回憶錄。這本書在台北主流書局是找不到的, 我在網上買, 到酒店附近的7/11取, 然後直接寄回來, 一共寄了兩箱共19本不同的書, 也只是花了幾百澳圓, 就當買了兩斤凍頂烏龍。

有病不求藥, 無聊才讀書, 看別人敢有歌吟動地哀, 覺今是而昨非。凑巧地魯迅這句「敢有歌吟動地哀」的古詩也叫《無題》。