Feasance 公職表現

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Malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance 是3個形容公職人員瀆職的詞彙, 瀆職程度由嚴重至輕微, 我姑且非專業地翻譯一下。

Malfeasance: 公職人員行為不當(法律上包含五大元素)

Misfeasance: 玩忽職守(但未達刑事成份)

Nonfeasance: 不作為  

大埔宏福苑世紀大火, 所涉政府部門起碼是不作為及玩忽職守。現在的政府官員, 最緊要政治正確講國安, 警惕軟對抗、黑暴死灰重燃, 其他事放軟手腳也可蒙混過關, 一切是別人的錯, 政府沒錯就不用負民事責任了。在使人悲傷的時刻, 我不再加把嘴去批評, 只能同聲一哭, 哀悼今昔之別。悲傷的時候要懂得遠離社交媒體, 遠離現場, 否則被視作陳勝吳廣。現在是政府表現最有作為的時刻, 睡獅變醒獅, 別去搞局, 以免惹禍上身。

現在談下國際的事。第68任美國國務卿John Kerry最近在倫敦Chatham House就全球溫化炭排放演講:

Independent 的報導: Trump administration ‘the most corrupt of my lifetime’, says John Kerry

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has railed against the second Trump administration, criticising declining standards in politics and perceived levels of corruption among officials.

“This is the most corrupt governance that I have seen in my lifetime,” he said during a speech at Chatham House in central London this week.

“This is the most extraordinary perversion of anything we have fought to have over the last years on disclosure, accountability, conflict of interest, absence thereof.”

Kerry認為特朗普政府的腐敗, 主要是黨內沒有反對聲音。這聽起來一點也不陌生, 誰有異議、雜音, 都被滅聲了。所以選甚麼? 任憑你怎呼籲選民去投票, 可以選的都只是帶着不同面具同一啤機啤出來的木偶, 選誰都一樣, 有候選人甚至像傻笑行動, 幼稚不堪, 選議員不是幼稚園教師面試啊。沒有反對聲音的議會, 議甚麼? 甚麼都不用議, 聽指揮的大合唱就交足貨了。但講到底, 有投票權就要去投票, 行使這權利, 起碼可以選相對好一點的人, 好壞是相對的概念。有人說標少是壞蛋, 但發覺周圍充斥着更壞的蛋, 標少這壞蛋就好起來, 變成好蛋, 明白相對性的概念嗎? 所以記得去投票。

Kerry在演說中舉例說美國消失黨內反對聲的例子:

He added that former Republican Senator John McCain - who was an outspoken critic of Trump - would have been “screaming” at what was going on, but suggested that it was notable now that there are “no voices” effectively opposing the President from his own party.

同一口徑, 沒有敢言者提出反對意見, 所以就禮崩樂壞了, 特朗普可以為所欲為, 大撈油水。美國太多malfeasance的例子, 美國人睡醒了嗎? Good Morning America. Good Morning Hong Kong.