和平的改革

感覺上人權鬥士金恩博士的忌日是美國除了聖誕節以外最重要的節日之一，今天閱讀了金恩博士 1964 年獲頒諾貝爾和平獎的講稿，有了不錯的啟發。

台灣的藍、綠對抗也許沒有美國六○年代的種族對抗的嚴重，金恩博士的和平改革手段，使美國免去第二次的內戰。台灣的族群要融合，這裡有許多可以取法的地方。

以下是幾個重要的概念：

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... nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time - the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression. ... Negroes of the United States, following the people of India, have demonstrated that nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.  ... The foundation of such a method is love.

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我們無需以暴制暴，美國黑人、印度均證明非暴力手段並非是被動沒用的，而是一個社會轉型的利器。...  愛是這一切的基礎。

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... right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant. ...

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真理被短暫的擊敗，只會讓它變得比邪惡更堅強。

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When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born.

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確實，我們感到台灣面對前所未有的黑暗，這也是台灣新文明誕生的最後掙扎時刻。我們期待台灣的民主可以取法美國，進行和平的改革。過程也許艱辛，但是我們無可逃避。