小樽：半滿或是半空？

在地上的人，自號孤獨村村長，不喜群黨結派，忌被置枱上；但求一吐悶氣，無暇越俎代庖，黨派竿伐，干卿底事?

民主新生代聯署呼

相信市民　團結泛民

爭取真普選 行使投票權

 

致各位尊敬的民主派前輩們：

多年來，您們在各自的崗位上，為香港爭取民主所作出的努力，有目共睹。然而，近日從媒體看到黨派之間互相抹黑、人身攻擊、爆料內幕等報導，實在是親者痛仇者快。

香港人爭取民主非始於今朝。在過去二十多年爭取民主的道路中，我們出現過無數的爭論，每次都紛紛擾擾，間中有人離開，但絕大多數的時間，是支持民主的隊伍日益壯大，對爛政權、爛管治、爛制度的批判，愈來愈深刻，而每次在關鍵時刻，我們都能團結一致，槍口對外。

今次政府公布的政改諮詢文件，美其名是『優化方案』，實質是比『05方案』更加倒退。方案繼續保留不公義的功能組別、大幅增加不民主的區議會功能議席、擴大小圈子式的選舉委員會等，等於延續不合理的『官商勾結』制度。

我們理解各黨派就如何推動民主政制有不同的觀點、分析及策略，但無論採取甚麼策略，「信任市民、團結黨派」，應該是民主運動的最大原則。而任何以「爭取民主」作為號召的政黨或意見領袖，實在有責任創造條件、提供平台，讓市民行使權利，繼續發聲。

我們認為「五區請辭、變相公投」的建議，是一個值得所有泛民主派考慮的建議，它既可以發動市民，清晰表態；亦可深化理念，實踐民主。或許大家都對這項策略有許多疑慮，但在「信任市民、團結泛民」的前提底下，我們相信這些疑慮可以一一消除。任何一個自稱爭取民主的政黨或領袖，都不應隨便否定這個想法。民主運動薪火相傳是香港人的期盼，今次「五區請辭、變相公投」的建議獲得大多數年輕人的支持，我們深信這一場全民表態運動定會將年輕人的熱誠轉化成持續推進民主運動的重要力量。

我們期望民主派團結，但我們更期望民主派挺直腰板，我們更希望爭取民主的人能夠相信民主，相信群眾。

讓我們一起為民主運動闖出新的局面！

 

民主新生代及年輕的民主支持者

發起人：陳小萍、任啟邦、曾國豐、鄧徐中、范國威、余冠威、關永業、陳梓杰、李偉儀、 莫佩嫺

二十年前，我只是一個中學生
六四層城，我沒有忘記

二十年來，我一直堅持
平反八九民運、追究屠城責任

曾蔭權　冇權代表我！！！！！！！！！！

When I was watching the Japanese animation “Nausicaä of The Valley Of The Wind”, (風の谷のナウシカ, Kaze no Tani no Naushika, was a 1984 film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki), I remember the Girl who gave a wonderful speech in 1992…

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Severn Cullis-Suzuki’s speech transcript at UN Earth Summit 1992

Hello, I’m Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. - The Environmental Children’s Organization.

We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference: Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg and me. We raised all the money ourselves to come five thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways. Coming up here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future.

Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few points on the stock market. I am here to speak for all generations to come.

I am here to speak on behalf of the starving children around the world whose cries go unheard.

I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet because they have nowhere left to go. We cannot afford to be not heard.

I am afraid to go out in the sun now because of the holes in the ozone. I am afraid to breathe the air because I don’t know what chemicals are in it.

I used to go fishing in Vancouver, my home, with my dad until just a few years ago we found the fish full of cancers. And now we hear about animals and plants going extinct every day — vanishing forever.

In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.
Did you have to worry about these little things when you were my age?

All this is happening before our eyes and yet we act as if we have all the time we want and all the solutions. I’m only a child and I don’t have all the solutions, but I want you to realize, neither do you!

* You don’t know how to fix the holes in our ozone layer.
* You don’t know how to bring salmon back up a dead stream.
* You don’t know how to bring back an animal now extinct.
* And you can’t bring back forests that once grew where there is now desert.

If you don’t know how to fix it, please stop breaking it!

Here, you may be delegates of your governments, business people, organizers, reporters or politicians - but really you are mothers and fathers, brothers and sister, aunts and uncles - and all of you are somebody’s child.

I’m only a child yet I know we are all part of a family, five billion strong, in fact, 30 million species strong and we all share the same air, water and soil — borders and governments will never change that.

I’m only a child yet I know we are all in this together and should act as one single world towards one single goal.

In my anger, I am not blind, and in my fear, I am not afraid to tell the world how I feel.
In my country, we make so much waste, we buy and throw away, buy and throw away, and yet northern countries will not share with the needy. Even when we have more than enough, we are afraid to lose some of our wealth, afraid to share.

In Canada, we live the privileged life, with plenty of food, water and shelter — we have watches, bicycles, computers and television sets.

Two days ago here in Brazil, we were shocked when we spent some time with some children living on the streets. And this is what one child told us: “I wish I was rich and if I were, I would give all the street children food, clothes, medicine, shelter and love and affection.”
If a child on the street who has nothing, is willing to share, why are we who have everything still so greedy?

I can’t stop thinking that these children are my age, that it makes a tremendous difference where you are born, that I could be one of those children living in the Favellas of Rio; I could be a child starving in Somalia; a victim of war in the Middle East or a beggar in India.

I’m only a child yet I know if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this earth would be!

At school, even in kindergarten, you teach us to behave in the world. You teach us:
* not to fight with others,
* to work things out,
* to respect others,
* to clean up our mess,
* not to hurt other creatures
* to share - not be greedy.

Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do?

Do not forget why you’re attending these conferences, who you’re doing this for — we are your own children. You are deciding what kind of world we will grow up in. Parents should be able to comfort their children by saying “everything’s going to be alright”, “we’re doing the best we can” and “it’s not the end of the world”.

But I don’t think you can say that to us anymore. Are we even on your list of priorities? My father always says “You are what you do, not what you say.”

Well, what you do makes me cry at night. You grown-ups say you love us. I challenge you, please make your actions reflect your words. Thank you for listening.

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Sources of the image: http://www.concretebadger.

在陽光燦爛的五月裡，我們絕食了。

在這最美好的青春時刻，我們卻不得不把一切生之美好絕然地留在身後了，但我們是多麼的不情願，多麼的不甘心啊！　

然而，國家已經到了這樣的時刻：物價飛漲、官倒橫流、強權高懸、官僚腐敗、大批仁人志士流落海外、社會治安日趨混亂，在這民族存亡的生死關頭，同胞們，一切有良心的同胞們，請聽一聽我們的呼聲吧！　　

國家是我們的國家，　　人民是我們的人民，　　政府是我們的政府，　　我們不喊，誰喊？　　我們不幹，誰幹？　　儘管我們的肩膀還很柔嫩，儘管死亡對於我們來說，還顯得過於沉重，但是，我們去了，我們卻不得不去，歷史這樣要求我們。　　我們最純潔的愛國感情，我們最優秀的赤子心靈，卻被說成是「動亂」，說成是「別有用心」，說成是「受一小撮人的利用」。　　

我們想請求所有正直的中國公民，請求每個工人、農民、士兵、平民、知識分子、社會名流、政府官員、警察和那些給我們炮製罪名的人，把你們的手撫在你們的心上，問一問你們的良心，我們有什麼罪？我們是亂動嗎?我們罷課，我們遊行，我們絕食，我們藏身？到底是為了什麼？可是，我們的感情卻一再�Q玩弄，我們忍著飢餓追求真理卻遭到軍警毒打……學生代表跪求民主卻被視而不見，平等對話的要求一再拖延，學生領袖身處危難……　　我們怎麼辦？　　

民主是人生最崇高的生存感情，自由是人與生俱來的天賦人權，但這就需要我們用這些年輕的生命去換取，這難道是中華民族的自豪嗎？　　絕食乃不得已而為之，也不得不為之。　　

我們以死的氣概，為了生而戰。　　但我們還是孩子，我們還是孩子啊！中國母親，請認真看一眼你的兒女吧，雖然飢餓無情地摧殘著他們的青春，當死亡正向他們逼近，你難道能夠無動於衷嗎？　　我們不想死，我們要好好地活著，因為我們正是人生最美好之年齡；我們不想死，我們想好好學習，祖國還是這樣的貧窮，我們似乎留下祖國就這樣去死，死亡決不是我們的追求。但是如果一個人的死或一些人的死，能夠使更多的人活得更好，能夠使祖國繁榮昌盛，我們就沒有權利去偷生。　　

當我們挨著餓時，爸爸媽媽們，你不要悲哀；當我們告別生命時，叔叔阿姨們，請不要傷心，我們只有一個希望，那就是讓我們能更好地活著，我們只有一個請求，請你們不要忘記，我們追求的絕不是死亡！因為民主不是幾個人的事情，民主事業也絕不是一�N能夠完成的。　　

死亡，在期待著最廣泛而永久的回聲。　　人將去矣，其言也善；鳥將去矣，其鳴也哀。　　

別了，同仁，保重！死者和生者一樣的忠誠。　　

別了，愛人，保重！捨不下你，也不得不告終。　　

別了，父母！請原諒，孩子不能忠孝兩全。　　

別了，人民！請允許我們以這樣不得已的方式報忠。　　

我們用生命寫成的誓言，必將晴朗共和國的天空！　　

絕食原因：第一抗議政府對北京學生罷課採取麻木冷淡態度；第二抗議政府拖延與北京高校對話代表團的對話；第三抗議政府一直對這次學生民主愛國運動冠以「動亂」的帽子及一系列歪曲報道。　　

絕食要求：第一要求政府迅速與北京高校對話團進行實質性的、具體的、平等的對話；第二要求政府為這次學生運動正名，並給予公正評價，肯定這是一場愛國、民主的學生運動。　　

絕食時間：五月十三日下午二時出發。絕食地點：天安門廣場。　　不是動亂、立即平反！立即對話、不許拖延！為民絕食、實屬無奈！世界輿論、請聲援我們！各界民主力量，請支持我們。

北京高校學生絕食書一九八九年五月十三日

今天陽光很耀眼，忽然想起這歌曲。
發生過的，沒法忘記...

http://www.alliance.org.hk/infoindex/song/wma/a03.wma

五月的陽光

曲：杜雯惠 ( 4/4 )
詞：杜雯惠

現在我彷似在等待，等，等那一天來；
莫道你心痛不可耐，我心更哀。

若問我想找的所在，找，找我的將來，
為著我心中的希望，生命已擲門外。

看著這如病染的祖國，誰亦要奮起叫嚷！

放下眼前原屬我的一切，五月的陽光在照耀……

我就是這樣的人
這樣來
這樣走

新聞報導：伍晃榮病逝了。
生
死
每天都在發生
就是這樣

幾多人會為萍水相逢的朋友的離開而感到戚戚然？

朋友，請接受原諒我。我想逃離醫院的白色、那消毒藥水的味道、那