【文明就係咪樣被破壞】
（好無奈傷感嘅好文分享，強烈建議睇晒原文）
《Financial Times》亞洲編輯Jamil Anderlini評論，解釋點解香港人對示威暴力升級不割蓆、不篤灰、不指責。
"Events in Hong Kong reveal the thin veneer of civilisation"
香港發生的事件，顯示文明社會底線嘅薄弱
//Examples of police double standards when it comes to dealing with pro- and anti-government protesters are too numerous to count. Members of criminal triad groups who attack anti-government protesters have been dealt with incredibly leniently, while anyone who looks like they might be a demonstrator is at risk of being beaten unconscious. //
（警察面對親政府同反政府嘅示威者嘅時候，用雙重標準執法嘅例子多到數唔晒。用仁慈嘅態度對待班襲擊示威者嘅黑社會份子，但係只要個樣似係示威嘅呢，就分分鐘打到不醒人事。）
//Several officers were caught on camera over the weekend loudly celebrating and laughing at the death of the young protester. //
（當有個年青示威者去世嘅時候，幾個警察响鏡頭下竟然慶祝同大笑。）
//This is not to excuse the horrific vigilante attacks, but context is critical to understanding how easily a spiral of violence can form. No police officer has faced charges for any of their many examples of brutality. While thousands of protesters have been arrested, very few of the people carrying out vigilante attacks on either side have been caught or punished.//
（雖然呢啲未必係嗰啲咁殘暴「鶳」嘅理由，但係令人好容易理解暴力嘅形成。當幾千人被捕，當中只係有好少數係涉及雙方「鶳」嘅暴力案件，但係關於警暴嘅就無一個警察被控。）
//Demonstrators and police officers are experiencing a kind of epiphany when they realise there are no repercussions for smashing the thin veneer of civility. As a consequence, the range of acceptable behaviour has widened dramatically and the most brazen and outrageous actions are becoming normalised. //
（當警察同示威者都頓悟到原來所謂文明係咁薄弱，破壞咗唔覺有反效果，咁激進行為自然就變到被大家接受同正常化。）
全世界睇下啦！文明社需要用上幾十年去建立，但同時可以好似香港咁一夜間撕毀。(If this breakdown can happen in Hong Kong it can happen anywhere. And while a civil society can be torn apart virtually overnight, it almost always takes decades to build it back up.)
P.S. 當好多人指責香港人容許暴力抗爭嘅時，只可以話Jamil Anderlini唔只係國際明眼人，直情係國際有心人。
原文：https://on.ft.com/2QiAMi6
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