Manypeopleareafraidoftheworldbeyondtheirdoor,yetthevastmajorityofhumansarenotthieves,murderersorrapists.Theyarepeoplejustlikeyouandmewhoaretryingtogetby,tohelptheirfamiliesandgoaboutlivingtheirlives.Thereisnorace,religionornationalitythatisexemptfromthisrule.Howtheygoaboutlivingtheirlivesmightbedifferent,buttheirgeneralgoalsarethesame.总的来说还是好人多:许多人害怕他们门外的世界,然而世界上绝大多数人既不是小偷、也不是劫匪和色魔。他们和你我一样,只是普通的人——和家人互相扶持,维持生活而已。这一条在所有的种族、所有的宗教和所有的国家都成立。他们赖以维生的方式可能不同,但是他们生活的目标大致相同。
2)ThemedialiesIfyouonlylearnedaboutothercountriesfromthenews,youdthinktheworldwasahorribleplace.Themediawillalwayssensationalizeandsimplifyastory.IwasinEastTimorwhentheassassinationattemptsonPresidentJoséRamos-Horta,andPrimeMinisterXananaGusm?oin.ThestoriesinthenewsthenextdaywerefiledfromJakartaorKualaLumpur,notDili.Itwasallsecondhandnews.IwasinBangkokduringthepoliticalproteststhisyear,butyoudneverhaveanyideatheyweretakingplacesifyouwerenotintheimmediateareawheretheprotestsweretakingplace.Themediamakesusscaredoftherestoftheworld,andweshouldntbe.媒体总是说谎:如果你只从新闻上了解其他国家的话,你会觉得外面的世界真是吓人。媒体息管了危言耸听和简化叙事。年我在东帝汶,正好有人企图暗杀他们的总统JoséRamos-Horta和总理XananaGusm?o。第二天新闻上的故事居然是从雅加达或者吉隆坡发来的,而不是从帝力来的——完完全全的二手消息。当泰国红杉军闹事的时候我正好在曼谷,但是如果你不去他们聚集的地方你根本意识不到有这么回事。媒体让受众对世界上其他地方满怀恐惧,其实我们并没有必要这样。
3)Theworldisboring.Ifthereisntanaturaldisasteroranarmedconflict,mostplaceswillneverevenbementionedinthenews.WhenisthelasttimeyouveheardLaosorOmanmentionedinanewsstory?Whatmakesforgoodnewsareexceptionalevents,notordinaryevents.Mostoftheworld,justlikeyourneighborhood,isprettyboring.Itcanbeamazinglyinteresting,buttothelocals,theyjustgoaboutlivingtheirlives.世界充满无聊:如果没有自然灾害或者武装冲突的话,绝大多数地方永远不会在新闻中被提到。你上次听说老挝和阿曼是什么时候?造就了“绝佳报道”的是那些例外的事,不是那些平常事。世界上绝大多数地区,就像你在的社区一样无聊。的确会发现有趣得发指的地方,但是对于当地人来说,他们只是想好好生活而已。
4)PeopledonthateAmericans.Ihaventencounteredasinglecaseofanti-Americanisminthelastthree-and-a-halfyears.Notone.(Andno,IdonttellpeopleIamCanadian.)Ifanything,peoplearefascinatedbyAmericansandwanttoknowmoreabouttheUS.Thisisnttosaytheyloveourgovernmentorourpolicies,buttheydonothaveanissuewithAmericansaspeople.Eveninplacesyoudthinkwouldbeveryanti-American,suchastheMiddleEast,Iwaswel
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