Chapter Ⅳ 接过墨客的衣钵摇旗呐喊（5）（2/2）
《最震撼人心的声音》作者：姜宇 2017-02-11 10:27
c circles. He listened, paused and then spoke with some gravity. “Father,” he said, “let me tell you something. In war, innocent people always suffer.” There was a frozen silence. We stared at him. He did not flinch.
无辜的人们, 确实是, 总是承受苦难。
Innocent people, indeed, always suffer.
后来有人说：“但是在这里，‘无辜的人们’是被你的政府所资助的残忍无比的屠杀行为的牺牲品，而且这样的事情只是众多之一。如果国会给予Contras更多的钱，更多这类残忍的事情就会继续发生。是不是这样呢? 那你的政府是否因支持在一个主权国家中实施谋杀和毁坏行为而有罪呢?”
Finally somebody said, “But in this case ‘innocent people’ were the victims of a gruesome atrocity subsidised by your government, one among many. If Congress allows the Contras more money further atrocities of this kind will take place. Is this not the case? Is your government not therefore guilty of supporting acts of murder and destruction upon the citizens of a sovereign state?”
西茨沉着冷静地说:“我不同意这些陈述的事实支持你的观点。”
Seitz was imperturbable. “I don’t agree that the facts as presented support your assertions,” he said.
我们离开大使馆的时候，一个美国工作人员告诉我他喜欢我的戏剧，我没有搭理他。
As we were leaving the Embassy a US aide told me that he enjoyed my plays. I did not reply.
我应该提醒你，在那个时候，里根总统说过这样的话:“这些Contras在道德上等同于我们的建国元勋。”
I should remind you that at the time President Reagan made the following statement, “The Contras are the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers.”
美国政府在尼加拉瓜支持残忍的索摩查独裁政府长达40多年。尼加拉瓜人民在桑迪尼斯塔斯的领导下于1979年推翻了这个政权，这是令人震惊的民众革命。
The United States supported the brutal Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua for over 40 years. The Nicaraguan people, led by the Sandinistas, overthrew this regime in 1979, a breathtaking popular revolution.
桑迪尼斯塔斯不是完美的政府，他们存在着自以为是的倾向，而且在他们的政治纲领中有些互相矛盾的成分。但他们具有理性和智慧，并且讲求文明。他们试图建立稳定的、自尊的、多元化的社会，死刑被彻底废除，成千上万穷困的农民被从死亡线上拯救回来，10多万个家庭获得了土地所有权，2000所学校被建立起来。一场相当有效的扫盲运动使国家的文盲者降到低于1/7。免费教育和免费社会保健服务被建立起来。婴儿死亡率降低了1/3，小儿麻痹症被根除了。
无辜的人们, 确实是, 总是承受苦难。
Innocent people, indeed, always suffer.
后来有人说：“但是在这里，‘无辜的人们’是被你的政府所资助的残忍无比的屠杀行为的牺牲品，而且这样的事情只是众多之一。如果国会给予Contras更多的钱，更多这类残忍的事情就会继续发生。是不是这样呢? 那你的政府是否因支持在一个主权国家中实施谋杀和毁坏行为而有罪呢?”
Finally somebody said, “But in this case ‘innocent people’ were the victims of a gruesome atrocity subsidised by your government, one among many. If Congress allows the Contras more money further atrocities of this kind will take place. Is this not the case? Is your government not therefore guilty of supporting acts of murder and destruction upon the citizens of a sovereign state?”
西茨沉着冷静地说:“我不同意这些陈述的事实支持你的观点。”
Seitz was imperturbable. “I don’t agree that the facts as presented support your assertions,” he said.
我们离开大使馆的时候，一个美国工作人员告诉我他喜欢我的戏剧，我没有搭理他。
As we were leaving the Embassy a US aide told me that he enjoyed my plays. I did not reply.
我应该提醒你，在那个时候，里根总统说过这样的话:“这些Contras在道德上等同于我们的建国元勋。”
I should remind you that at the time President Reagan made the following statement, “The Contras are the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers.”
美国政府在尼加拉瓜支持残忍的索摩查独裁政府长达40多年。尼加拉瓜人民在桑迪尼斯塔斯的领导下于1979年推翻了这个政权，这是令人震惊的民众革命。
The United States supported the brutal Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua for over 40 years. The Nicaraguan people, led by the Sandinistas, overthrew this regime in 1979, a breathtaking popular revolution.
桑迪尼斯塔斯不是完美的政府，他们存在着自以为是的倾向，而且在他们的政治纲领中有些互相矛盾的成分。但他们具有理性和智慧，并且讲求文明。他们试图建立稳定的、自尊的、多元化的社会，死刑被彻底废除，成千上万穷困的农民被从死亡线上拯救回来，10多万个家庭获得了土地所有权，2000所学校被建立起来。一场相当有效的扫盲运动使国家的文盲者降到低于1/7。免费教育和免费社会保健服务被建立起来。婴儿死亡率降低了1/3，小儿麻痹症被根除了。