方齋夜話--殘夢軒

方齋夜話部落格在這次「228全球接力秀台灣-24小時共筆書寫」的活動中負責台灣時間下午六點到晚間九點鐘之間的接力。
我要先以一篇來自Lily Bradberry的朋友的英文短訊，以及我給她的真誠的感謝與回應做為這一棒的引言。Lily Bradberry是在前一篇預告二二八共書活動的網誌上留言的，她這麼說︰

I have recently lost a 3-year-old child; my husband and I could barely survive. After reading "Formosa Betrayed" , I can't imagine how Taiwanese families live through their lives witnessing the massacre and being forced to carry the burdens all alone secretly. My love goes to all Taiwanese families. Formosans didn't rebel but only protested against corruption. They didn't deserve to be massacred. Even though forgiveness is free to those who committed the crime, it does not guarantee an acquaintance from the consequence of murder. Taiwanese deserve a better treatment.

我讀了她的短訊，既感傷又感動，特別也以英文回覆Lily，表達我的哀傷和感謝。身為兩個女兒的父親，我兩個女兒是我和老妻從一丁點大「惜」到她們成年。到現在，一個結了婚，一個念大三，在我們眼中，她們年紀再大，也是我們「疼到命命命」的寶貝，所以Lily的傷痛我是很能體會的。
因為希望Lily也能看到這篇回應，所以我也以英文來寫，希望看到她的短訊的台灣人，也都能和我一樣，向她的傷痛致慰問之意，同時也感謝她對台灣人的支持和關心。

Dear Lily:
Please accept my condolences for the loss of your beloved child.
Thank you for your generous love towards the Taiwanese families of the 228 massacre. Think of thousands and thousands of Taiwanese elites killed without justice, their wives and children have suffered for 59 years and still do not have the truth of this tragic history. But luckily, because of their sacrifice and of other freedom fighters who spent years in jail in search of justice and democracy, the Taiwanese have proudly built up a real democratic country as of 5 years ago. Although more than 700 Chinese missiles are aimed at our homeland on a daily basis, the Taiwanese optimistically push towards democracy and peace and hope to share this universal value with the whole world. Today, we mourn for the 228 massacre victims and their families and tell the true story of this historical incident. We believe that when we retrieve the truth and learn our lessons from it, justice will prevailed and the people of Taiwan will go forward with more harmonic and peaceful minds.
Lily, thank you for your concern and comment.
I think your message is one of the most important gifts and blessings to Taiwanese people on this special day.

另外，我還要借用妙子的幾個叮嚀，讓熱心來參與共書的朋友能更了解如何共書，參與這個極有意義的活動︰

1. 有網站的朋友，請你在把文章或圖貼上去後，到這裡或其它負責時段的網站，留言告訴我們新貼文章或圖片的地方，這樣好方便主辦單位做整理。

2. 沒有網站的朋友，請你選擇一個對你適當的時間，到這裡或其它負責的網站貼出你的文字或圖片。（貼圖的方式就是把圖片的連結寫下來，其它的主辦單位會處理。）

3. 之前沒有報名的朋友，也歡迎你一起加入這個活動的行列。文章不限長短或形式（相片、音樂、影片、動畫也可以），，即使是只有一個字或是一句話，也歡迎你表達。

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