大家可能沒有留意這段新聞。話説美國總統奧巴馬上任後,到阿利桑那州大學作首次的大學畢業禮致辭。大學本來禮貌上有意給他頒個榮譽學位,但大學領導層最終否決了,認爲他還未夠料子。而奧巴馬在致辭時,並不迴避,他說,我不否認我做得還不夠,我妻子就最同意的了。
“I come here not to dispute the suggestion that I haven’t achieved enough in my life. First of all, Michelle concurs with that assessment. She has a long list of things I have not yet done waiting for me when I get home.”
他又說,這事説明了,不要被外在的符號和標簽所牽制,即使有總統之名,也不等如你的一生過得很有意義。不管你有過多少成就,曾經有多麽成功,總有更多事要去做,總有更多東西要去學,總有更多事要去達成。
“I come to embrace the notion that I haven’t done enough in my life. I heartily concur. I come to confirm that one’s title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one’s life has been led — and that no matter how much you’ve done, or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.”
我想到香港的大學。會有大學拒絕給香港特首曾蔭權頒授榮譽博士學位嗎?當然沒有。更何況香港幾所最高級的學府,都是以曾特首為校長(即美國大學稱的Chancellor),至少名義上,獨立性就令人存疑。
再想像一下,萬一曾特首遇上奧巴馬的遭遇,他會如何反應?我想他會再抛那一句無知、空洞而自大的説話:「民望於我如浮雲。」假得令人討厭的虛懷若谷。
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