"这段话是V发表的电视演讲,作为自由主义的宣言,它影射了我们这个时代的危机,再次告诫人们:永远不要放弃自由!
Good evening, London.Allow me first to apologize .I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of the everyday routine,the security of the familiar,the tranquility of repetition.I enjoy them as much as any bloke.But in the spirit of commemoration.Whereby important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful, bloody struggle are celebrated with a nice holiday.I thought we could mark this November the 5th a day that is, sadly,no longer remembered by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat.There are, of course,those who do not want us to speak.Even now, orders are being shouted into telephones and men with guns will soon be on their way.Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.Words offer the means to meaning and, for those who will listen,the enunciation of truth.And the truth is :there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice,intolerance and oppression.And where once you had the freedom to object to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting submission.
How did this happen? Who's to blame?Certainly there are those who are more responsible than others.And they will be held accountable.But again, truth be told,if you're looking for the guilty you need only look into a mirror.I know why you did it.I know you were afraid.Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease.There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense.
Fear got the best of you.And in your panic, you turned to the now High Chancellor Adam Sutler.He promised you order,he promised you peace and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night, I sought to end that silence.Last night,I destroyed the Old Bailey to remind this country of what it has forgotten.More than 400 years ago, a great citizen wished to imbed the 5th of November forever in our memory.His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice and freedom are more than words.They are perspectives.So if you've seen nothing ,if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you,then I would suggest that you allow the 5th of November to pass unmarked.But if you see what I see ,if you feel as I feel,and if you would seek as I seek,then I ask you to stand beside me,one year from tonight,outside the gates of Parliament.And together, we shall give them a 5th of November that shall never, ever be forgot.
How did this happen? Who's to blame?Certainly there are those who are more responsible than others.And they will be held accountable.But again, truth be told,if you're looking for the guilty you need only look into a mirror.I know why you did it.I know you were afraid.Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease.There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense.
Fear got the best of you.And in your panic, you turned to the now High Chancellor Adam Sutler.He promised you order,he promised you peace and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night, I sought to end that silence.Last night,I destroyed the Old Bailey to remind this country of what it has forgotten.More than 400 years ago, a great citizen wished to imbed the 5th of November forever in our memory.His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice and freedom are more than words.They are perspectives.So if you've seen nothing ,if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you,then I would suggest that you allow the 5th of November to pass unmarked.But if you see what I see ,if you feel as I feel,and if you would seek as I seek,then I ask you to stand beside me,one year from tonight,outside the gates of Parliament.And together, we shall give them a 5th of November that shall never, ever be forgot.
翻译:
晚安,伦敦。首先,请允 许我为这样的打扰而道歉。我,和你们一样,喜欢每日安定稳固带来的舒适,熟悉不变带来的安全,和循环往复带来的宁静。我享受这些,就如同所有的凡人。但 是,本着铭记和悼念,我想问问:为何历史上通常伴随着死亡或者痛苦折磨的大事要用欢乐的庆典来纪念?(指阴谋的纪念日)我认为我们可以悲哀地说,11月5 日,人们不再抽出时间,坐下来,以自由的交谈来把它纪念。当然,有些人,不想让我们谈,实际上,现在就已经有人在电话中叫喊着命令,士兵们已经出发在路 上。为什么?因为虽然警棍的暴虐取代了谈话的公正,语言,依然有着力量!这些语言对于有心人来说,是真相的阐明,而真相就是:这个国家大大的不对头了,难 道不是吗?残酷与不公,歧视与压迫,从前能够自由地反对、自由地思考、自由地说出真实想法的国家,现在却成了审查和监视的国度,要求你的绝对一致和服从。
这一切是怎么发生的?这都要怪谁?当然有些人要负起责任而他们也会被惩罚,但是,再一次我们说出真话:如果你们要找那个真正负责的人,只需要看着镜子就可以了。我知道你们为什么这么做,我知道你们被吓坏了,谁不害怕呢?战争、恐怖主义、瘟疫,可怕的问题如此之多,共同侵蚀了你的理性和常识,恐惧是控制你 们的最好方法。然后,当你们惊恐异常之时,投入了最高元首亚当·苏特勒的怀抱。他向你们承诺了秩序、和平,他要的回报仅仅是你们的沉默和服从。昨夜,我结 束了这种沉默,我炸毁了最高法院来提醒这个国家它忘记了什么!400多年以前,一个伟大的公民试图把11月5日永远铭刻在我们的心中,他希望提醒这个世 界:平等、公正和自由不是泛泛之谈,而是高耸的灯塔。所以如果,你什么也没看到,如果,你始终无视这个政府的罪行,我建议你让11月5日就这样平淡溜走。 但是如果你看到了我所看到的,如果你感到了我所感到的,如果你追寻我所追寻的,那么,我请你在明年的11月5日的夜晚,在议会的大门外,与我肩并肩站在一 起,一起给他们,一个永远永远也不能忘记的,11月5日!"
这一切是怎么发生的?这都要怪谁?当然有些人要负起责任而他们也会被惩罚,但是,再一次我们说出真话:如果你们要找那个真正负责的人,只需要看着镜子就可以了。我知道你们为什么这么做,我知道你们被吓坏了,谁不害怕呢?战争、恐怖主义、瘟疫,可怕的问题如此之多,共同侵蚀了你的理性和常识,恐惧是控制你 们的最好方法。然后,当你们惊恐异常之时,投入了最高元首亚当·苏特勒的怀抱。他向你们承诺了秩序、和平,他要的回报仅仅是你们的沉默和服从。昨夜,我结 束了这种沉默,我炸毁了最高法院来提醒这个国家它忘记了什么!400多年以前,一个伟大的公民试图把11月5日永远铭刻在我们的心中,他希望提醒这个世 界:平等、公正和自由不是泛泛之谈,而是高耸的灯塔。所以如果,你什么也没看到,如果,你始终无视这个政府的罪行,我建议你让11月5日就这样平淡溜走。 但是如果你看到了我所看到的,如果你感到了我所感到的,如果你追寻我所追寻的,那么,我请你在明年的11月5日的夜晚,在议会的大门外,与我肩并肩站在一 起,一起给他们,一个永远永远也不能忘记的,11月5日!"
