Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A72-W22
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A72-W22
Release Date: June 6, 2004
发布日：2004年6月6日
Topic: Do not Cover Children's Eyes -- Wei Jingsheng Radio Free Asia Commentary on 6.4 (1 of 3)
标题：不要蒙蔽孩子们的眼睛（魏京生就六四15周年在自由亚洲电台的评论之一）
Original Language Version: Chinese (Chinese version at the end)
此号以中文为准（英文在前，中文在后）
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Do not Cover Children's Eyes
-- Wei Jingsheng Radio Free Asia Commentary on 6.4 (1 of 3)
Dear listeners:
It's been 15 long years since the brutal massacre at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing. To those who were there, Chinese or foreigners who experienced the horrors, the memories are indelible. The memories are as fresh as if it happened yesterday. For many people younger than 30 years, it has been an unknown, remote occurrence.
The ignorance is due to the Chinese educational philosophy:
1. Parents orient the children to focus on mathematics and science while shielding them from anything else.
2. Government purposefully suppresses the historical facts of the Massacre.
The impression of these children is that "many soldiers were killed or injured by mobs". I encountered many such misinformed youth while speaking in universities in Europe and America. Once a young girl expressed such lies in a large audience, getting a lot of angry stares from both a small group of Chinese and many non-Chinese alike.
I asked her: "The soldiers entering Beijing had machine guns and tanks while the citizens and students, who were about your age, were unarmed. How could they kill the soldiers?"
She replied: "I don't know. I just saw it on TV and was told by my teachers.'
We must admit that the intellectuals definitely greatly help the butcher Chinese government to stabilize the situation after the Massacre. The government has been able to establish a dictatorship with the help of the political, economic and cultural elites. That is why the Chinese government has evolved from its original dictatorship that was controlled by an ideology elite back into the classical Chinese dictatorship that includes these three types of elites in the ruling class -- by the approach of "three representatives".
Subsequently the young girl asked a series of questions, showing her ignorance of our own history that elicited laughter from the whole audience while a wave of sadness overcame me.
The students and citizens used gas cans and bricks against the well-armed troops. What they wanted was a free and dignified life and future. For that they were being murdered, injured, persecuted, imprisoned or exiled. Many exiles are struggling to survive. Under the most difficult circumstances, many constantly remember their suffering parents, friends and compatriots, struggling to bring a democratic future for China. They dedicate any spare time and energy to that goal. Now the future generations they gave their lives for have no idea of their sacrifices. It is extremely sad and discouraging.
Parents work hard to provide their children a bright future and shield them from stress of their young and fragile psyches. While the child has no knowledge and fear of the wolf, he/she risks being killed by the wolf. That would be a tragedy for both generations. Currently the wolf is still alive and more brutal. How should parents teach their children?
Professors Ding Zilin and Jiang Peikun's 18-year old son was one of those murdered in the Massacre. They are the leaders of the "TianAnMen Mothers", a group of bereaved whose loved ones were also murdered.
The professors Ding and Jiang told me that they tried to shield their son from the unpleasant realities of life, fearing that would harm his innocence.
They tried their best to protect him - body and soul. Shielding a child's sense of righteousness and brave nature got exactly the opposite. Children must be taught the true nature of the brutality of wolves. The whole family must fight together to eliminate the wolves that eat children. That's the only way to create a safe environment for children.
Parents must carefully deliberate how to teach children to face the reality of life.
(The Wei Jingsheng Foundation is responsible for this version of the translation from the original Chinese version of Wei Jingsheng's Radio Free Asia commentary.)
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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A72-W22
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A72-W22
Release Date: June 6, 2004
发布日：2004年6月6日
Topic: Do not Cover Children's Eyes -- Wei Jingsheng Radio Free Asia Commentary on 6.4 (1 of 3)
标题：不要蒙蔽孩子们的眼睛（魏京生就六四15周年在自由亚洲电台的评论之一）
Original Language Version: Chinese (Chinese version at the end)
此号以中文为准（英文在前，中文在后）
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不要蒙蔽孩子们的眼睛 （RFA广播稿 2004/5/25）
-- 魏京生就六四15周年在自由亚洲电台的评论之一
亲爱的听众朋友们：
1989年的那场的大屠杀已经过去了整整15年。经历过那场浩劫的人，无论是中国人还是老外，每当提起六四当年血与火的场景就是历历在目，就像昨天刚刚发生的一样。而现在三十岁以下的年轻人，很多已经不知道那是怎么回事了。由于咱们中国人教育孩子的方法是“两耳不闻窗外事，一心只读数理化”，再由于中共在学校里的欺骗性教育，很多孩子们的印象是：“89年那场动乱中，很多解放军叔叔被暴徒杀害了。”我在美国和欧洲的大学讲演时，就碰到过这样天真的年轻人。有一次一个女孩儿当着满场的听众问出这样的问题，使在场的老外和为数不多的中国人都怒目而视。
我反问了她一个问题：“解放军叔叔是荷枪实弹开着坦克车进城的，而老百姓，还有跟你一样大年纪的男女学生们，都是手无寸铁。你想想你能屠杀那些荷枪实弹的军人吗？或者说，那些荷枪实弹的当兵的，能让你这样的小姑娘给屠杀了吗？”她马上惊惶失措地说；“我不知道，我也不清楚，我只是从电视上看见，还有听老师们说的。”我们不得不承认，六四以后能稳定局势，中国的知识精英们的确帮了大忙。所以，屠夫政权才能把他们三结合到统治集团中来，使得中共的统治集团进化到中国传统式的、由政治精英、经济精英和文化精英三结合的精英专制的统治模式，彻底摆脱了原有的意识形态精英专制的统治模式。
话说那位小姑娘，又连续提了好几个问题，反映出年轻人对自己历史的一无所知，引得老外们哄堂大笑。而我反倒觉得有一种让人不寒而栗的悲凉。那些当年在北京大街上用砖头和汽油瓶抵挡坦克机枪的老百姓是为了什么？他们是为了让自己和自己的孩子们能够过上象西方人一样自由和幸福的生活。为此，他们牺牲了生命，或付出了受伤的代价，或丢掉了工作，或在单位挨整，或流亡海外，背井离乡。许多人在他乡异域打工求生存之余，还念念不忘受苦受难的父老乡亲，还念念不忘流血牺牲的兄弟姐妹，继续为争取中国的民主而奋斗。但是，他们为之流血牺牲的下一代，已经不知道他们是为什么而如此，甚至为他们的敌人辩护，这不能不使人心寒，不能不使人丧气！
每一位家长都希望孩子过幸福的生活，不希望给孩子们过多的心理负担。特别不希望极其惨痛的事情扭曲了孩子们幼小的心灵。但是，做祥林嫂的后果，是孩子不怕狼，最终被狼吃掉了，毁了两代人的生活。现在狼还活得好好的，而且比过去更凶残。天下父母们该如何教育自己的孩子呢？
丁子霖教授和蒋培坤教授现在是著名的“天安门母亲”运动的领导人。他们的年近18岁的孩子就惨死在进城部队的枪口之下。有一次在蒋教授家时他告诉我，他们也像天下父母一样，怕凶恶的往事伤害了孩子水晶般的心，从来不对孩子讲狼吃人的故事。只想在六四的危险时期把孩子关在家里。结果，仍然没能避免惨案的发生。靠隐瞒无法抹杀每一个孩子的正义感，靠门窗也关不住孩子们勇敢的心。只有告诉他们豺狼的凶残本性，全家老少和父老乡亲们一起消灭吃人的豺狼，才能使孩子们有真正的安全。
请天下父母们三思，该如何教育自己的孩子们。
（此为魏京生基金会所整理的魏京生先生在自由亚洲电台所作评论的文本。）
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