Christine in Monotone

開始換自己睡不了了，右眼上窩的痠疼又出現，不揉它了，不知道血絡經脈的確切位置的。清晨四點多看到 MSN 傳來那些果決卻喪氣的話，配著台灣、英國這一場來去匆匆，讀《樂生現狀：假續住、真迫遷；假保留，真清拆》時，視線越來越模糊，淚開始大顆大顆落。那些不獨親其親，好使老有所終^註的，發願了，卻只能闔眼讓它消散了，是嗎？似是空僅有熱烈肉身的人兒，還能抗拒什麼呢？好虛弱啊！當現實世界歡樂地手牽手（惡狠狠）讓一切不得其道而行，再多的 refu-sive 心情，都是徒勞。

This is a seminar presented by Dr. Claire Smetherham about the Leverhulme funded project 'Globalisation – the case of academic staff'. Her conclusions at that moment were: (i) globalisation is an elite phenomenon, (ii) there are two different kinds of academic markets - one where shortages are due to under-supply/recruitment in the UK (due to skills shortages and/or the attractiveness of commercial markets), consequently opening spaces for overseas people, and, another where the UK is simply seen as a good place to be, and (iii) alongside the concentration of funding argument, both forces are likely operating to some degree.

發現了英國創新、大學與技能部（DIUS, Department of Innovation, Universities & Skills）上，進修教育部份的這個「『莉琪』報告（Leitch Report）」，腦子就亂轉了三十秒。原來，經濟成長與人民是不是擁有世界級的技能，頗有關～頗有關（傻笑 + 囧）。畫面：經濟部長對教育部長ㄘㄟ了一眼。是只有在下覺得這樣的邏輯思維非常有意思嗎？歪頭想ing～哈哈哈！

Not only Papal power, every kind of 'power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely (Dalberg-Acton, 1887)'. It is bad to be oppressed by a minority (sic, Dalberg-Acton, 1???), but it is, agreed personally as a minority here and there, even worse to be oppressed by a majority indeed. Although Dalberg-Acton was a historian (oh come on, it's not Kostova's novel), he saw clearly what democracy, party politics and majority tyranny were/will be and stated 'the one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.' The mentioned suddenly reminded me of Toyama Kōichi's MV (with some thoughts followed) seen on the other day. This is not kuso at all; this is cruel.