All Hallow's Eve

For it is Halloween. From slate.

Doraemon & Socialism

Damn, you got to read it to believe it...The hidden message behind the good o' big fat blue cat, Doraemon...the propaganda cat? All this theories really cracks me up... "金主席說過：“階級鬥爭是貫穿整個人類歷史的主線，是被壓迫階級與統治階級之間無可調和的必然產物，是歷史發展的動力與車輪，在我們的文藝作品裏一定要很好地反映出這一點。”《機器貓》是由日本的藤子．F．不二雄與藤子不二雄A合著的一本偉大的、具有深刻時代意義的巨著。作者通過書中主人公野比康夫一生悲慘的遭遇，將那個時代殘酷的階級鬥爭景象生動地展現在我們面前，讓我們了解到勞 動人民在封建社會中那種暗天無日的生活以及統治階層的血腥暴力本質。 該巨著的情節很簡單，野比康夫是一名處於社會底層的窮苦少年，經常受到剛田武（大胖）、骨川強夫等所謂的貴族的剝削欺壓，雖然對貴族少女源靜子抱有戀情，但卻因為森嚴的社會等級束縛而無法實現。正當他窮困潦倒之際，出現了一位從未來過來的機器貓，利用各種道具來幫助野比來反擊社會的一切不公平待遇，最後如願以償地與靜子結婚。 分析一部著作，要從它裏面的人物著手。金主席說過：“人物是一篇小說的靈魂，作者的思想與理念都是通過人物來進行表達的。”只有仔細分析書中各個人物的性格特點與階級地位，才能更好地理解《機 器貓》的社會與哲學意義，進而準確地把握本書的中心思想。 首先是主人公野比康夫，這個人是作者塑造的勞動人民的典型，處於社會的最底層，經常受到地主階級的盤剝與壓搾，終日過著膽驚受怕的日子。野比這個人的人物特點是，既有勇於反抗大胖的進步性，表現出了勞動人民要求解放的樸素願望，也有將希望寄托在一個來自未來的虛幻人物身上的迷信思想，這是他的局限性。當階級矛盾還轉化到無可容忍的地步時，他一直對殘酷的壓迫隱忍不發（書中很多地方都表現了這一點，比如幫大胖拎書包）；當矛盾激化的時候，又因為沒有先進的思想進行指導而無法從根本上動搖剝削階級的統治。（經常挨打）在他身上充分體現出了廣大最底層勞動人民的兩面性：對剝削階級的鬥爭性與妥協性。而且這種鬥爭性因為缺乏先進思想的指導而往往為統治階層利用，用來進行剝削階級內部的權力鬥爭（強夫就經常和野比聯合起來對付大胖）。機器貓贈給他很多強大的寶物，而他的最終目的不是推翻剝削階級，而是想要與貴族少女靜子結合的庸俗目的，還對剝削階級抱有幻想。這就是他的歷史局限性。總之這是一個矛盾的悲劇式人物。 其次是書中的兩個反面角色，剛田武與骨川強夫。強夫和大胖可以看成封建統治階級內部的兩個基本集團：掌握政權的士大夫階層和掌握軍權的武將階層。他們是互相利用的，後者需要前者的富裕的經濟力來支撐自己的龐大開銷，前者需要後者強大的武力來鎮壓被統治階級（大雄）的反抗。又是相互鬥爭的，經常會因為利益分配不均而發生軍人推翻文官統治的情況（強夫也挨打），甚至有的時候強夫還會聯合野比等勞動人民進行反抗。但是在對付人民（野比）的基本方針上，這兩者又是始終一致的。所以我們看書的時候不要被強夫與野比的暫時聯合假象蒙蔽了眼睛，以為階級鬥爭是可以避免的，其實強夫與野比的連手反抗大胖不過是統治階級的內部權力鬥爭而已，只是每隔一段時間決定一次由大胖和強夫中的誰來壓迫人民，剝削階級的反動本質是不會改變的。任何抱持階級鬥爭調和論觀點都是極端錯誤的，勢必要被歷史所淘汰，大胖和強夫的倒逆施行只會加速剝削階級走向沒落的步伐，以野比為代表的勞動人民必將站在歷史的舞臺，以主人翁的姿態出現。 源靜子是書中主人公所崇敬的偶像。從源這個姓氏我們推斷出她也是日本貴族階層中的一分子。這個人有女性的善良、美麗，對受壓迫階層的人民具有同情心，但又始終局限於本階級立場。一個被封建禮教毒害了的少女，始終無法衝破階級身份的藩籬，去追求真正的愛情。當野比闖進她的浴室，以大無畏的精神去向她表白，要求她一起與腐朽的統治階級做鬥爭時，她心裏固有的階級意識卻促使她露出了統治階級的本來面目，以潑水的方式表明了自己與勞動人民敵對的立場。靜子雖然同情野比，但她畢竟屬於剝削階級，不可能從更高的角度觀察事物，不可能具備超越階級的覺悟，也就不可能對野比產生真正意義上的愛情，所謂的“愛情”只是小資產階級情調庸俗愛情觀的表現。從這一點，也可以充分地體現出野比這個人物的悲劇色彩，說明在封建社會裏，在森嚴的吃人等級制度下，不可能指望剝削階級有更高 的覺悟，為了自由與幸福，勞動人民唯有自己努力。 機器貓則是作者理想化了的一個人物。它來自未來，又有無數神奇的道具。這個人物其實是勞動人民渴望求解放的心願的人格化產物。在先進的革命思想出現之前，勞動人民往往把解脫與翻身寄托在神化了的神仙佛祖身上，希望能通過超自M的力量謀求幸福。古代的種種神化比如刑天舞戚，精衛填海都是這種樸素思想的體現，這裏作者不過是又塑造了一個無所不能的機器貓，通過機器貓對野比的幫助，讓野 比得以與大胖和強夫對抗，進而達到徹底解放。 The above contents was in turns, sourced from the "中央電腦" entry from 海虎第一城 on 24th November 2003.

"Disneyland Memorial Orgy"

From the legendary Wally Wood, and sourced from the incredibly resourceful illegal-art.org, which was in turns bumped into while browsing Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed series at Comics Should Be Good!.

Watch The Watchmen Come 2009

The teaser poster illustrated by co-creator Dave Gibbons. The Official Site.

豹房

豹房，明武宗朱厚照所建立，一般認為是豢養動物的場所，也有人認為豹房無豹，只是一個行政機關。 明朝皇帝及貴族豢養動物達到鼎盛，光北京城內就建有虎豹園、虎城、象房、豹房、鵓鴿房、鹿場、鷹房等場所。明武宗命劉瑾在西苑（今天東華門外的報房胡同）建造豹房，令江彬廣選民間美女充實其中，有教坊司之女、寡婦、孕婦、妓女、高麗女、色目人女、西域舞女，專供武宗皇帝淫樂之用，一時無法安置的女子，就被安排在浣衣局寄養；又令各地貢獻珍禽野獸，招納伶人、僧人、市井無賴、義子等人聚之。為了區別於其他豹房，後人稱「武宗豹房」或「西苑豹房」。據說武宗在豹房常醉枕錢寧而臥，正德十六年（1521年）三月十三日，死於豹房，皇太后下旨，逮捕江彬等人下獄。 至於豹房有沒有豹，根據《萬曆野獲編》載：「嘉靖十年兵部覆勇士張升奏，西苑豹房畜土豹一隻，至役勇士二百四十名，歲廩二千八百石，占地十頃，歲租七百金。」現在北京地名中仍有豹房的名稱。 Good Lord, Wikipedia is wicked. As ever.

Dreaded Drama Of The Day

The Dreaded Doctor Chee Strikes Again! This time at both the Myanmar Embassy and the Istana, which of course, happened to be his final destination, as he got arrested by the Singapore Police for "staging an unlawful demonstration at the Istana Park facing the main entrance of the Istana". The below drama got unfold, according to this article at the SDP site... SDP's chairman, Mr Gandhi Ambalam, began to read out the letter of petition, "Dear Sir, It is with disgust that we learn about the murderous assault on the Burmese people..." Before he could finished reading the first sentence, the staff abruptly interrupted him and said, "No. We cannot accept this petition." He then turned his back and walked straight back to the embassy.

Savage Bestiality In Congo

Denis Mukwege, 52, a Congolese gynecologist in South Kivu Province, the epicenter of Congo's rape epidemic, works in a hospital where 10 new women and girls turns up everyday. "There used to be a lot of gorillas in there," he said. "But now they've been replaced by much more savage beasts." - Denis Mukwege. ""The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world" - John Holmes, the UN undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs. "I still have pain and feel chills," said Kasindi Wabulasa, who was raped in February by five men. The men held an AK-47 rifle to her husband's chest and made him watch, telling him that if he closed his eyes they would shoot him. When they were finished, she said, they shot him anyway. More from the bone-chilling article. Notably, the savage beasts was distintively described and identified by the victims and yet nothing can be done. Listed here for research purpose, amongst the depressingly more that a handful groups of perpetrators, the below two were specifically mentioned: 1. According to victims, one of the newest groups to emerge is called the Rastas, a mysterious gang of dreadlocked fugitives who live deep in the forest, wear shiny track suits and Los Angeles Lakers jerseys and are notorious for burning babies, kidnapping women and literally chopping up anybody who gets in their way. 2. In almost all the reported cases, the culprits are described as young men with guns, and in the deceptively beautiful hills here there is no shortage of them: poorly paid and often mutinous government soldiers; homegrown militias called the Mai-Mai who slick themselves with oil before marching into battle; members of paramilitary groups originally from Uganda and Rwanda who have destabilized this area over the past 10 years in a quest for gold and the other riches that can be extracted from Congo's abused soil.