从笑脸的贴想到的

今年夏天回国，去好朋友家做客。她的儿子8岁，房间墙上贴着一张世界地图，北京，三番，青岛几个地方都贴着红星，他一一告诉我，自己住哪里，大姨住哪里，奶奶住哪里。。。在日本岛上有一个大叉，我问他什么意思，他说“小日本呀，讨厌他们”。我一惊，问他，“为什么？你认识日本人吗？”他说，“不认识，但就是希望他们死。”我的好友在一边，很平常的样子。

这个孩子平时很乖很热心，我很震惊他小小的心里会有这种情感（更希望是小孩信口雌黄）。不禁联想到我看过的一部法国电影，“Joyeux Noel”（Merry Christmas），讲的是一次大战时英法德士兵在圣诞节自发停火共度圣诞的真实故事。影片的开始就是战争前夕三个国家的孩子各自诉说他们为什么厌恶敌对国家，这些观点自然都是从大人，学校听来的。可是这种情绪伴随他们上了战场，直到面对面。

所以我不太敢多想中国的未来。这种不理性的仇恨是个癌细胞，如果不及时治疗，后果总有一天会是灾难性的。

I spent this summer in China/>/>, during which time I visited a college friend’s home. My friend has an eight year old son. On the wall of his bedroom there was a map of the world. A few stars scattered on the map – Beijing/>, San Francisco/>, Qingdao/>/>, etc. The boy explained patiently these were places he and his loved ones lived. Then there was a big red X over the island/> of Japan/>/>. I asked him what it stood for. To my shock, he replied, “That’s Japan. I hate Japanese.”

“Why is that? You know any Japanese?” I asked.

“No. I just hate them. I wish them all dead.”

I looked at my friend. She kept with her own business as if she’d heard nothing.

I saw a French movie “Joyeux Noel（Merry Christmas）” a while ago. It was based on a true story. During the first year of World War I soldiers from France/>, Germany/> and Scotland/>/> ceased fire on Christmas Eve and celebrated together. At the beginning of the movie were speeches from three school boys before the war, each stating how he despised the other countries. They were fed these ideas and emotions, which would accompany them to the front, where they finally met face to face.

I lack the courage to imagine China/>/>’s future, where such emotions and ideals are still being fostered. Irrational hatred is like cancer cells. If you don’t annihilate them early on, they will manifest to terminal illness.