20130109

違規無分國界

這次除了到香港,還往南韓遊了四、五天;到南韓只有兩個目的,一是探望轉到延世大學任教的同事 J,二是帶兒子到南北韓非軍事區(demilitarized zone,簡稱 DMZ)看看,那是他很感興趣的地方,是南韓最吸引他的「景點」。

其實 DMZ 較有看頭的,只是那條公眾可以參觀的北韓偷襲隧道,其餘就是看一些橋呀、車站呀、山嶺呀,不見得十分有趣。不過,兒子全程都看得用心,一點也不覺悶,那也算不枉此行了。

據導遊說,南韓所得的情報是北韓掘了二十多條這樣的跨境隧道,然而,迄今被發現只有四條,我們遊覽的是其中一條。隧道很長,一路向下伸延,相當陡斜,雖然讓人遊覽的一段只有一百三十多米長,但回頭向上走時對不少人來說都頗費氣力,有些撐不住的便要中途休息,沿路亦設有簡單座椅作此用途。

隧道內是不拍照的,有明顯的告示牌一再提醒遊客,而且在進入隧道前遊客要把隨身物品(包括相機)放進免費提供的有鎖貯物箱;我們當然是依足規定,兩手空空走入隧道。走到接近開放那段的盡頭時,忽然有人在我耳邊低聲用國語說:「可不可以替我拍張照?」我回頭一看,原來是剛才和我談了幾句的那個新加坡人;他用國語跟我說,相信是不想其他遊客(這一團主要是西人和日本人)知道他準備拍照。我用英回答他,拒絕他的要求,說那是違規的,我不會做。我的反應令他有點尷尬,他隨後似乎是故意走慢一點,可能是問其他人去了,我也再沒理會他,他最終有沒有拍照,我不知道。

遊畢隧道,便上旅遊車,我沒有特別留意那新加坡人,倒是坐在我前一排的幾個德國人引起了我的注意:他們的其中一人向同伴展示相機內的照片,我瞥見好幾張,照片頗暗,相信是沒有用閃光燈之故,但我還是看出拍的隧道內的情況!

有規矩,就會有人違規,信然。

15 則留言:

  1. The main objective of setting rules: rules are meant to be broken.
    --zpdrmn :j.

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  2. 估唔到德國人都犯@.@"
    仲以為佢地好有紀律tim
    睇黎文化科都真係教左幾多刻板印象....v_v
    又一開眼界

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  3. 書上面講O既只係普遍或相對其他參照而言JE,實有特例.
    大陸人以為香港重法治,好守規矩,但過馬路畀一樣衝紅燈.

    yui

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  4. 如果在北韓,在不准拍照的地方拍照,恐怕會被當作間諜而有牢獄之災!

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    1. Well then... The main objective of setting rules: rules are meant to be broken and rule breaking men are meant to be broken, very badly.
      --zpdrmn

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  5. 無規矩,就會無人違規,信然。?

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    1. 無規矩,亦即沒有違規或守規可言。

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  6. //隧道內是不准拍照// Take a video then. Allowed or not?
    The tunnel is open to public but taking photos is not allowed. Any good reasons behind that? Any military secrets in the tunnel? What kind of rule is that?

    If a rule is unreasonable, why do we have to follow? Especially when the consequence is minimal? Or when it is beneficial? (Just remember a psychology class I took where the grading system made some form of cheating very easy. But the instructor cheated first because he didn't give any lectures or monitor any tests and the final.)

    I am glad that someone broke a rule years ago, so now when I take a bus here I don't have to sit at the back, while white people would sit in the front, which would be a forbidden section to me. If that rule was still here today, how would they deal with a Hispanic family in which some members look like 100% white while the others look like colored people. What about an interracial family? Some of them are white and the others aren't? Separate them? Make them all sit at the back? Or make the rule "better": No colored people allowed on the bus? Need a certified record of some DNA test to prove you are white? --zpdrmn

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    1. 有一說法:規矩是人訂的,所以規矩是死的,人是生的,合理與否是乎各人思維?

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    2. Let's vote then, I mean, for or against the rules and to set what the consequences the person will face when he breaks them and get caught. It's not just about the rules, it's also about the consequences too. --zpdrmn

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    3. 規矩可以是不合理的,我在文中亦沒有說凡違規即不對。

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    4. zpdrmn,
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=L1Z-ecAHVcQ

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    5. Wong,
      I am not that interested in 對不對 though. --zpdrmn

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    6. 匿名1/12/2013 2:10 上午, ??? But thank you for the song.--zpdrmn

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  7. 這樣也是無分國界嗎?
    http://business.asiaone.com/A1Business/News/Story/A1Story20130110-394654.html

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