恐怖在加拿大：把眼光放远一点，拜托了
恐怖份子就在这里？在加拿大？在我们中间？
Posted Sunday, June 18, 2006
Here? In Canada? Right in our midst?
恐怖份子就在这里？在加拿大？在我们中间？
The dread of the enemy within is one of the most powerful any society can confront. News that authorities have broken up a suspected terrorist conspiracy in Ontario is bound to stir such fears. Some will even leap to the conclusion that our experiment with mass immigration and multiculturalism is failing, that our very tolerance and openness have become a weakness. That would be both rash and unjustified. Though Canadians are right to be alarmed at the weekend's news, it would tragic if this incident made them question this country's greatest virtues.
内部出现敌人一直是许多社会要面对的最棘手的挑战之一。近日警方在安省挫败恐怖份子的阴谋袭击的新闻一经传出，这无疑唤起了这种担忧。一些人甚至会因此得出结论，加国敞开大门欢迎移民以及多元文化主义的尝试是失败的，我们的完全包容和开放的态度成了一个缺点。事实上，这种观点即轻率又勉强。尽管周末的新闻的确会让加拿大人感到需要戒备，但如果他们因为这一事件而去质疑这个国家最伟大的优点，那将是一个莫大的悲哀。
There is nothing to indicate that Canada is riddled with extremists or that our practice of welcoming newcomers has made us a special target. The number of suspects arrested in the alleged plot to attack targets in Southern Ontario is 17. The number of Muslims living in Canada is 750,000. The vast majority of them are law-abiding and peace-loving. Most have integrated or are becoming integrated into the broader society, just as waves of immigrants from other lands and religions have done. To paint them all with the same brush, as some bigots appear to have done when they vandalized a Toronto mosque on the weekend, would be shamefully un-Canadian.
没有任何证据表明加拿大遍地都是极端主义份子，或者因为我们欢迎新移民的做法使得我们成为一个特别的打击目标。计划对安大略南部的一些目标展开恐怖袭击的嫌犯有17人，但居住在加拿大的穆斯林有75万，他们中的绝大部分人都遵纪守法，爱好和平。他们当中大多数人都完全或基本融入主流社会，与来自其他国家及不同宗教信仰的移民没有区别。那些将所有穆斯林都当作恐怖分子，甚至象少数人那样在本周末砸坏多伦多的一家清真寺，这实在不是加拿大人的作为，他们应该为此感到耻辱。
For reasons that are not clearly understood, but demand to be, a small number of Muslim Canadians appear to be attracted to the hateful creed preached by Osama bin Laden and his ilk. If initial indications are correct, most of those arrested on Friday on terrorist charges are "homegrown" terrorists -- established residents of this country, not foreign infiltrators. We need to know much more about how they succumbed to this odious ideology. Were they converted to it by radical imams? Were they seduced by Internet propaganda? Where did their resentment come from, in a land as welcoming and respectful as Canada?
虽然我们目前还不清楚，但我们将会搞清楚，为什么一小部分加拿大穆斯林似乎被宾拉登之流所鼓吹的可耻信条所吸引。如果警方最初的判断是正确的，那么周五被逮捕的恐怖嫌犯中大部分是“加拿大土生土长”的恐怖分子，而不是混到加拿大的外人。我们必须更深入地去了解他们为什么会屈服于这种可恶的意识形态。是那些激进伊斯兰阿訇将他们教唆为恐怖分子吗？是互联网上的宣传诱惑了他们？他们的仇恨从何而来，难道是象加拿大这样热情而谦恭的国家造就了他们？
Whatever the answer, there is nothing to suggest they are remotely representative. Nor is there any sign that some sin that Canada committed -- either by excluding them, or by accepting them too uncritically -- led them to do what they are said to have done.
无论是哪一种答案， 没有任何证据表明加拿大社会疏远他们，也没有任何证据表明加拿大做了什么不当的事导致了他们今天的所作所为，包括排斥他们，在接纳他们时对他们吹毛求疵。
The sad fact is that there are groups of Islamic extremists in virtually all democratic countries. Some, like Britain, tend to leave immigrant communities more or less alone to pursue their own ways of life. Others, like France, demand that immigrants conform to local values and practices. Some, like Spain, have been involved in the war in Iraq. Others, like Turkey, have stayed out of it.
令人悲哀的是，几乎在所有民主国家里都存在着伊斯兰极端主义组织。为此各个国家都采取了相应的措施，比如英国，或多或少地让移民社区按照他们自己的习惯生活，而法国要求移民遵从当地的价值观和习惯，西班牙参与了伊拉克战争，而土尔其则根本不想介入。
It was always a fantasy that Canada was immune to terrorism. As the RCMP's Mike McConnell said, "We just remain vigilant. Canada is susceptible to criminal terrorist activity as much as any other country."
加拿大不会遭到恐怖主义的渗透永远只是一个幻想。就象加拿大皇家骑警Mike McConnell所说：“我们应当保持警惕。加拿大和其他国家一样，恐怖活动不会与我们无缘。”
But we must be vigilant about our way of life, too. Toronto's Police Chief, Bill Blair, told a Muslim audience yesterday that Torontonians must not let a pack of extremists "rob us of what makes this city great": peace, harmony and respect for others. Toronto and other major Canadian cities are an example to the world of how societies can absorb large numbers of immigrants from many different cultures. We do not have the vast immigrant ghettos of France, torn by riots last year. We have escaped the kind of bitter divisiveness that racked much of Europe during the Danish cartoon furor this year.
另外，我们也同样必须注意我们的生活习惯。多伦多的警察局长Bill Blair昨天对一批穆斯林说，多伦多人不能让一群极端主义分子“掠夺这座城市最宝贵的东西”：和平，融洽以及尊重他人。在大规模吸收不同文化的移民方面，多伦多和加拿大其他主要城市堪称世界典范。我们没有像法国那样大规模少数民族群居的社区，去年，法国这样的社区发生骚乱。我们没有发生那种去年由丹麦卡通漫画造成的、祸及全欧洲的、令人难以接受的分离事件。
Though it would be foolish to deny there are problems -- high crime levels among black youth, persistent pockets of poverty in some immigrant communities, an unwieldy, often unfair immigration and refugee system -- by and large Canada is doing a magnificent job at integrating newcomers.
虽然如此，如果认为我们自己什么问题都没有那就太天真了。比如：黑人青少年犯罪率居高不下，一些移民社区持续贫困，一个不实用的，并且往往是不公平的移民和难民体系。但是，加拿大融合移民的工作基本上可以说是非常出色的。
So, yes, by all means, let's investigate and root out the extremism that affects certain quarters of some communities. Let's give our law enforcers the tools they need to fight terrorist threats, as they appeared to do so successfully in this case. But let's not overreact and abandon the virtue that defines us: respect for others.
因此，无论如何，我们要调查和根除那些影响某些社区的极端主义分子，我们应该给予我们的执法部门所需要的手段以打击恐怖分子，因为他们在这个案件中表现得很出色。但是，我们不要让自己太神经过敏，不要放弃我们的美德：尊重他人。
编注：以上是加拿大全国发行的最大日报－"环球邮报" 2006年6月6日发表的社论。大中报 理静、贾宁扬编译。
恐怖份子就在这里？在加拿大？在我们中间？
Posted Sunday, June 18, 2006
Here? In Canada? Right in our midst?
恐怖份子就在这里？在加拿大？在我们中间？
The dread of the enemy within is one of the most powerful any society can confront. News that authorities have broken up a suspected terrorist conspiracy in Ontario is bound to stir such fears. Some will even leap to the conclusion that our experiment with mass immigration and multiculturalism is failing, that our very tolerance and openness have become a weakness. That would be both rash and unjustified. Though Canadians are right to be alarmed at the weekend's news, it would tragic if this incident made them question this country's greatest virtues.
内部出现敌人一直是许多社会要面对的最棘手的挑战之一。近日警方在安省挫败恐怖份子的阴谋袭击的新闻一经传出，这无疑唤起了这种担忧。一些人甚至会因此得出结论，加国敞开大门欢迎移民以及多元文化主义的尝试是失败的，我们的完全包容和开放的态度成了一个缺点。事实上，这种观点即轻率又勉强。尽管周末的新闻的确会让加拿大人感到需要戒备，但如果他们因为这一事件而去质疑这个国家最伟大的优点，那将是一个莫大的悲哀。
There is nothing to indicate that Canada is riddled with extremists or that our practice of welcoming newcomers has made us a special target. The number of suspects arrested in the alleged plot to attack targets in Southern Ontario is 17. The number of Muslims living in Canada is 750,000. The vast majority of them are law-abiding and peace-loving. Most have integrated or are becoming integrated into the broader society, just as waves of immigrants from other lands and religions have done. To paint them all with the same brush, as some bigots appear to have done when they vandalized a Toronto mosque on the weekend, would be shamefully un-Canadian.
没有任何证据表明加拿大遍地都是极端主义份子，或者因为我们欢迎新移民的做法使得我们成为一个特别的打击目标。计划对安大略南部的一些目标展开恐怖袭击的嫌犯有17人，但居住在加拿大的穆斯林有75万，他们中的绝大部分人都遵纪守法，爱好和平。他们当中大多数人都完全或基本融入主流社会，与来自其他国家及不同宗教信仰的移民没有区别。那些将所有穆斯林都当作恐怖分子，甚至象少数人那样在本周末砸坏多伦多的一家清真寺，这实在不是加拿大人的作为，他们应该为此感到耻辱。
For reasons that are not clearly understood, but demand to be, a small number of Muslim Canadians appear to be attracted to the hateful creed preached by Osama bin Laden and his ilk. If initial indications are correct, most of those arrested on Friday on terrorist charges are "homegrown" terrorists -- established residents of this country, not foreign infiltrators. We need to know much more about how they succumbed to this odious ideology. Were they converted to it by radical imams? Were they seduced by Internet propaganda? Where did their resentment come from, in a land as welcoming and respectful as Canada?
虽然我们目前还不清楚，但我们将会搞清楚，为什么一小部分加拿大穆斯林似乎被宾拉登之流所鼓吹的可耻信条所吸引。如果警方最初的判断是正确的，那么周五被逮捕的恐怖嫌犯中大部分是“加拿大土生土长”的恐怖分子，而不是混到加拿大的外人。我们必须更深入地去了解他们为什么会屈服于这种可恶的意识形态。是那些激进伊斯兰阿訇将他们教唆为恐怖分子吗？是互联网上的宣传诱惑了他们？他们的仇恨从何而来，难道是象加拿大这样热情而谦恭的国家造就了他们？
Whatever the answer, there is nothing to suggest they are remotely representative. Nor is there any sign that some sin that Canada committed -- either by excluding them, or by accepting them too uncritically -- led them to do what they are said to have done.
无论是哪一种答案， 没有任何证据表明加拿大社会疏远他们，也没有任何证据表明加拿大做了什么不当的事导致了他们今天的所作所为，包括排斥他们，在接纳他们时对他们吹毛求疵。
The sad fact is that there are groups of Islamic extremists in virtually all democratic countries. Some, like Britain, tend to leave immigrant communities more or less alone to pursue their own ways of life. Others, like France, demand that immigrants conform to local values and practices. Some, like Spain, have been involved in the war in Iraq. Others, like Turkey, have stayed out of it.
令人悲哀的是，几乎在所有民主国家里都存在着伊斯兰极端主义组织。为此各个国家都采取了相应的措施，比如英国，或多或少地让移民社区按照他们自己的习惯生活，而法国要求移民遵从当地的价值观和习惯，西班牙参与了伊拉克战争，而土尔其则根本不想介入。
It was always a fantasy that Canada was immune to terrorism. As the RCMP's Mike McConnell said, "We just remain vigilant. Canada is susceptible to criminal terrorist activity as much as any other country."
加拿大不会遭到恐怖主义的渗透永远只是一个幻想。就象加拿大皇家骑警Mike McConnell所说：“我们应当保持警惕。加拿大和其他国家一样，恐怖活动不会与我们无缘。”
But we must be vigilant about our way of life, too. Toronto's Police Chief, Bill Blair, told a Muslim audience yesterday that Torontonians must not let a pack of extremists "rob us of what makes this city great": peace, harmony and respect for others. Toronto and other major Canadian cities are an example to the world of how societies can absorb large numbers of immigrants from many different cultures. We do not have the vast immigrant ghettos of France, torn by riots last year. We have escaped the kind of bitter divisiveness that racked much of Europe during the Danish cartoon furor this year.
另外，我们也同样必须注意我们的生活习惯。多伦多的警察局长Bill Blair昨天对一批穆斯林说，多伦多人不能让一群极端主义分子“掠夺这座城市最宝贵的东西”：和平，融洽以及尊重他人。在大规模吸收不同文化的移民方面，多伦多和加拿大其他主要城市堪称世界典范。我们没有像法国那样大规模少数民族群居的社区，去年，法国这样的社区发生骚乱。我们没有发生那种去年由丹麦卡通漫画造成的、祸及全欧洲的、令人难以接受的分离事件。
Though it would be foolish to deny there are problems -- high crime levels among black youth, persistent pockets of poverty in some immigrant communities, an unwieldy, often unfair immigration and refugee system -- by and large Canada is doing a magnificent job at integrating newcomers.
虽然如此，如果认为我们自己什么问题都没有那就太天真了。比如：黑人青少年犯罪率居高不下，一些移民社区持续贫困，一个不实用的，并且往往是不公平的移民和难民体系。但是，加拿大融合移民的工作基本上可以说是非常出色的。
So, yes, by all means, let's investigate and root out the extremism that affects certain quarters of some communities. Let's give our law enforcers the tools they need to fight terrorist threats, as they appeared to do so successfully in this case. But let's not overreact and abandon the virtue that defines us: respect for others.
因此，无论如何，我们要调查和根除那些影响某些社区的极端主义分子，我们应该给予我们的执法部门所需要的手段以打击恐怖分子，因为他们在这个案件中表现得很出色。但是，我们不要让自己太神经过敏，不要放弃我们的美德：尊重他人。
编注：以上是加拿大全国发行的最大日报－"环球邮报" 2006年6月6日发表的社论。大中报 理静、贾宁扬编译。
