新頭殼newtalk 2010.07.02 文/倪國榮

苗栗縣長劉政鴻以開發園區合法徵收整地為由,下令怪手攻擊大埔將成熟的稻田,當怪手的輪轉壓斃青綠的穗稻,整個大埔事件聚焦在於:徵收有那麼緊急嗎?不能再等一個月讓稻成熟收割後嗎?壓毀稻田的形像傳到CNN後,劉政鴻仍然一再地派怪手出擊。中央沉默,顯然與地方聯手做了滅農動作,踐踏了農業的尊嚴。

傳到CNN的報導,影音清楚英文有力,轉給朋友後,一位旅台數年的義大利朋友回函。他在台中做生產精密機械公司的經理,常要到各工廠做維修,因此有實際瞭解:

I wonder: perhaps Taiwanese have been converted to Italian Noodles?

Rice is no longer a good food?

I noticed myself that Science Parks are "growing fast and furiously", everywhere throughout Taiwan.

I can see huge structures lost in an empty land in Tainan, Houli, Changhua, Chiayi (who needs a new factory in Chiayi?!?!?), Dajia.

The newborn Taichung S.P. looks like a ghost town: large empty roads, almost no traffic, few cars, and scooters in rush hours and very very few trucks.

The most active factories are still in old very busy noisy towns (i am familiar with Fengyuan, Shenkang, Dali, Taiping, Wurih), for all those who could not afford the crazy prices for a new facility in a brand new, perfectly organized PARK.

I am sure the matter in Miaoli is money, once again. One should just wait and see, after few months, 2years, maybe... and check the house and the car of the OFFICIALS involved in that dirty job.

It's an unbalanced fight.

Nevertheless, there was a David who overcame a Goliah, in ancient times.

In some cases, even a fight brings only little result. Just pray and have faith. The evil will be punished, sooner or LATER.

It takes time, yes, but the "truth" gets the revenge.

I was in Detroit some 25 years ago. I can hardly remember an ugly town like that.

Except for the central 3-4Km², with high shiny glossy buildings and clean parks, the city around the centre looked so poor, so devastated, so dangerous, so uncivilized... It showed me how the vanity of the few could overwhelm the "strive for survival" of the most. But not for long!!

The funny thing is that some of the now-wasted land will be turned into farming land (AGAIN!!!).

I wish the Miaoli governor had access to such news!!!

中文翻譯如下:

「我不懂:難道台灣人都改吃義大利麵了?稻米不再是好食物?

我注意到在台灣科學園區到處氾濫。我在台南、后里、彰化、嘉義(嘉義有須要新工廠嗎?﹗?﹗?)、大甲,看到巨大的建物荒廢在空蕩蕩的土地。

新的台中科學園區像鬼域:空蕩的大路,在尖峰時間,竟然沒什麼車流量,只見幾輛汽車、摩托車,貨車很少看到。

最活躍的工廠還是在繁忙吵雜的老市鎮(我對豐原,神岡,大里,太平,烏日都熟),因為付不起組織良好、新穎而貴得離譜的園區廠房。

我確定苗栗這個事件的重點還是錢。等著看吧,幾個月後,兩年,也許……查查涉及這骯髒事的官員們的車子與房子。

這是個不對等的戰鬥。可是古代還是有個大衛打倒巨人歌力亞斯。

有些案例,戰鬥後像沒有什麼結果。就是禱告與信心。惡魔遲早會被懲罰。

(最後,他以美國曾是工業城的底特律為例)

這要時間,但真理會來要個公道。

25年前我在底特律。我沒見過那麼醜的城。除了中央三到四公里見方,閃爍光鮮的建物與清潔的公園,環繞其周邊的是那麼舊、那麼糟、危險、不文明……這顯示少數人的虛榮怎樣打垮為了求生存掙扎的大眾。但情況不會持續太久。

有趣的是一些現已廢棄的地將轉為農地了(又來了!!!)。

我希望苗栗縣長能知道這樣的消息!!!」

這位義大利朋友因為工作須要去過世界很多地方,美國、中國、土耳其、歐洲……,在台灣更是到處跑。政府徵地是應企業須要,但並沒保証繁榮滾滾來。可是竹南大埔徵地過程卻以武力霸道的方式,意義全失,政府與企業的形象盡毀。看到農民憤怒或哀泣地跑向正在對稻作施以死刑的怪手時,真是uncivilized, 都是為了錢,這位老外一眼看破,這些官員有否清白真是須要調查的。