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德国人的美国情结
在德国呆一段后，如果稍微留意，你会发觉德国人有一种奇怪的“美国情结”。
说它奇怪，是因为这种情结本身很矛盾。它的“矛”是鄙视美国的一切；而它的“盾”
却是崇尚美国的一切。以“鄙视美国的矛“去拼“崇尚美国的盾”，势均力敌，真的
很矛盾！
德国人是很骄傲的民族。这种骄傲，不可否认，是建立在强大的国力和悠久的历史基
础上的。
“英国人还是盎格努和萨克森人的后代呢！”，当我的德国朋友们得知我也知道“盎
格努和萨克森人”时，他们向我投来的，是阳光般的微笑。
而美国人，“嗯，没文化！”——这是十个德国人中，九个对美国人的评价，还外带
嘴角一撇。
很多德国人，是不愿意吃麦当劳和肯德鸡的。在他们的眼里，没文化的国家才会产生
出“快餐文化”。
只要你有时间，德国人会不厌其烦地给你数：二战中有多少伟大的科学家去了美国。
他们常常会这样问你：“什么什么，你知道是谁发明的吗？”，然后压抑不住满脸的
骄傲又要保持严肃地告诉你，“是某某！”，最后，还加一句：“他（她）是德国
人！”。
在他们看来，德国之所以比美国弱，是因为美国趁火打劫，“偷”走了他们的科学家。
记得有一次，我和一个德国人因为欧盟的问题吵得不可开交，几乎动了手。我的观点
是：欧盟是德国斗不过美国和日本而不得不采取“和纵连横”的产物。那个德国小子
当时就蹦了起来，大吼道：“胡说八道！美国有什么值得我们和它斗的啊！”——酸
葡萄心理可鉴！
在德国人的美国情结中，美国虽然是一个没有文化的国家，但美国也是一个自由的天
堂。
在德国呆一段后，如果稍微留意，你会发觉德国人有一种奇怪的“美国情结”。
说它奇怪，是因为这种情结本身很矛盾。它的“矛”是鄙视美国的一切；而它的“盾”
却是崇尚美国的一切。以“鄙视美国的矛“去拼“崇尚美国的盾”，势均力敌，真的
很矛盾！
德国人是很骄傲的民族。这种骄傲，不可否认，是建立在强大的国力和悠久的历史基
础上的。
“英国人还是盎格努和萨克森人的后代呢！”，当我的德国朋友们得知我也知道“盎
格努和萨克森人”时，他们向我投来的，是阳光般的微笑。
而美国人，“嗯，没文化！”——这是十个德国人中，九个对美国人的评价，还外带
嘴角一撇。
很多德国人，是不愿意吃麦当劳和肯德鸡的。在他们的眼里，没文化的国家才会产生
出“快餐文化”。
只要你有时间，德国人会不厌其烦地给你数：二战中有多少伟大的科学家去了美国。
他们常常会这样问你：“什么什么，你知道是谁发明的吗？”，然后压抑不住满脸的
骄傲又要保持严肃地告诉你，“是某某！”，最后，还加一句：“他（她）是德国
人！”。
在他们看来，德国之所以比美国弱，是因为美国趁火打劫，“偷”走了他们的科学家。
记得有一次，我和一个德国人因为欧盟的问题吵得不可开交，几乎动了手。我的观点
是：欧盟是德国斗不过美国和日本而不得不采取“和纵连横”的产物。那个德国小子
当时就蹦了起来，大吼道：“胡说八道！美国有什么值得我们和它斗的啊！”——酸
葡萄心理可鉴！
在德国人的美国情结中，美国虽然是一个没有文化的国家，但美国也是一个自由的天
堂。
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Good Sports
PERHAPS ONLY in the U.S. would the "integrity of baseball" or any sport be the focus of political speeches and front-page newspaper articles. Surveying the massive press coverage of the congressional hearings March 17 on steroid use in Major League Baseball, Representative Bernie Sanders (1-Vt.) wondered why issues of health care and poverty don't receive the same attention. Still, Sanders was quite happy to join other members of Congress in questioning some star players and in scolding officials for ignoring the use of performance-enhancing drugs. He understands that precisely because baseball and other sports have an outsized role in this country, the ethos of sports matters a great deal.
Among those testifying were parents whose sons' suicides have been linked to the psychological effects of taking steroids. Their stories, while rare, illustrated the extreme case of what virtually all parents know from their children's encounters with organized sports: the example of professional athletes shapes behavior at every level, down to the elementary grades. They shape how young athletes look and act, and eventually what their coaches tolerate or expect. Great athletes' skills are emulated, and so are their training regimens, including the use of drugs.
Adolescents, who always find it difficult to look beyond this season or this moment of their lives, are the most vulnerable to a succeed-at-any-cost mentality. If the use of steroids or human growth hormone (whose medical dangers are well known) or other enhancements (some of whose effects are unknown) are winked at or encouraged by their peers and coaches, youngsters will get the message: taking drugs is part of being an athlete.
Part of the charm of sports is that they offer a compelling image of virtue the spectacle of human talents channeled toward a goal. The apostle Paul naturally reached for that image when he called the congregation at Corinth to more virtuous living. "Athletes exercise self-control in all things," he observed, arguing that Christians should exercise a similar kind of discipline in their life together in pursuit of a different, "imperishable" kind of victory (1 Cor. 9:25).
PERHAPS ONLY in the U.S. would the "integrity of baseball" or any sport be the focus of political speeches and front-page newspaper articles. Surveying the massive press coverage of the congressional hearings March 17 on steroid use in Major League Baseball, Representative Bernie Sanders (1-Vt.) wondered why issues of health care and poverty don't receive the same attention. Still, Sanders was quite happy to join other members of Congress in questioning some star players and in scolding officials for ignoring the use of performance-enhancing drugs. He understands that precisely because baseball and other sports have an outsized role in this country, the ethos of sports matters a great deal.
Among those testifying were parents whose sons' suicides have been linked to the psychological effects of taking steroids. Their stories, while rare, illustrated the extreme case of what virtually all parents know from their children's encounters with organized sports: the example of professional athletes shapes behavior at every level, down to the elementary grades. They shape how young athletes look and act, and eventually what their coaches tolerate or expect. Great athletes' skills are emulated, and so are their training regimens, including the use of drugs.
Adolescents, who always find it difficult to look beyond this season or this moment of their lives, are the most vulnerable to a succeed-at-any-cost mentality. If the use of steroids or human growth hormone (whose medical dangers are well known) or other enhancements (some of whose effects are unknown) are winked at or encouraged by their peers and coaches, youngsters will get the message: taking drugs is part of being an athlete.
Part of the charm of sports is that they offer a compelling image of virtue the spectacle of human talents channeled toward a goal. The apostle Paul naturally reached for that image when he called the congregation at Corinth to more virtuous living. "Athletes exercise self-control in all things," he observed, arguing that Christians should exercise a similar kind of discipline in their life together in pursuit of a different, "imperishable" kind of victory (1 Cor. 9:25).
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