《一》The Old Man and the Scorpion
One morning, after he had finished his meditation, the old man opened his eyes and saw a scorpion floating helplessly in the water. As the scorpion was washed closer to the tree, the old man quickly stretched himself out on one of the long roots that branched out into the river and reached out to rescue the drowning creature. As soon as he touched it, the scorpion stung him. Instinctively the man withdrew his hand. A minute later, after he had regained his balance, he stretched himself out again on the roots to save the scorpion. This time the scorpion stung him so badly with its poisonous tail that his hand became swollen and bloody and his face contorted with pain.
At that moment, a passerby saw the old man stretched out on the roots struggling with the scorpion and shouted: "Hey, stupid old man, what's wrong with you? Only a fool would risk his life for the sake of an ugly, evil creature. Don't you know you could kill yourself trying to save that ungrateful scorpion?"
The old man turned his head. Looking into the stranger's eyes he said calmly, "My friend, just because it is the scorpion's nature to sting, that does not change my nature to save."
《二》網路收到的電子郵件
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Subject: Fw: 為什麼要捐款給印尼？實在找不出來任何理由！
> 圖片內容是婦女被強暴的
> 太過血腥殘忍
> 不敢看的人千萬不要看喔
大家參考一下..........
人溺己溺的精神是對的....
但要適可而止喔!!!.......不要一股惱和大家一起做....又不知為何.....中國人啊!!!怎麼還是那樣呢????....
這個世上還有太多人需要我們幫助的....
尤其我們最愛台灣也是.....好多人需要我們幫忙
> Subject: 為什麼要捐款給印尼？實在找不出來任何理由！
> 沒想到我們政府還在捐錢給他們
人家還不當我們一回事...有五憶內.......
可憐的中華民國........
> ╱◥█◣ *. ﹒.‧ ★﹒*
> 田︱田 ★ ﹒● ● ‧. ﹒★.
> ╬╬╬╬ /█_/█_ ‧.
> ￣￣￣￣￣√√ √√￣￣￣￣￣
> 這一兩天有報導印尼人又開始搶劫印尼華人了,讓我也突然想起之前那可怕的暴動報
> 導,沒想到今天就收到了這封email而且還附上之前的檔案,再次看了之後突然覺得想要回前幾天捐的錢耶~
我正在吃早餐時收到這一封email ，一看完，剛吃的早餐差點吐出來了！各位如果還有印象，應該記得當年的印尼暴動，當時死了非常多的華人，而且被強暴凌虐而致死的，並不在少數，他們為什麼要暴動呢？只因為他們看不慣這裡的華人有錢，生活得比他們好！若僅因此原因而殺害許多無辜人，這種作法是不是太偏激又殘暴？
時間讓我們忘記了過去這些慘無人道的記憶，但老天沒忘記，此刻我想起了一句話，〔不是不報，時候未到〕．你也會願意學習以前蔣中正對待日本人的〔以德報怨〕精神，去對待印尼人嗎？
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> 轉呈
> 如果有個人平常囂張跋扈，三不五時擺臉色給你看，
> 縱使對他再好，還是對你冷嘲熱諷，冷不防還捅你一刀，
> 一旦出事毫不猶豫伸手要錢，一副理所當然，
> 沒錯，這就是印尼！
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> 扣押勒索我們漁民、外交上完全不給台灣情面、
> 對我們華人歧視嚴重（不把華人當人看）
> 經濟上要我們投資卻也不保護我們台商安全任其自生自滅、
> 甚至1998年還軍方主導的排華暴動致使數萬名華人慘死
> ......等等等等！
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> 值得幫助這種畜牲國家嗎？
> 捐錢時想想看值不值得？
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> 附圖：1998年排華暴動
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