教授拋錯書包

新成立的「為港出聲」團體，由傳媒人周融、教授級人馬何濼生、鄭赤琰牽頭纜，目的是收集十萬人的支持，抗拒「佔領中環」爭取普選的計劃。

 8月13日，「為港出聲」在香港多家報章登大幅廣告，宣傳他們的理念。

言論自由的社會，政治見解大可各自表述，這個沒問題。但是這個廣告開宗明義的頭幾段，便鬧了大笑話：

他們把動機純正、肯承擔責任、自首投案的「佔領中環」，與真的「為犯法而犯法」的流氓打破窗戶的行為相提並論，是否比擬不倫，還不是問題的重心。

他們鬧的笑話，在於拋書包來支持自己的論點：引用論述紐約市維持治安的「破窗理論」。他們說根據這理論，破窗會由少變多，業主會放棄修補，所以要儘量防止有第一個人惡意打破窗戶，以免越破越多----

「破窗理論」是這樣的嗎？請看：

The broken windows theory is a criminological theory of the norm-setting and signalling effect of urban disorder and vandalism on additional crime and anti-social behavior. The theory states that maintaining and monitoring urban environments in a well-ordered condition may stop further vandalism and escalation into more serious crime.

The theory was introduced in a 1982 article by social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling. Since then it has been subject to great debate both within the social sciences and in the public sphere. The theory has been used as a motivation for several reforms in criminal policy........

.....A successful strategy for preventing vandalism, say the book's authors, is to fix the problems when they are small. Repair the broken windows within a short time, say, a day or a week, and the tendency is that vandals are much less likely to break more windows or do further damage.....(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory)


防治惡人破窗，當然是應該做的；但是這個理論(你說它對不對，則是另一 回事)，著重的是說要儘快修好破窗，保持市容，認為這樣會令流氓減低再作惡的意欲。 

延伸閱讀

破窗效應

破窗理論

周融﹕甘地，馬丁路德金，佔中理念和「抽水」王 

 主場新聞：亂引甘地金博士事蹟 周融才是抽水王 

(文章允許轉貼，請具作者名字：梁煥松)
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