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纪录片《天安门》的美国长弓纪录片制作组因为柴玲的控告，他们正遭受可能被耗尽资财而倒闭。美国是个言论自由至高无上的国家，柴玲能胜诉吗？这场诉讼给 20年的纪念活动带来什么影响？诉讼有无其它动机？以下是此事件三个相关内容：
1、王力雄支持《天安门》制作人的感想
2、《天安门》制作人的呼吁书和签名名单
3、封丛德的信以及柴玲方呼吁签名的声明和签名名单
請簽名——致《天安門》製片人的公開信?
作者：封從德 文
各位朋友，
這是我起草的一份公開信（中英文全文見下及附件），以呼籲糾正《天安門》中的史實錯誤。這些錯誤已經造成外界（尤其是年輕人）對八九學運和民運的嚴重誤解。因此希望各位簽名，也請轉發給你的友人，征集他們的簽名。簽名務請注明三點內容：
姓名；
當年所在學校或單位；
相關經歷簡介（要簡潔）。
如：
方政，北京體育大學，“六四”早晨被坦克碾斷雙腿
熊焱，北京大學，21通緝學生之一，“六四”在長安街阻攔軍隊
潘強，山東大學，“六四”最後一批撤離廣場者
王容芬，中國社會科學院高級研究員，“六四”大屠殺見證者
（首批簽名15詳見公開信下面）
這份公開信曾在26日在小范圍內征集首批簽名，28日通過電郵和郵件發給《天安門》製片人後停頓幾日，本希望他們放在其網站上，但至今未見回應，故現在擴大征集簽名范圍，24小時後會發佈給各網絡媒體進一步征集簽名，之後會一直在六四檔案網站上征集簽名（http: //www.64memo.com/sign/）。
多謝各位。
封從德 謹識
天安門倖存者、參與者和支持者
致紀錄片《天安門》製片人卡瑪·韓丁和理察德·戈登的
公開信
2009年5月28日
在八九學運與民運20週年之際，我們，大屠殺的倖存者和這場運動的組織者、參與者、研究者和支持者，再次敦促你們 —— 就像我們在1995年的敦促一樣 —— 糾正你們製作的電影《天安門》中的史實錯誤。
該影片有選擇地引用了一些句語，同時又遺漏了一些重要的史實，創作了一些不真實的歷史記錄，尤其是關係到天安門廣場總指揮柴玲的部分很不真實。若你們認為製作該片並無個人動機以故意詆毀柴玲和學運組織者，我們 ——許多當年就在天安門廣場——敦促你們將本文張貼在你們的網站上，讓公眾可以考慮雙方的觀點，以便作出自己的判斷。
你們在影片中使用選擇性的引述與詮釋及錯誤的翻譯，讓觀眾得出印象，以為柴玲在危險來臨時逃跑了，卻讓其他學生去送死，或以為她和我們所有學運組織者在挑起並期望血腥屠殺。這種印象與當年發生在天安門廣場上的事實完全不符。
顯然，柴玲的用語“期待流血”被《天安門》製片人卡瑪·韓丁Carma Hinton 錯誤地翻譯並斷章取義。“期待”應譯為“預期或等待”(anticipate or wait)，而非影片中所謂的“期望”(hope for)。我們在現場的都知道，柴玲那句話是指我們預期可能會發生鎮壓，並希望一旦發生鎮壓是在公共場所和媒體面前，而不是在陰暗的角落、不會從世人的視野中消失，就像其他1989年之前和之後眾多的民眾運動那樣。而且，重要的是我們預期的是鎮壓，而非大屠殺。另外還應注意，學運組織者已作了最大努力，以確保選擇留在天安門廣場的學生和民眾明白風險並自願留下。
尤為重要的是，柴玲那句“……我要求生”也被斷章取義，從而給出一個虛假的印象，讓人以為她自己逃跑了。而事實上，她和天安門學生和民眾示威者一直留在廣場，直到最後一刻，並在“六四”清晨帶領大家撤離廣場，一道走回校園。正是這樣的不實印象，誤導了香港大學學生會會長陳一諤，導致他最近作了一個錯誤的公開演講，從而被暸解真相的香港大學的學生們罷免。像陳一諤這樣受誤導的觀眾很多，這從互聯網上因貴片引起的對柴玲的大量惡評就可明顯看出。
上下文有助於理解真相，因此，對於你們，影片製片人，將柴玲在1989年6月8日的錄音講話遺漏掉，我們認為很不合適。在那盤錄音帶中，柴玲詳細敘述了她在屠殺之夜的經歷和見聞，這是製片人很應該留意的地方。然而，柴玲6月8日的錄音講話在貴片中幾乎都沒採用，如果採用了這些錄音講話，貴片中上述的錄像帶的翻譯和剪輯的真實性就會成為問題——而在貴片中，5月28日那盤錄像帶倒是被大量引用，以吸引觀眾的注意。
柴玲5月28日的錄像談話提到求生的愿望，這是我們共同的愿望。當時的11億中國人無一沒有強烈的求生愿望。事實上，面臨屠殺和監禁，我們和廣場上的同伴中的許多人都作出了艱難的抉擇，用犧牲求生的愿望來維護我們的責任與尊嚴。實際上，在“六四”屠殺後被迫轉入地下的過程中，在躲藏、囚禁和流亡海外的經歷中，正是這種求生的愿望，給我們以勇氣和力量生存下來。正如柴玲在《絕食書》中所說的那樣：“我們以死的氣概，為了生而戰”。
我們追求的是真相，過去是，現在依然是。在一定程度上，柴玲和我們達成了這一目標——這場運動是中國現代史上記錄得最詳盡的一次，留下了大量的照片、報告、書籍和回憶，為歷史作證，為未來存照。這場運動不像以往的民主運動那樣，被中共當局控制的媒體隱蔽在黑暗中不見天日。
很多很多年以前，托克維爾訪問美國，他經過觀察得出結論：“美國因良善而偉大。她的人民很善良……一旦她不再良善，美國也就不再偉大。”我們今天都很幸運，能夠做這樣的辯論，因為美國的國父們經過卓絕奮鬥，留給我們一個開放的系統，鼓勵言論自由與學術自由。就是為了這樣的自由，我們也曾在中國的土地上犧牲奮鬥，至今還未實現這些自由。
你們曾表示過愿意“用一種容易獲得的方式，反映1989年事件背後的復雜動機與故事，並為專家和公眾提供不斷發展的研究素材。”我們也一直通過六四檔案網站(64memo.com)向公眾提供歷史檔案資料。因此，保持真實的歷史記錄，應該是我們共同的目標。
“六四”20週年即將到來，從最初向你們質疑，到現在已經14個年頭了，卻未見你們對《天安門》影片中的錯誤解讀有何糾正。因此，我們這些曾冒過危險和在流亡的人，再次敦促你們將這份公開信貼到你們的網站上，這封信是我們的簡短回應，以維護我們為推動中國自由民主的努力，也維護那些為了個人尊嚴和中國前途而冒著生命危險吶喊、甚至犧牲性命的人們，使他們的努力不致遭到扭曲或誤解。
專此佈達，並頌文安
簽名人：
方政，北京體育大學，“六四”早晨被坦克碾斷雙腿
張健，北京體育大學，“六四”淩晨在天安門廣場連中三槍
熊焱，北京大學，21通緝學生之一，“六四”在長安街阻攔軍隊
周鋒鎖，清華大學，21通緝學生之一，“六四”最後一批撤離廣場者
封從德，北京大學，21通緝學生之一，“六四”最後一批撤離廣場者
常勁，北京大學，組織過“六四”死亡調查
程真，北京師範大學，“六四”最後一批撤離廣場者
潘強，山東大學，“六四”最後一批撤離廣場者
盛雪，北京“六四”大屠殺的見證者
鄭義，著名作家，北京知識界示威遊行組織者
王容芬，中國社會科學院高級研究員，“六四”大屠殺見證者
楊建利，加州大學伯克利分校，六三夜間在天安門廣場
楊巍，當時在上海的中國民聯成員，因“六四”被關押一年半
張菁，當時在貴州勞改茶場，因參與八十年代民主運動受迫害
畢潤全，香港社工，全程參加聲援天安門學生
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神化天安门运动是我们的心魔 ——我为何在《天安门》制作人的呼吁书上签名
作者：王力雄
最近，拍摄了纪录片《天安门》的美国长弓纪录片制作组（下称“长弓”）发出呼吁（见附件），谈及他们正遭受一场可能被耗尽资财而倒闭的诉讼。提起诉讼的是一家有财力的美国公司，公司总裁正是1989年天安门运动的学生领袖柴玲。长弓呼吁书从维护学术自由和言论自由角度，希望得到签名支持。
我签了名。
我之所以签名，不在于我能断定诉讼的具体是非，我对美国法律不懂，对被立案的商标侵权更是外行。我签名是出于这样一种看法——必须允许对天安门运动的反省。
对《天安门》影片如何评价，可以见仁见智。但是需要看到它是在进行反省，而且是迄今对那场运动的主要反省。我们应该支持这种反省，而不是站到反省的对面。这里所说的“我们”，是指站在天安门运动一方谴责当局镇压的所有人，因此这个“我们”应该既包括柴玲，也包括《天安门》的制作人。
我们对天安门运动的态度，长期局限在两个方面，一是赞美运动，二是谴责当局。赞美和谴责都是应该的，但不能是唯一的，甚至不是最主要的。专制权力不会因为谴责而改变，这我们早已看到。而停留于赞誉，对我们又有多大意义？那种与不容批评联系在一起的赞誉，只是另一种“伟光正”，同样让人厌恶。对我们而言，更有意义的是对自身的反省，通过反省发现我们的错误，思考如何做得更好。这种反省即使不能改变历史，至少还可能改变未来，而且这可以由我们自己把握。
天安门运动有没有可以反省之处？从六四后的海外民运可以看得很清楚——当那场运动的各路领袖在自由世界云集，却把民主搞得一团糟，把民运从全球瞩目的巅峰搞到今日众人绕行的泥潭。二十年过去，当年用“年轻”为理由所原谅的，并未随年轻步入中年甚至老年而消失。领袖们如此，怎能让人相信运动本身无需反省？若是运动当年继续下去，后来民运发生的种种，可想也会在运动中显现（其实当时就已存在），并且放大多倍。
不容批评，不自我反省，正是民运的主要特征。柴玲状告长弓只是一例。对天安门运动的神化，让当事人不容他人批评，反过来也让他人可以抹黑当事人（只要发现其不符合神化）。说《天安门》影片破坏了柴玲形象，其实只是破坏了一个被神化的形象，并未破坏她作为普通人的形象。她在影片中有不少光彩照人的画面，称得上“硝烟中的甜美”。虽然她对记者的哭诉有些做作，但是那么年轻的女孩突然变成全球焦点，不做作才不正常。谁在年轻时会有宠辱不惊的定力？至于她说了不想死，那又算什么，哪个20多岁的孩子想死？众多对柴玲的批评，其实也是出自神化角度——她自己不想死，却“期待的就是流血”，让“广场血流成河”去擦亮中国人眼睛，柴玲的这种说法固然不够高大全，但是若能深入多数政治人物的内心，他们在同样时刻很可能也和柴玲想得一样。只不过那些人老练圆滑，不往外说，而 1989年的柴玲比较朴实，不但说了，还对着摄像机。
但是今日有了钱的柴玲，开始着手打击破坏了她神化形象的长弓，这才显示出真正问题。她控告长弓损害名誉未被法院受理，说明损害名誉不成立，只是损害了她想维持的神化——完美、不容置疑、却不真实。不过仅限如此，也算一种可以理解的个人意愿，无可厚非。但是当损害名誉告不成，还要用商标侵权的诉讼耗尽长弓的有限资财使之垮掉，就透露出整人和报复的用意。这不得不让人怀疑，能用金钱扼杀言论自由的人，一旦掌握了权力，会不会用权力去做同样的事？
这的确是一个重大的思考，倘若民主运动的代表人物有可能变得和他们反对的共产党一样，意味着什么？这其中暴露的危险，需要我们更深地追究，民主到底是什么？我们的民主代表者为何会这样？以民主为旗的天安门运动，自身是否找到了民主？而中国到底应该实现什么样的民主，以及怎样获得真正的民主保证？这些问题，都不是简单地用民主两个字就可以回答的。我们必须正视和发现民主光环背后任何可能的不良，潜在的专制，领袖的不端，以及人性的危险。正因为我们对民主寄予厚望，把自己与后代的未来托付给它，也就应该更加尖锐无情、不留情面地对其审视和追究。
但是我们没有做，或是做得很少。我们的感情陷得太深，或者我们有太多东方式的纠葛。长弓的外国人做了，虽然做得不一定足够，也不一定都合适，可以有不同意，却应该感谢、至少也要尊重他们。他们使我们思考，是在帮助我们。而那些指责影片不该针对柴玲的各种理由，说到底是一种对反省的回避，因为任何人都可以找到不被针对的理由，而没有针对的反省又如何进行？尽管柴玲那时年轻，却是天安门运动的代表形象，被反省涉及乃是其应得其所。享受桂冠的同时也得承受鞭笞，这就是公众人物的命运。而从另一角度，假若柴玲没有目前行为，说影片不该针对她倒也可以同情，然而正是她想搞垮长弓的诉讼，反倒显出了《天安门》以柴玲为剖析对象的预见性和必要性。
把柴玲说成弱者而反对《天安门》的，同时也是不容反省天安门运动的理由。因为天安门运动是弱势方，是无权者的反抗，是被镇压和流血的。但如果我们不是永远期待失败，不妨想想相反的可能，即假若有一天能成功呢？那么当初回避反省会带来什么后果？也许所有缺点在弱者身上都不构成威胁，但是弱者有一天变成了强者，缺点的存在就会立刻成为现实的威胁。在我们以往的历史中，小人物摇身而成暴君的故事难道还少吗？
至于具体的反省内容，当然可以讨论。譬如我就不觉得领袖品德是主要问题，也不认为可以用非理性来责怪群众，更不同意所谓民智未开是失败根源。在我看，真正的根源正是让领袖品德败坏、让群众趋于极端、让民智呈现未开一面的民主模式。责任不能归咎于人民，因为不能要求人民适应民主模式，而只能是民主模式去适应人民。当民主模式不适应人民而失败时，却得出必须等待人民适应了模式再行民主的结论，完全是本末倒置。那些停驻于只能启蒙的感叹，也是这样一种思路。
我所说的反省天安门运动，不是对人对事的责怪和抱怨，重要的是找到能够制约领袖行为、提炼群众理性，又可以让人民智慧生发而非局限放大的民主模式。民主价值是普世的，民主模式却不可能普世，因为不同的社会有不同的历史与文化，只能用不同模式去适应。若是从这方面反省，主要的责任者便是中国的知识精英。当年那些两手空空搬弄教条，现在仍未找到自己的精英们，无论是鼓吹实行民主的，还是断言没有条件的，二十年来仍在咀嚼他人的冷饭。正是因为没有对天安门运动深入反省，二十年后的我们仍然在原地打转。即使今天再出现一次那样的运动，谁敢保证我们有能力跳出二十年前的覆辙？放眼环顾，当年绝食的孩子们今何在？办了六四绿卡的十数万俊杰为谁忙？知识分子蝇营狗苟于精英联盟分羹，中国向何处去的百年提问却依然迷茫，而各种危机一天天加深。这令人唏嘘的二十年轨迹，那么多沉沦，那么多背弃，那么多迷惘与无奈，而除了赞美与谴责，又能不能让我们深入自身，面向自己，多一点反省呢？
走出过去，走向未来——我在长弓呼吁书上签名，也是为了表达这样一种希望。
2009-5-29
（《民主中国》首发）
呼吁书 纪念六四 兼论言论自由及其倡导者
（长弓纪录片制作组，2009年4月15日）
值此1989天安门抗议运动20周年之际，我们怀着沉痛的心情纪念这一惨遭残酷镇压的民众运动。在这场运动中，数以百万计的中国民众曾走上街头，要求新闻与言论自由。
20年前，长弓制作组着手编导纪录片《天安门》并建立相关的历史资料网站（www.tsquare.tv），旨在以独立的视角和深入浅出的方式表现这一历史事件的复杂动因及过程，并为学者和公众持续提供有关的研究资料。
1995年10月，《天安门》入选纽约电影节。影片尚未公映，就遭到来自中国政府和某些89学运参与者两方面的声讨。随后中国政府要求所有的国际电影节禁演此片，声称《天安门》“歌颂暴徒，误导观众，伤害了12亿中国人民的感情”。反对此片的学运参与者则一口咬定我们是受中国政府指使，斥我们“是一群苍蝇，是我们这个时代真正的疾病。”
尽管如此，《天安门》仍在美国和世界各地获得多项电影与学术大奖。影片至今依然受到媒体、有关研究人员以及教育界人士的关注，与其网站一道，已成为国际上有关中国现代史研究探讨的组成部分。我们深信，此类独立研究与独立影片的制作只有在学术界同仁、公共基金会及私人捐助的鼎力支持下，在言论自由得到充分保障的情况下才能得以进行。
然而今天，我们作为一个独立制片和历史档案机构的基本生存正在受到严重的威胁。令人深感担忧的是，这种威胁竟来自一个曾在1989年学生运动中声称支持言论自由和民主的人士。柴玲，原保卫天安门广场指挥部总指挥、尖子班（注：美国一商业软件公司 Jenzabar）现任总裁，与她的丈夫 Robert Maginn（原 Bain Capital的合伙人及director，现任尖子班首席执行官）于2007年在美国麻州波士顿以损害名誉和商标侵权两项罪名对我们提出了控告。
“损害名誉”的指控基于我们的网站链接了美国一些主流媒体发表的文章，其中涉及到有关尖子班、柴玲和Robert Maginn的一些负面消息。关于商标侵权的指控，则仅仅基于我们的网站中引述相关文章时出现了“尖子班”这一名称。对于“损害名誉”的起诉，法院决定不予受理。对“商标侵权”的指控，法院认为：虽然由于两家公司业务不同，尖子班胜诉的可能性极小，但仍决定给予尖子班一次为其指控提供证据的机会。
我们的长弓制作组是一个非盈利性的纪录片制作公司， 而尖子班是一家为高等教育机构提供管理系统软件的商业公司。我们与尖子班的业务毫不相干，亦不存在任何商业上的竞争。尖子班却指控我们的网站侵犯其商标，误导其潜在用户，从而造成其公司的客户流失。我们并非商业软件公司，也不销售尖子班的客户可能感到兴趣的一类软件，而且事实上也从未有人就尖子班或其软件与我们进行过联系。
近年来，美国的一些主流媒体，如《波士顿环球报》、《福布斯》、及《高等教育学报》，都曾报道过并在网上存档尖子班及其总裁柴玲的情况。长弓网站仅止于引用了这些报道。据我们所知，首发报道的这些主流媒体并没有受到尖子班的任何指控。因此我们有理由认为，这次法律诉讼显然是旨在以要挟为手段，迫使我们从网站上删除与柴玲和尖子班有关的信息。柴玲的律师就曾明确要求我们从网站上删除一切有关尖子班的材料。然而我们认为，这些历史资料不仅有关公众利益，而且早已通过其它途径进入公众视听领域。为尽早结束这场在我们看来是惩罚性的法律诉讼，我们与对方进行了多次谈判并作出某些和解性让步，然而这场官司目前依然在继续，已经给我们带来巨大的财务损耗，以至威胁到我们这个机构的生存。
以下是2007年5月对方提出的控告的摘录。这些严重的指控既是对长弓制作组的威胁，更是对我们一贯所珍视的政治与言论自由等基本原则的威胁：
“出于恶意和对共产党政府官员的同情，并一心想诋毁中国天安门民主运动的一名学生领袖柴玲，长弓制作组在其网站传播有关原告的虚假信息，从一些过时的报道中收集误导性言论，散播半真半假的消息，以期造成对尖子班、柴玲和Maginn的不良印象。为确保这些内容尽可能广泛地传播，以造成最大损害，长弓在未经授权的情况下使用受法律保护的尖子班商标，将读者引到长弓网站。后果之一是，尖子班的客户及潜在客户被误导到该网站和该网站上的诋毁性内容，由此造成对尖子班名誉的伤害和商业机遇的损失。”
“我们获知并认为长弓的诋毁性言论出自对柴玲本人的恶意，图谋损害柴玲的声誉，以达到他们别有用心的政治目的。”
起诉书同时还要求：
“长弓必须申报由前述非法行为所带来的所有赢利，并用此非法获得的赢利对尖子班进行陪偿。”
我们认为，尖子班这一指控，旨在伤害我们这个非盈利性的独立制片和研究团体，这个团体在过去三十年间为世界各地的广大观众与教育界提供了有关中国历史、人文风貌的各种影片。柴玲和尖子班似乎已下定决心，除非我们顺其要求从网站上删除历史资料并回避尖子班的名称，他们就要通过旷日持久的诉讼过程耗尽我们这个非盈利机构的有限财力。我们认为，他们的目的和手段不仅对我们具有极其严重的后果，同时在更大的范围内，对言论自由与独立学术探讨也具有深远的负面影响。
我们认为，在纪念六四20周年的同时，有必要反思与重申如下一些原则在我们自己所处的环境中的重要性。这些原则包括：独立思想、独立于任何政治与商业利益集团的历史研究、收集和保护历史文献、以及言论自由。
为此，我们向各位专家学者、各媒体及教育界的同仁们、以及关注此案的公众提出呼吁，请到我们的网站（www.tsquare.tv）阅读有关这场法律诉讼的详细资料，以期就言论自由等有关问题作出你们自己的判断。
此呼吁书绝非针对尖子班、其产品或其所提供的用户服务。我们无意引起或参与任何抵制尖子班，或有损于尖子班的营业与雇员的任何活动。我们只要求维护我们的权利，捍卫言论自由，保护我们自己和我们所从事的工作不受这一无理指控的伤害。
如果你愿意助我们一臂之力，请在这份呼吁书上签名，以表示对我们立场的支持。你的签名不具备任何法律义务、责任或承诺，也不表明你一定认同我们在影片或网站上发表的观点。你的签名只意味着，当一个商业公司企图凭借金钱与权势来压制争论、删除历史资料时，它的这种行为将在学术界以及公众中引起关注。
如果你愿意签名支持我们，请发电子邮件至 info@longbow.org 。请标明你的职务和所属机构。
英文稿件以及签名名单如下：
An Appeal
In Memoriam-
Tiananmen 1989, Free Speech & its Advocates
The Long Bow Group, Boston
(15 April 2009)
We commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 1989 Protest Movement in China and recall with heavy hearts its brutal suppression. During that movement millions of people in China demonstrated in support of freedom of expression and media openness.
In making the documentary film The Gate of Heavenly Peace (天安门 1995), and with the creation of its archival website (www.tsquare.tv), the Long Bow Group attempted to reflect the complex motives and stories behind the events of 1989 in an accessible format, and to provide specialists and the public with an ongoing research resource.
The film was attacked sight unseen both by the Chinese government and by several former student activists prior to its première at the New York Film Festival in October 1995. Subsequently, the Chinese authorities demanded it be banned from international film festivals, claiming that showing it would ‘mislead the audience and hurt the feelings of 1.2 billion Chinese people.’ Meanwhile, the student activists who opposed the film accused us of working for the Chinese government and denounced us as ‘a pack of flies, a true disease of our era.’ (他们是一群苍蝇, 是我们这个时代真正的疾病).
Despite controversy The Gate of Heavenly Peace went on to win numerous prestigious film and academic awards in the United States and overseas. The film has continued to draw attention in the mass media, among researchers and educators and, together with the related website, it forms part of the international discussion of China’s modern history. We believe that the kind of independent research and cinematic work we produce has only been possible through the support of academic colleagues, public funding agencies, private donations, and under the protective umbrella of free speech.
We are now deeply concerned because our very existence as an independent film and archive group is being threatened by a lawsuit launched by one of the people who, during the 1989 Protest Movement in Beijing, professed support for freedom of speech and democracy.
Chai Ling (Ling Chai), President of Jenzabar, Inc., and in 1989 Commander-in-Chief of the Defend Tiananmen Square Headquarters, and her husband, Robert Maginn, CEO of Jenzabar and a former Senior Partner and Director at Bain & Company, sued the Long Bow Group in 2007 in Boston, Massachusetts, for defamation and trademark infringement.
The lawsuit accused us of defamation because our website links to mainstream media news articles that reported critical information about Jenzabar, Chai Ling, and Robert Maginn. The trademark allegations are based on our use of the name ‘Jenzabar’ in the website. In the early stages of the litigation, the court threw out the defamation claims but not the trademark claims. The court recognized that ‘Jenzabar seems unlikely to prevail on [the trademark claims],’ but nevertheless decided to give Jenzabar a chance to try to prove its claims.
As a result, we are facing the accusation that Long Bow – a non-profit documentary film producer – is violating the commercial trademark of Jenzabar, a company that sells administrative and management software systems to large educational institutions. Although we clearly have no connection to Jenzabar and do not compete in any respect with Jenzabar, the lawsuit claims that our site diverts and confuses Jenzabar’s potential customers. In fact, not one person has ever contacted the Long Bow Group about software or Jenzabar.
Over the years, mainstream US media publications (in particular, The Boston Globe, Forbes and The Chronicle of Higher Education) have produced and archived materials related to Jenzabar and its President, Chai Ling. The Long Bow website merely quotes from these materials, yet we are not aware of any action against these larger publications. In our opinion, this lawsuit is clearly intended to intimidate us into removing these news accounts and other information about Chai Ling and Jenzabar from our website. Indeed, Chai Ling’s lawyers have demanded that we remove any reference to the company from our website. We believe that this material is of public interest and it is already in the public domain through other sources. Despite long months of discussion and conciliatory action on our part, undertaken in the hope of bringing an end to what we believe is malicious litigation, the case continues at great expense and risk to us.
The following excerpts from the Complaint filed against Long Bow in May 2007 demonstrate the seriousness of this lawsuit, as a threat to Long Bow and to the principles of political and expressive freedom that we hold so dearly:
—‘Motivated by ill-will, their sympathy for officials in the Communist government of China, and a desire to discredit Chai, a former student leader in the pro-democracy movement in China’s Tiananmen Square, Long Bow Group, Inc. (“Long Bow”) has published false content concerning the Plaintiffs on the website it maintains (the “Site”) and has collected a misleading sample of statements from outdated articles to circulate half-truths and falsehoods, and to create false impressions about Jenzabar, Chai, and Maginn. To ensure that this content is widely viewed and as damaging as possible, Long Bow makes unauthorized use of Jenzabar’s protected trademarks to direct traffic to the Site. As a consequence, Jenzabar’s clients and prospective clients are diverted to the Site and its defamatory content, causing reputational injury and loss of business opportunities.’
—‘Upon information and belief, Long Bow’s defamatory statements are motivated by malice toward Chai, as well as Long Bow’s desire to discredit Chai and advance Long Bow’s divergent political agenda.’
The Complaint also makes a demand:
—‘For an accounting of the gains and profits realized by Long Bow from its aforesaid wrongful acts, and restitution and/or disgorgement to Jenzabar of Long Bow’s ill-gotten gains.’
We believe this is a concerted attempt to undermine a nonprofit film and research organization that has for nearly thirty years presented audiences and educators throughout the world with work on Chinese life and history. Chai and Jenzabar appear determined to drain the limited resources of the Long Bow Group for not complying with their demands that we remove historical materials and data, as well as all references to Jenzabar, from our website. We are of the view that such demands and tactics have dire implications not only for us, but more widely for free speech and independent scholarship.
We believe that in commemorating the events of 1989 twenty years on, it is important to reflect also on the value of independent thought, unfettered historical research, the collection and protection of archival materials and the freedom of speech in our own environment.
It is for this reason that we appeal to you—fellow researchers, colleagues in the media, educators and members of the interested public—to visit our website (www.tsquare.tv) to read the materials that have prompted this lawsuit and the legal filings from the case. We ask you to draw your own conclusions about the issues and freedoms at stake.
Please do not take this appeal as an attack on Jenzabar’s business or the products and services it provides to its customers. We have no interest in prompting or participating in a boycott and no interest whatsoever in causing harm to Jenzabar’s business or its employees. We seek only to preserve our rights, to stand up for the principle of free speech, and to defend ourselves and our work from this unjustified challenge.
If you would like to help, please sign this appeal as a modest gesture of your support for our stand. Please know that your signature carries no legal obligations, responsibilities, or commitments of any kind, nor does it mean that you necessarily agree with opinions expressed in either the Long Bow Group's films or its websites. Rather, it indicates that any instance of a corporation using its money and its power to stifle debate and suppress the historical record is cause for concern, in the academic community and beyond. If you are interested in lending your support, please email us at info@longbow.org, and we will add your name to the list of signatories posted on our website. Please be sure to include your name, title, and affiliation (if any) in your email.
Written and Signed by
Carma Hinton, Professor of Visual Culture & Chinese Studies, George Mason University; Producer, Director, Long Bow Group
Richard Gordon, Producer, Director, President, Long Bow Group
Geremie R. Barmé, Professor of Chinese History, The Australian National University, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities; Producer, Director, Long Bow Group
Nora Chang, Producer, Director, Long Bow Group
Signatories
R. David Arkush, Professor of Chinese History
The University of Iowa, IA, USA
Fran?oise Aubin
Le Parc de Seronne, Jumelles, France
Pat Aufderheide, Professor and Director
Center for Social Media, School of Communication
American University, Washington, D.C., USA
Dr. Limin Bai, Senior Lecturer in Chinese
School of Languages and Cultures
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
C. D. Alison Bailey, Director, Centre for Chinese Research
Institute of Asian Research
University of British Columbia, Canada
Suzanne Wilson Barnett, Professor Emerita, History
University of Puget Sound, WA, USA
Dr. Ruth Barraclough, Lecturer in Korean Studies
College of Asia & the Pacific
The Australian National University, Australia
Jeffrey Berger, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy
Community College of Philadelphia, PA, USA
Sarah Biddulph, Associate Professor and Reader
Law School
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor Marc Blecher
Department of Politics
Oberlin College, OH, USA
Professor Harald Bockman
Research Centre for Development and the Environment
University of Oslo, Norway
Dorothy V. Borei, Professor of History Emerita
Guilford College, NC, USA
Dr. Sally Borthwick, Sinologist
Yomi Braester, Professor of Comparative Literature
University of Washington, WA, USA
Dr. Anne-Marie Brady, MRSNZ, Associate Professor in Political Science
School of Political and Social Sciences
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
John Braithwaite, Regulatory Institutions Network
RSPAS, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Australian National University, Australia
Professor Timothy Brook
Principal, St. John's College
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Patrick Brown
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Beijing, China
Daniel Bryant, Professor Emeritus
Department of Pacific and Asian Studies
University of Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada
Peter Button, Assistant Professor
Department of East Asian Studies
New York University, NY, USA
Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Professor and Head
Department of Government and International Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
James Cahill, Professor Emeritus
History of Art
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Daniel Cairns, Graduate Student
University of Chicago, IL, USA
William A. Callahan, Professor of International Politics and Chinese Studies
University of Manchester
Co-Director of the British Inter-university China Centre
Oxford, UK
Dr. Duncan Campbell, Senior Lecturer
China Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies
College of Asia & the Pacific
The Australian National University, Australia
Thomas R. Carter
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Dr. Anita Chan, Research Fellow, Contemporary China Centre
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
The Australian National University, Australia
Dr. Red Chan
University of Warwick
Coventry, UK
Briankle G. Chang
Director, Center for the Study of Communication
Department of Communication
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
Michael G. Chang, Associate Professor
Department of History and Art History
George Mason University, VA, USA
Hilary Charlesworth, Professor, RegNet
Australian National University, Australia
Lejen Chen, Organic Farmer
Green Cow Farm
Beijing, China
Dr. Tina Chen, Associate Professor of History
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Vivien Chen
New York City, NY, USA
Professor Pei-kai Cheng
Director, Chinese Civilisation Centre
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Xiaoqing Chi, artist
New Hampshire, USA
Eva Shan Chou, Associate Professor
English Department
City University of New York, Baruch College, NY, USA
A.E. Clark
Ragged Banner Press
Father Jeremy Clarke S.J., Visiting Fellow
The Australian National University, Australia
Lisa Claypool, Assistant Professor of Art History and Humanities
Reed College, OR, USA
Cathryn H. Clayton, Assistant Professor
School of Pacific and Asian Studies
University of Hawai'i, HI, USA
Don J. Cohn, Senior Editor, ArtAsiaPacific
New York, NY, USA
Lois Conner, Photographer
New York, NY, USA
Dr. Susette Cook, Lecturer in China Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Bryan Corrigan, Teacher, AP Economics
Belmont Public Schools, Belmont, MA, USA
Spencer R. Crew
Clarence J. Robinson Professor of American, African American, and Public History
George Mason University, VA, USA
Dr. Francesca Dal Lago
Leiden Institute for Area Studies
Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Dr. Gloria Davies, Associate Professor and Convenor of Chinese Studies
Monash University, Australia
Michael E. Davies, Principal
Appletree Hill Solicitors, Australia
Deborah Davis, Professor of Sociology
Yale University, CT, USA
Robert DeCaroli, Associate Professor
George Mason University, VA, USA
Steven DeCaroli, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Goucher College, MD, USA
Margaret H. Decker, Computer System Specialist
Belmont Public Schools, Belmont, MA, USA
Dr. Kirk A. Denton, Associate Professor
East Asian Languages and Literature
The Ohio State University, OH, USA
Fran?oise Derré, writer, translator
Paris, France
Joel Devalcourt
University of New Orleans, USA
Neil J. Diamant, Associate Professor of Asian Law and Society
Dickinson College, PA, USA
Zheng Ding, Professor of Physics
Normandale Community College
Bloomington, MN, USA
Professor Stephanie Hemelryk Donald
Professor of Chinese Media Studies
University of Sydney, Australia
Elvira & Vasco Dones, Producers
Dones Media LLC, Rockville, MD, USA
Hua Dong, Academic Specialist
Coordinator, Chinese Language Program
Northeastern University, MA, USA
Darrell Dorrington
Menzies Library
The Australian National University, Australia
Adam Driver, Ph.D. Candidate
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
The Australian National University, Australia
Marie-Pierre Duhamel, film critic and translator
Paris, France
Emily Dunn, Ph.D. Candidate
Asia Institute/History
University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor Michael Dutton
Research Chair, Professor of Political Cultures
Griffith University, Australia
Richard Louis Edmonds, Visiting Professor in Geographical Studies
University of Chicago, IL, USA
Professor Mark Elliott
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Harvard University, MA, USA
Benjamin A. Elman, Professor of East Asian Studies & History
Princeton University, NJ, USA
Sarah S. Elman, Head of Technical Services
C.V. Starr East Asian Library
Columbia University, NY, USA
Bill Engst
Marlboro, NJ, USA
Karen Engst
Pau, France
Nicoals Engst-Matthews, student
Pau, France
Andrew Fair
Law Offices of Andrew L. Fair
New York, NY, USA
Professor Judith Farquhar, Max Palevsky Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences
Chicago University, IL, USA
Professor Mary Farquhar
Executive member and former President
Chinese Studies Association of Australia
Siyen Fei, Assistant Professor
Department of History
University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Jesseca Ferguson, Continuing Part Time Faculty
School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Susan Fernsebner, Assistant Professor of History and American Studies
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Nick Fraser, Commissioning Editor, BBC
Andy Friend
Ellen V. Fuller, Assistant Professor
East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Studies in Women and Gender
University of Virginia, VA, USA
Peter L. Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor
Department of Physics
Harvard University, MA, USA
Carrillo Gantner
Ziyin Gantner
Professor Mobo Gao
Chair of Chinese Studies
Director, Confucius Institute
Centre for Asian Studies
The University of Adelaide, Australia
Andrea Geyling, Modern World History Instructor
Milton Academy, MA, USA
Christina Gilmartin, Associate Professor of History
Northeastern University, MA, USA
Research Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Harvard University, MA, USA
Peter Gilmartin, Program Director
Primary Source, MA, USA
Professor Dr. Sean Golden
Director, Institut d'Estudis Internacionals i Interculturals
(Institute for International & Intercultural Studies)
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Jeremy Goldkorn, Editor
Danwei.org (www.danwei.org), Beijing, China
Andrea S. Goldman, Assistant Professor of Qing and Modern China
Department of History
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Joshua Goldstein, Associate Professor
History Department
University of Southern California, CA, USA
Jack Golson AO, Emeritus Professor
Department of Archaeology and Natural History
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
The Australian National University, Australia
Bryna Goodman, Professor of Chinese History
University of Oregon, OR, USA
Professor David S G Goodman, Professor of Chinese Politics and Director
Institute of Social Sciences
University of Sydney, Australia
Dr. Christopher Gregg, Term Assistant Professor
Department of History and Art History
George Mason University, VA, USA
Gerald V. Griffith, Producer
Cartesian Coordinates
Fairfax, VA, USA
Misha M. Griffith, Graduate Researcher
George Mason University, VA, USA
Alison Groppe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chinese
Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures
University of Oregon, OR, USA
A. Tom Grunfeld, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor
Empire State College/ SUNY, NY, USA
Kenneth J. Hammond, Professor of History
New Mexico State University, NM, USA
Mette Halskov Hansen, Professor in Chinese Studies
Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages
University of Oslo, Norway
Dr. Mark Harrison, Senior Lecturer in Chinese
School of Asian Languages and Studies
University of Tasmania, Australia
David Hawkes, translator and writer
Oxford, England
Nancy Hearst, Fairbank Center
Harvard University, MA, USA
Professor Gail Hershatter
Distinguished Professor, Department of History
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Christian A. Hess, RCUK Academic Fellow/Assistant Professor
Department of History
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Joan Hinton
Beijing, China
Dahpon David Ho, Assistant Professor in History
American University
Washington, D.C., USA
Isaac Ho, student
University of Southern California, CA, USA
Mack P. Holt, Professor of History
Director of Graduate Studies
George Mason University, VA, USA
Brian Holton, Assistant Professor
Department of Chinese & Bilingual Studies
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Laura Hostetler, Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Department of History
University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA
Hu Minghui, Assistant Professor
Department of History
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Dr. Nicole Huang
Director, Center for East Asian Studies
Associate Professor of Chinese Literature
East Asian Languages and Literature
University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
Vivian Huang, General Manager/Curator
Chinese American Arts Council/Gallery 456, NY, USA
Former Festival Director
Asian American International Film Festival, NY, USA
Theodore Huters, Professor of Chinese
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Eric Hyer, Associate Professor and Asian Studies Coordinator
Brigham Young University
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六四领袖柴玲起诉纪录片天安门，王丹封从德支持柴玲
(2009年5月16日)
来源：美国之音
亚微/每到“六四”周年临近之时，与“六四”有关的事件就尤为引人关注。原“六四”学生运动领袖柴玲逃亡美国后虽然逐渐淡出民运，但围绕她的争议一直没有完全消失。最近，有关她在2007年起诉纪录片“天安门”制作人的消息再次浮出水面，对于这起诉讼的是非曲直，见仁见智。记者亚微采访了经历这场运动的原学生领袖和学者，请他们谈谈对柴玲以及这一诉讼案的看法。
原“六四”学生运动领袖柴玲以及由她担任总裁的Jenzabar公司起诉纪录片“天安门”制作人一事，最近再次引起公众的关注。事情的起因是，波士顿 "Long Bow Group"公司1995年发行的纪录片“天安门”中引用了美国记者康宁汉对柴玲的一段采访，其中几段讲话颇为引起争议。
例如柴玲说：“...下一步作为我个人，我愿意求生下去，广场上的同学，我想只能是坚持到底，等待政府狗急跳墙的时候血洗...”，“...我想，也只有在广场血流成河的时候，全中国的人才能真正擦亮眼睛，他们真正才能团结起来...”柴玲这些话被一些人解读为“让他人流血，自己逃生”，再加上柴玲逃亡后远离民运圈子，专心学业和事业，因此引起很多非议，有人甚至指责她为机会主义者。
*柴玲认为影片歪曲她的形象构成诽谤罪*
2007年，柴玲和美国丈夫开创的Jenzabar公司以诽谤和侵犯商誉为由起诉了"Long Bow Group"公司。美国法庭去年8月撤销了诽谤案，但是侵犯商标案仍在继续进行。最近，"Long Bow Group"公司以言论自由为由在网上发起联署签名，目前已经有来自世界各地上百名学者和专家支持响应。
*王丹“为柴玲辩护”*
流亡美国的原“六四”学生运动领袖王丹不久前在香港《明报》上撰文，题目是“为柴玲辩护”，以此提醒人们以公正的态度看待历史人物。王丹说，多年以来，外界对柴玲的评价是不公正的，因此，柴玲出现反弹情绪，他完全理解和同情。
王丹说：“第一，不管柴玲说了什么，柴玲是最后一批撤出广场的。我们评价历史人物到底是看他的言论，还是看他的行为，外界只是听她那几句话，没有看到她其实是坚持到最后了。第二点，即使柴玲讲的话过激，要结合当时具体情况以及柴玲的个性，否则就有断章取义之嫌。第三点，柴玲这些年虽然淡出民运，但是她受到的攻击其实也是别人所无法比拟的。这样庞大的压力下，她选择淡出的方式，我觉得也是应该给予理解的。”
*王军涛：柴玲有权通过法律维护自己的权利*
哥伦比亚政治博士，曾被中共当局称为“六四”运动黑手的王军涛说，作为柴玲以及纪录片“天安门”制作人卡玛双方的朋友，他觉得她们的初衷都是要推动中国的进步。王军涛表示，对卡玛来讲，她拍摄“天安们”是希望还原“六四”的真相，促使中国人从中总结一些经验教训。而对柴玲来说，在外在压力已经影响到她正常的工作和事业的情况下，她觉得有必要通过法律行动维护自己的权利，并澄清一些历史问题。
王军涛说：“我对美国司法体制理解是，它除了要维护基本正义之外，它还可以帮助人们澄清一些事实。从某种意义上讲，它比媒体等其它方式更有效，我对柴玲采取这个方式是理解的。另一方面，我也希望卡玛继续以她独特的角度对中国的问题，中国的各种力量，包括民运人士进行观察。如果她觉得有什么问题，还是可以进行监督并讨论她接触的问题。我希望这件事能澄清一些有争议的问题和相关事实，”
*封从德坚决支持前妻，称影片是对六四运动的诬蔑*
柴玲的前夫、流亡美国的“六四”学生运动领袖封从德透露，早在10年前，他就建议柴玲把纪录片“天安门”中歪曲的内容放到法律的平台上来解决。他认为，这部影片把学生的行为描述成极端非理性的，这是对“六四”运动的诬蔑。
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《天安门》制作人就柴玲的控告呼吁外界支持/RFA
(2009年4月28日)
89年六四事件前学运领袖柴玲控告纪录片《天安门》(The Gate of Heavenly Peace)的制作公司侵害其声誉及公司商誉再引起争议，近百的学者联名声援言论自由。也有前学运领袖表示理解，至于柴玲用法律的手段维护自己的权益，与过去的历史切割外界有不同看法。（何山报道）
柴玲2007年5月在美国波士顿入禀法院，以诽谤和侵犯商誉，起诉描述 “六四天安门事件”的纪录片《天安门》的制作公司（the Long Bow Group），再次引公众的关注。过百名来自美国、英国、欧洲的中外学者，在网上发表联署声明，为《天安门》的作者撑腰，当中包括来自北京的作家王力雄及人民大学的教授。
当年六四事件参与者，入狱超过10年的北大学哲学系研究生李海，周一晚对本台表示，他不清楚事件，但认为当年的参与者透过法律的手段，与20年的事件作出切割，是个人的选择，他对柴玲表示理解。他说：“柴玲现在这样做，去保护她的利益，我是可以理解的。但这个利益是否正当?我无从判断。正如那个作者，有他的权利，创作和表达自己的意见。她有自己的利益所在，她想办法保护自己的利益，可以理解。对柴玲我还有这样一个想法，我觉得她当年作得很出色，这里面有一些小的是非，我也听说过一些，但是当时的运动，她起的作用很大，我想不能要求她，一个人以后一直是这样，或者永远是这样。她只要当时作用应该做的事，后来她退出，完全是正常的事，她不退出，更好。”
不过，联署反对柴玲控告的英国华威大学学者陈美红对本台表示，六四是一个集体回忆，提及柴玲及其公司的，不止纪录片《天安门》的制作者，她不能认同柴玲的指控。她说：“我们这些老百姓很难会忘记，也有人选择一定不要忘记，当年这些学生领袖给我们一些启蒙。我觉得的柴玲的这个诉讼，当然她的选择，她的公司是觉得是需要受到保护，那我能够明白，但同时我又觉得，这家被起诉的民间团体是一个学术研究团体，他们也是出于关怀中国，而拍了那套电影《天安门》。我觉得从一个历史的纪录来看，他们做得很有价值，所以他们这样被柴玲告，我觉得是很遗憾的事。”
而李海说，柴玲用诉讼的方式，使自己与过去的历史切割，法庭一旦出现 “扒粪”的现象，效果难以预料，可能适得其反。他说：“这本身就是一个过程，可以回答，让我知道是甚么一会事。比如说，经过这个诉讼，今年或连续的诉讼，通过一个案例告诉我们是怎么一会事。但他们都要出钱了，双方都要浪费一些金钱和时间。这个过程，或许用能给我们一些好的东西。”
由柴玲担任主席的Jenzabar公司于2007年5月入禀美国法院，指《天安门》的制作人在片中诽谤柴玪及侵犯其公司的商标，法院于去年8月撤销诽谤案，但侵犯商标案仍然继续，而天安门制作人近期在其网站发起呼吁，要求外界的支持，并表示由于诉讼费很贵，公司有可能在诉讼有结果前关闭。
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王丹致香大第二封信：我们对柴玲，应当更公正一些 (图)
(2009年4月18日)
来源：明报
王丹致港大学生第二封信
首先，我要感谢香港大学的同学们，你们的公投以压倒性的比例通过了要求平反六四的诉求，为港大的学生洗刷了名誉，也再次证明追求民主是人类的基本理念。感谢你们坚持了做人的基本原则。
同时，看到港大有人批评柴玲是逃跑的学生领袖，我也深深地感到，20年过去了，即使在香港，很多人对当年发生的事情也不是很清楚了。这是非常令人遗憾的。作为当年的参与者，我觉得我有责任就一些基本问题做一些澄清，尤其是关于柴玲的问题。
关于柴玲，外界一直有很多不公正的评价。最近香港大学学生会会长说柴玲带头逃跑就是一例。更多的说法，是关于《天安门》纪录片中她的一段话，大意是说：「我们走，让别人流血」之类。多年以来，每一次演讲或者公开发言，只要涉及到这个问题，我都一再强调，外界对于柴玲过分不公正。20周年之际，我必须再次站出来为她辩护。
王丹认为，我们对于柴玲（图），应当更加公正一些。
首先，分析一个人不能仅仅根据一句话，这是基本常识。柴玲以一个女孩子，担任天安门广场指挥部总指挥，可以说是尽心尽力地希望推动中国民主化进程。在整个八九民运的过程中，柴玲做了大量的工作，怎麽能因为一句话就抹煞掉她的全部呢？
她确是最后一批撤出广场的
其次，就算柴玲说了一番「我要活覑」之类的话，但是第一，那样的话我们应当放在前后的内容中来看，不能断章取义，柴玲接受记者採访的时间长达一两个小时，怎麽能够仅仅根据她这两句话对她，甚至对学生领袖群体下结论呢？第二，身为广场总指挥，柴玲面临的压力之大，是任何外人无法比拟的，何况得知自己的同学被屠杀之后，本来就感性的她，激愤之下说一些极端的话不仅是可以理解的，也是应当被谅解的，外界不管具体情景就下判断，对柴玲极为不公平。
第三，也是最重要的是，很多人都批评柴玲「让别人流血，我要活覑」这样的话，但是他们都忘记了一个基本的事实，那就是，不管柴玲说了什麽，但是实际行动上，她确实是最后一批撤退出广场的，这一点有录影和在场的成千上万的同学可以证明。我们判断一个人，到底是看她的言论呢，还是看她的行动，这不是一个很简单的标准吗？为什麽那些指摘她的人不提她最后撤出的事实呢？
最后我要说的是，最近一些年来，柴玲比较澹出民运，有些人对此也颇有微词。但是大家想想，长期以来，为了参加民主运动被迫逃亡，有家不能回的柴玲，曾经领导了整个天安门广场的学生行动的柴玲，多年以来却承受了外界这麽多的不公正的评价，很多还是极为恶意的攻击和羞辱人格的辱瘗，她的内心会是多麽的难过？我看了很多对她的评论，内心极为不忍：那些人对开枪杀人的刽子手都没有像对柴玲那样苛刻，这个世界还有公理可言吗？！我们没有必要批评她退出，如果是我面对这样的不公，我也不一定能够坚持下去。
我不是说柴玲所作的一切都是正确的，但是我认为我们对于柴玲，应当更加公正一些。为柴玲辩护，并非因为我们曾经是战友，事实上，我们已经有四五年没有联络了。为柴玲辩护仅仅是因为作为一个历史研究者，我不希望历史对任何一个人是不公正的。
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发表于 6-2-2009 15:22:51
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