传教士姿态
The Missionary Position
Christopher Hitchens · 初版 1995 年
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为什么值得读
- 文字极具冲击力且论证精彩漂亮
- 披露了特蕾莎修女鲜为人知的内幕
- 篇幅短小但可能彻底颠覆既有认知
作为诺贝尔和平奖得主，受到政界人士、教会和全球媒体颂扬的加尔各答的 Mother Teresa 似乎正步入封圣的快车道。但是 Christopher Hitchens 质问道，究竟是什么让 Mother Teresa 如此神圣？在对 Teresa 崇拜直言不讳的揭露中，Hitchens 详述了一位女性面向世界穷人的使命本质及其局限性。他探究了这位唯一宣称的愿望是侍奉上帝的阿尔巴尼亚修女被赋予英雄地位的根源。他质疑 Mother Teresa 的善行是否只是满足了世界上优越阶层想要看到某个地方有人
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是的，她就是。你显然没读过克里斯托弗·希钦斯（Christopher Hitchens）写的《传教士姿势：理论与实践中的特蕾莎修女》（The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa In Theory And Practice）。特蕾莎修女纯粹是个恶魔。你应该去了解一下她是如何故意折磨垂死之人、连基本的止痛药都不给他们用的。如何……
Yes she is. You've clearly never read The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa In Theory And Practice, by Christopher Hitchens. Mother Teresa was pure evil. You should read up on how she intentionally tortured dying people by denying them basic pain killers. How…
……我不想把这事政治化，但在引用“特蕾莎修女”作为灵感榜样之前，请多读读关于她的资料：http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_wor..., http://www.amazon.com/Missionary-Position-Mother-Teresa-Prac... 以及 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uom-mta022813... 。
…trying to make this political, but please do more reading about "Mother" Teresa before quoting her as an inspiration: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_wor..., http://www.amazon.com/Missionary-Position-Mother-Teresa-Prac... and http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uom-mta022813... .
我第一次读克里斯托弗·希钦斯的作品是他批驳特蕾莎修女的那本——《传教士姿势》。那是他文风的缩影——令人震惊、离经叛道，但行文优美、论证有力。他是我读过的最具知识分子真诚度（intellectually honest）的评论家——哪怕我不赞同他的观点时也是如此。斯人已逝，令人难过。
The first time I read Christopher Hitchens was his takedown of Mother Teresa - "The Missionary Position". It was emblematic of his writing - shocking, irreverent, but beautifully written and argued. The most intellectually honest pundit I have ever read - even when I disagreed with him. Sad to see him go.
克里斯托弗·希钦斯写过一本薄薄的书，叫《传教士姿势：理论与实践中的特蕾莎修女》，里面确实深入探讨了她的卑劣行径和勾当。推荐阅读，因为这很可能会再次改变你的想法。
There's a short book by Christopher Hitchens called The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice, which does go into her dirty dealings and doings. Recommended read, as it may very well change your mind again.
……在理智上交流理性论点。然而至少有一次，希钦斯表现出了令人震惊的“拒绝辩论”态度：在他那本题为《传教士姿势》的书引发的关于特蕾莎修女的辩论中，面对西蒙·莱斯（Simon Leys），希钦斯说“他称我书的名字是‘下流猥亵’的，[...] 他愿不愿意说说到底哪里下流了？”。这直接把我劝退了。我再也无法把他看作一个其文字能够……
…intellectually exchange rational arguments. Then in at least one case Hitchens showed a shocking "unwillingness" to debate: In his debate about Mother Theresa with Simon Leys, triggered by his book titled "The Missionary Position", Hitchens said "he describes the title of my book as “obscene,” [...] Would he care to say where the obscenity lies?". This was a killer to me. Never could see him again as someone whose writing could…
……我自己就是个不可知论者，我甚至觉得这个书名起得很妙。但你似乎没有回应我的观点，那就是希钦斯否认将他的书命名为《传教士姿势》具有性暗示和内涵，这是在揣着明白装糊涂。他本可以略过这一点，或者直接说很遗憾西蒙·莱斯不喜欢这个名字，但他硬说这书名一点都不下流，纯粹就是虚伪。
…am an agnostic myself, I even think this title was a good catch. But you don't seem to address my point, which is that Hitchens denies the implications and sexual connotation of calling his book "The Missionary Position", which is bad faith. He could have skip the point, or just said he was sorry Simon Leys didn't like it, but saying it is nowhere obscene is plain insincere.