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巴庫拉斯
我曾在巴庫拉斯的林中追逐那即將沒入天際的一縷殘陽，也累到癱在鋪滿蕨類的巨石上享受沁骨的冰涼。而今越嶺重臨，除了那顆已乾枯的巨石外，實在無從辨識立足的原點。檳榔樹自山腳猙獰而上，山頭稜線在天際顫慄，原始森林的晶潤曾苟延殘喘地避居在四十五度的陡坡上，如今卻被一個人── 只需一個人，不到兩年的時間，便將整座山翻過來，原生動植物又從地球上消失一個據點 (當然這個人也很可憐，他沒多少本事能在城市討生活)。原始森林的成熟，常以千百年做單位，一座健康的森林，不啻是一棵碩大活海綿，一座站立的淡水湖。而人毀滅它卻只需要一粒小小的打火機，或是一隻電鋸，下手極其容易，而復原幾近無望。這是法律搆不著的疆界，森林存續全憑人人心頭一點點良知、敬畏和感恩，但把全體生機託付在這片薄薄的良心上，有多少保障呢？
全球森林每二秒便消失掉一公頃(約一個足球場大小)，每天失去43200公頃。一顆廣島原子彈可將半徑5公里內夷為平地，相當7850公頃。把這兩個數據碰在一起，便呈現了地球有史以來最恐怖的殺戮戰場─ 人每天引爆5.5顆的廣島原子彈，日以繼夜，全年無休，只是殺的不是人。(忘了森林是生命集合體，是我們的傲慢，也是我們的悲哀 )
這場個人與土地全面進行的戰役才是真正的世界大戰，站在最前線的是手持刀斧鏈鋸的窮人，背後的統帥則是富國、財團。我不知該爲窮人抱屈還是替大地申冤才好，只知道現今的全球經濟競賽，不斷地壓迫更多土地提高經濟效能，貧富間隙愈拉愈大，窮人別無選擇地摧毀所有生命的共生結構，最後只會落得富人強國無所憑依，可悲的是人還看不出經濟核彈比原子彈可怕。
提到核武我們便一陣顫慄，因此有各種公約禁令把它封鎖起來。但每天真正引爆的五顆半，大家沒什麼感覺，無聊的人才會為這個擔心。因為我們還有短暫的繁華可以揮霍，只要我們能舒服過完這一生便好了，至於下一代要背多少債務、過什麼樣的日子，那……是另一個故事了。

Bakurasu
I once chase the last ray of sunset in the forest of Bakurasu. I am so exhausted that I lie down on the giant rocks covered by ferns and enjoy the coolness of the rock. Now I climb over hills to visit it again. Other than that long-dried giant rock, I cannot identify where I was standing before. Betel nut trees viciously climb all the way from the foot of hill while the crest line of hills trembles under the skyline. The crystal-like beauty of primitive forest used to linger on and exile on the steep hill of 45 degree angle. Now it is overturned by one man, just one individual. Within two years, the wild animals and plants lost another inhabitant on the earth. (Certainly this guy is also very miserable because he can only do so due to lacking of skills and capacity to make a living in the city.) The mature of primitive forest is often counted by centuries. An organically healthy forest is indeed like a huge living sponge or a standing freshwater lake. When human beings destroy it, what in need is only a small lighter or an electric saw. It is so easy to take action while the recovery is almost not in a foreseeable future. This is the territory where law cannot govern. The sustainability of forest all relies on the intuitive ability, respect and gratitude. How much could we guarantee if the whole living world relies on such invisible intuitive ability?

Every 2 seconds, 1 hectare of forest (about one football field) disappears on the world. Everyday we lost 43200 hectares of forest. One nuclear bomb which attacked Hiroshima during WWII could burn down everything within 5km radius, which is approximately 7,850 hectares. When we link the two statistic numbers together, we find one of the most horrible massacre battlefields on the earth ever since – human beings fire off about 5.5 nuclear bombs on daily basis to kill, night and day, all year long and the target is not human beings. (Forgetting forest is part of collective living creature shows our arrogance as well as our sorrowful fete.)

This all-round battle between individuals and land is the true world war. Poor guys stand in the frontline with knifes and saws while the rich countries and syndicates stay in the back are the commanders. I don’t know who I should feel wronged: those poor guys or this land. I only know the present global economic competition constantly oppresses more land for higher economic performance. The wealth gap is increasing. The poor people have no choice but destroy the symbiotic structure of all living creatures. Eventually it would become that haves and power nations lost survival base. What is pathetic is that human beings still cannot figure out the fact that economic nuclear bombs are more horrible than nuclear bombs.

Mentioning nuclear weapon always makes us nervous and thrilled. Therefore we have all kinds of treaties and prohibitory edicts to stop this. However we don’t feel anything peculiar for the 5.5 nuclear bombs we fire off everyday. Only those senseless guys would worry about that. After all we still have short-term prosperity to spend at our will. We only look forward to having a comfortable life. As to the debts and liabilities for the next generation, that…is another story.