最近上了小精靈的AFP，讀了一大疊要人命的英文期刊以後
也同時開始追「白宮風雲」(The West Wing)劇集
今天讀完西班牙文會到宿舍以後
一邊吃麵一邊看West Wing...
這集的故事在講一個聯邦探員在執行任務中射殺了兩名毒梟，被送到法院判處死刑
聯邦最高法院駁回了他的上訴（也沒有辦法再上訴了）
依照慣例，安息日不執行死刑
所以死囚會在禮拜一的00:01開始注射毒藥
48小時後 那位聯邦探員就要被注射毒液，執行死刑
而當Bartlet總統週六回到白宮時，
他的幕僚必須儘快決定是否總統是否要動用他的權力
來為這位探員減刑（因為幕僚與整體白宮氣氛是不贊成死刑的）
因為一連串pros and cons的考量，
總統遲遲沒有做出決定，
而想等到他童年的神父來了後，
參詢他的意見，再做決定。
在神父來之前，總統徵詢了許多不同人的意見
他的摯友兼幕僚長Leo，
他的新聞幕僚長Toby（是個猶太教徒，聽了拉比的建議後來向總統提出看法）
一個像來鬧場的某助選員
（是貴格會體系的會友）
大家都不贊成死刑
認為國家有權力處罰，但是沒有權力殺人
總統不斷的掙扎於民意的偏好
（71%美國人支持死刑）與自我的偏好（不認同死刑正義）
他一方面要提醒自己，自己是代表美國人民
不能夠想做什麼決定就做什麼決定
一方面卻又一直抵不過自己心裡面的微小聲音
最後，死刑執行的前幾分鐘，神父終於來到了總統辦公室......
（然後下面影片會接著把故事演完）
我找到劇本稿，所以把這段逐字稿放上來
聽不清楚的地方就可以參照
不過更好的有優酷網
可以看完整的，而且有中文字幕，
不過要學術網路才跑的動
http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f2363157o1p13.html
（完整的這一集附中文字幕）
（上述網址的36分鐘附近，
可以看到youtube/劇本的部份，且有中文字幕）
有宿網跑比較快的可以去看
不然就看全英文的也是不錯啦xD
如果是英文強者的話，劇本就也不用看了 哈哈
--------------劇本稿---------------
CHARLIE
Mr. President? [beat] Excuse me, Mr. President?
BARTLET
Yeah.
CHARLIE
Father Cavanaugh.
BARTLET
Thank you.
He walks to the door. FATHER THOMAS CAVANAUGH enters.
BARTLET
Tom.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Mr. President. [They hug.]
BARTLET
Thank you, Charlie.
Charlie leaves.
BARTLET
Thanks for coming all this way down.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
It was no trouble. I'm just sorry I couldn't get here until now.
BARTLET
Yeah, it seems like a wasted trip.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Oh. I can see the Oval Office.
BARTLET
This is it.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Show me around the room.
BARTLET
You're looking at the room.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Well, uh, where is the red phone?
BARTLET
We don't use the red phone anymore.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Well, how do you talk to the Kremlin?
BARTLET
I tell Mrs. Landingham I want to talk to the Kremlin. Would you like a drink?
FATHER CAVANAUGH
No. No thanks. [pause] I don't know how to address you.
Would you prefer Jed or Mr. President?
BARTLET
To be honest, I prefer Mr. President.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
That's fine.
BARTLET
You understand why, right?
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Do I need to know why?
BARTLET
It's not ego.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
I didn't think it was.
BARTLET
There are certain decisions I have to make while I am in this room.
Do I send troops into harms way?
Which fatal disease gets the most research money?
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Sure.
BARTLET
It's helpful in those situations not to think of yourself as the man but as the office.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Then Mr. President it is.
BARTLET
I want you to know that I had a number of people on my staff
search for a reason the public would find palatable to
commute the sentence.
A technicality. Any evidence of racism.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
So your staff spent the weekend looking for a way out.
BARTLET
Yeah.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Like the kid in right field who doesn't want the ball to get hit to him.
They sit down.
BARTLET
I'm the leader of a democracy, Tom.
Seventy-one percent of the people support capital punishment.
People have spoken. The courts have spoken.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Did you call the Pope?
BARTLET
Yeah.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
And how do you do that?
BARTLET
[upset] Oh, for crying out loud, Tom.
I open my mouth and say, Somebody get me the Pope?
FATHER CAVANAUGH
No, I'm sorry, Mr. President,
but I was thinking... You're just this kid from my parish
and now you're calling the Pope.
BARTLET
Anyway. I looked for a way out, I really did.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
「Vengeance is mine,sayeth the Lord.」
You know what that means?
God is the only one who gets to kill people.
BARTLET
I know.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
That was your way out.
BARTLET
I know.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Did you pray?
BARTLET
I did, Tom.
I know it's hard to believe, but I prayed for wisdom.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
And none came?
BARTLET
[shakes his head]
It never has.
And I am a little pissed off about that.
He looks at his watch,
which says after a few seconds before midnight.
It hits him hard.
BARTLET
[dead serious] I'm not kidding.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
You know, you remind me of the man that lived by the river.
He heard a radio report hat the river was going to rush up and flood the town.
And that all the residents should evacuate their homes.
But the man said, I'm religious. I pray. God loves me.
God will save me.
The waters rose up.
A guy in a row boat came along and he shouted,
Hey, hey you! You in there.
The town is flooding. Let me take you to safety.
But the man shouted back,
I'm religious. I pray. God loves me. God will save me.
A helicopter was hovering overhead.
And a guy with a megaphone shouted, Hey you, you down there.
The town is flooding.
Let me drop this ladder and I will take you to safety.
But the man shouted back that he was religious,
that he prayed, that God loved him
and that God will take him to safety.
Well... the man drowned.
And standing at the gates of St. Peter,
he demanded an audience with God.
Lord,he said, I'm a religious man,
I pray. I thought you loved me.
Why did this happen?
God said,
I sent you a radio report, a helicopter, and a guy in a rowboat.
What the hell are you doing here??
FATHER CAVANAUGH
He sent you
a priest(教宗與神父本人), a rabbi（Toby的拉比）, and a Quaker（貴格會的助選員）,
Mr. President.
Not to mention his son, Jesus Christ.
What do you want from him?
There is a knock on the door.
C.J.
Excuse me.
C.J. comes in, hands Bartlet a note, and leaves.
Bartlet reads the note,
（紙條是要告知總統，聯邦幹員已被處死）
and then crumples it up as he goes to lean on the desk.
He looks exceedingly troubled.
FATHER CAVANAUGH
Jed. Would you like me to hear your confession?
（神父以總統的乳名Jed稱呼他）
BARTLET
Yes, please.
Father Cavanaugh pulls out his stole and puts it on.
（喔！我喜歡神父披上神職聖帶的moment，還要親一下）
The President kneels beside him
(總統跪在國徽上，劃十字架。)
BARTLET
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned...
----------------------------
蕭全政常說：「屁股決定腦袋」
意思就是一個政治人物所處的官位會影響他的決定
因為他要考慮的就不只是個人喜惡，而必須將部門利益考量進去
（也就是小精靈說的 Model III）
我想這段影片把這樣的無奈解釋的很清楚
神父的故事很酷炫，我覺得很多時候真的是這樣
會跟上帝murmur說：
「我一直禱告我想遠離種種的試探，
上帝阿！你怎麼都不來救我？」
[但其實是自己容許自己繼續陷下去的]
或者說：「神阿！告訴我這個，告訴我那個...」
其實很多時候，神早就告訴我們了
透過環境、透過機會、透過身邊的人
他要我們用自由意志做決定，而不是幫我們安排的死死死
(祂又不是阿拉)
基本上，很多時候，當我們做出那樣的argue跟murmur時
表面上是在埋怨跟質疑神很爛，很不厲害
但其實更多時候是在卸責
因為懶惰，因為害怕，所以不想自己做決定
是種假的交託
其實很多時候，我們早知道該怎麼 才是最好的
要是我們有辦法學會去聽
聽那隱藏在心裡，暗暗發出的微小聲音
我想，我們會知道。
我想我還在學
