Don’t be too CNN

I AM LOLLING. SO MUCH LOL.

Lyrics in the original Chinese and translation below:

做人别太CNN

那天上网猛然看见了一张照片
描述的是发生在西藏的打砸事件
CNN信誓旦旦，一切真相都在里面
而我渐渐却发现，这竟是欺骗
不管世事如何变迁，沧海变桑田
周老虎和这样的照片， 我一样的讨厌
不要以为重复千遍，谎话就会成箴言
黑夜给了我黑色眼睛，我却用它寻找光明
何苦挖空心思，想要弄假成真， 做人别太CNN
你又怎么可能，让周杰伦变成李宇春？
何苦挖空心思，想要弄假成真， 做人千万别CNN
我宁愿你们， 只是很傻很天真

Don’t be too CNN

One day I saw a photo on the internet
Describing Lhasa’s violent incident in Tibet
CNN swore that the truth was all there
But I gradually found, that this was a lie
No matter how things change, and oceans may recede to reveal land
The incident of the Zhou Tiger* and this photo are equally despicable
Don’t think that lies become truth if they are repeated a thousand times
The night gave me black eyes, but I will use them to find light
Why spend so much time trying to make false things true? Don’t be too CNN
How can you turn Jay Chou into Li Yuchun**?
Why spend so much time trying to make false things true? Never be like CNN
I would prefer if you were stupid and naive…

* The incident of the Zhou Tiger refers to one hunter’s miraculous ‘discovery’ of a tiger in a forest. The local officials took this at face value and used it to get a large grant from the central government to designate that area a protected park - but in fact the photo of the miracle tiger was actually a life-size calendar of a reclining tiger taken in the woods. The local government colluded with the ‘hunter’ (actually a local farmer) to get money. Very infamous incident of 2007, at least in China.

** Li Yuchun is a super girl idol, also of 2007, I think.

I wonder how this would address the one-sided media report on all sides of the debate? Interesting and funny, but stupid people exist all over the world, unfortunately.

Anyway, this tidbit was for you, before I go off into the deep end of scholastic hell. Hopefully I’ll re-emerge.

Thanks to Pris to pointing this article out, which led me to the song. Haven’t lolled like this in a while.

And on that note, about the issues the article addresses, vigilantism is always always bad. It’s right up there with terrorism. If you have something to say, keep it civil. Don’t toss rocks at houses. The house (or the human) can’t fight back if you toss rocks…

Love,

Sevenses