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新闻漫画:赌掉800万美元的卫道士
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  Why We Fight:Moral Clarity and the Waron Terrorism; Our Sacred Honor:Stories for a Life's Journey; and not least, The Death of Outrage: Bill Clin-ton and the Assaulton American Ideals. For youngsters he has compiled most famously The Children's Book of Virtues, a volume bestowed on their offspring by countless worried parents; Bennett has produced parallel volumes on Homeand Family and Heroes. There is a solid market for such books, and Dr Bennett's industry has been amply rewarded.

  So what does Dr Bennett do to relax? A bit of gambling, it would seem.

  More than a bit, actually: In two days last year he spent half a million dollars at one Las Vegas casino. Though the casino owners of Nevada and New Jersey may not be zealous in the practice of the classic virtues, they know a big spender when they see one③and put out the welcome mat for Dr William J. Bennett when he rollssintostown. As well they might:investigation of casino records reveals that in the past decade he has dropped million in the course of his relaxation.

  Like many giants, Bennett has feet of clay.Oliphant shows him going to con-fession, the rite by which Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians seek God's forgiveness for their sins. Here an elderly Irish priest is hearing his confes-sion. But is it sincere? Normally one begins by saying, "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned," not " for Iamtold I have sinned."

  The punch line is the priest's comment that, since Bennett is a Republican, he has committed no "sin" in blowing million in casinos. A Democrat might feel that, in conscience, such wealth should be used for the good of society; the Republi-can line is usually something more like "It's my money - I earned it, and no one has the right to tell me how to use it!" Mr Bennett, who admits that he gambles for "fairly high stakes",has thus far seemed assed by the press disclosures, but hardly contrite.

新闻漫画:赌掉800万美元的卫道士

  -美国社会热点/名家漫画赏析(美)

  漫画对话

  A“赐福我吧,神父,别人说我有罪。”

  “为什么?是小贝内特吗?你都干了些什么?我的孩子。”

  B "神父,我赌输了800万美元。"

  “啊?———那么告诉我,威廉,你是共和党人还是民主党人?”

  C“我是共和党人,而且是个道德主义者,神父———这有什么关系吗?”

  “嗯,我的孩子,如果你是民主党人,那你就真是犯下罪恶了。”

  D“但是作为共和党人吗,你只是有点虚伪。我没有找到一条法律是禁止虚伪的。”小鸟说:“你可以定他‘无节制地贪欲’罪!”

  (You could nail him with the gluttony clause.)

  在美国右翼基督教人士当中,威廉-贝内特是位极有声望的人,被视做“家庭价值”的勇敢捍卫者和美国社会道德腐败的无情批评者。在里根总统执政时期,他是美国教育部的部长;老布什则任命他为全美毒品控制政策办公室主任;如今他是遗产基金会的会员,该机构是极受共和党青睐的、很有势力的智囊团。他在全美各地演讲,频频在电视上露面。贝内特博士,这位毕业于很有声望的威廉姆斯大学并在得州大学获得政治学博士学位的人,为老老少少写了一本又一本的书,其主题都是他最热衷的,这里列出一些他写的书:《破裂的家庭:扭转美国家庭的道德崩溃》、《我们为什么斗争:道德透明与反恐战争》、《我们神圣的光荣:生命历程的故事》。此外,很重要的还有《愤怒之死:克林顿以及他对美国理想的打击》。他还为孩子们编辑了最为著名的《儿童美德手册》,这是一本无数操心的父母买给孩子看的书。贝内特还出版了类似的一套《家与家庭》和《英雄》。这些书有着很稳固的市场,而贝内特博士的勤奋也获得了可观的收入。

  那么,贝内特博士是如何消遣呢?似乎是上赌场小赌一把。

  实际上并非是小赌:去年他在两天内就在拉斯维加斯的一家赌场输掉了50万美元。虽说内华达州与新泽西州的赌场老板可能并不热心去实践贝内特先生倡导的经典美德,但他们一看就知道谁是大主顾,当贝内特风风火火来到拉斯维加斯时,他们便在门前铺上了以示欢迎的地毯。难怪他们这样做啊:对赌场记录的调查显示,在过去的10年中,他在这一消遣方式上输掉了800多万美元。

  像很多大人物一样,贝内特也有你不曾知道的短处。漫画家奥列芬特在此处表现出他想忏悔———罗马天主教与东正教的基督徒寻求上帝宽恕自己罪恶的一种宗教仪式。漫画中一位爱尔兰的老神父正在听他忏悔,rite themes for readers young and old. Here are some of the works he has brought forth: The Broken Hearth: Reversing the Moral Collapse of the American Family;




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