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最重要的一点，我们都说事有轻重缓急，无关紧要的小事上撒谎，也便罢了。事关生命，事关健康，也能如此堂而皇之的编造谎言？万一家长信了相关部门的电话，没有带孩子去西安重新检测，那这岂不是在幼儿园铅中毒后，对孩子的二次伤害。

由于车内闷热，有一名年轻乘客砸窗通风，当安全锤挥向密闭车窗，碎玻璃飞溅的瞬间，某些网络声音竟将其吹捧为“自救壮举”。然而，剥开情绪外衣，这非但不是值得欢呼的“义举”，更是对公共安全底线的一次粗暴踩踏。所谓“值得肯定”，实为对法律秩序与集体安危的短视、 ...

这个套路，可算被他们玩得明明白白的了。以后，只要看到故意选择大半夜发通报的，我们就可以直接认定，他们缺乏直面大众、直面真相的勇气。他们是在处理舆情，而不是真的在回应公众关切。

“作为一名中国人，我们完全可以想象到砸窗之前他经历过的内心挣扎：这一锤下去，会不会被抓走？要赔多少钱？会不会留下案底将来影响孩子考公考编？这些在中国都是完全有可能发生的后果，也是整趟列车上只有他一个人敢于砸窗的直接原因。由此我对他的崇敬之情又多了三分 ...

写文章进行反思，尤其是批判“群众”愚昧，总是相对容易的。但是要成为拥有独立思考并且做出行动的个体，却需要学习，甚至需要刻意地“练习”。最重要的一点，就是要愿意承担风险。

我们经常看到，挥锤之人为了尽量让每个人呼吸到新鲜空气，用自己勇敢之锤砸破充满黑幕的这扇玻璃时，但他们的结局却让人唏嘘-遭受打击报复。是他们砸错了吗，肯定没有。那问题出在哪呢？答案无法名状。