新加坡铜臭味
Friday, December 11, 2009
“每个城市都有自己独特的味道。新加坡是唯一什么味道都嗅不到的城市，除非你对铜臭味特别敏感... ...” ——加拿大《国家邮报》保罗.林芝。
这位发言人以其他城市为例，说香港有咸鱼味，印度有咖喱味，新加坡显然在其敏锐嗅觉辨识下是无味的。这无味值得玩味。“味”这个词在词典上有至少五个解释，发言人独用了“物质所具有的能使鼻子得到某种嗅觉的特性”，可以理解为他以此作为“味道”的诠释进行比较。所以香港“特有”的印象深刻味道，是咸鱼味，印度的是咖喱味，感觉满符合一只灵犬的结论。但这嗅觉功能用在新加坡上好像失灵了，不然也就不会施施然说出“什么味道都嗅不到”这么绝对的话语。印象中，只要鼻子没坏，湿巴刹就弥漫着咸鱼味（我吃咸鱼炒饭时也满嘴都是），就算不去小印度也知道这么多地方闻得到咖喱香。
换个角度，可能他想说的是我国是个高度纯净的城市，也就没什么特别味道。这或许是干净的代价，而揶揄新加坡散发铜臭，也就间接影射国人的唯利是图、金钱至上。其实，这跟我国着重推行、不断跟进的实用主义密不可分，而简单地说（反正又不是写论文）这不过是种生存法则。
我在想：按如此表面的、瞎子摸象的概论，我认为天气炎热的新加坡所有的味道不是铜臭，而是汗臭。是奔波忙碌也好、热烈追求人生也好，人们努力挥汗活着的证明。
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