对独立议员海伦·海恩斯的袭击让澳大利亚陷入悲痛，但在解决方案上仍然分裂 堪培拉——在我记忆中，这是澳大利亚政治最悲伤、最可怕的一周之一，先从好消息和共识点说起吧。
The attack on independent MP Helen Haines united Australia in grief, but on solutions it remains divided CANBERRA — In one of the saddest and most horrific weeks in Australian politics I can remember, let’s start with the good news and the points of consensus.
海伦·海恩斯，这位被一名43岁男子 allegedly 用车辆袭击的独立议员，是我们中的最佳代表。这是政坛各界的一致评价，因为这是事实。她的善良与同理心，她对公共利益的奉献，以及她追求政治问责与透明度使命时的文明态度。海恩斯身上有太多值得喜爱的地方，而我们都认同这些价值观，这是一个好兆头。
Helen Haines, the independent MP targeted by a 43-year-old man who allegedly attacked her with his vehicle, is the best of us. It was a common refrain across the political spectrum because it is true. Her kindness and empathy, her dedication to the public good, the civility with which she pursues her mission of accountability and transparency in politics. There is so much to love about Haines, and the fact we all agree on these values is a good sign.
这似乎不言而喻，但确实需要提及，因为在其他民主国家，没有什么是理所当然的：败者质疑选举结果；政治暴力被原谅，或引发网上疯狂的阴谋论——即使来自所谓的主流利益相关方；国际法只对对手适用，不适用于盟友或本国，因此超法外处决和不成比例的军事行动被放任不管。
It seems too obvious to need mentioning but it does, because in other democracies nothing can be taken for granted: losers dispute the results of elections; political violence is excused, or sets off wild conspiracy theories online — even from supposedly mainstream stakeholders; international laws are insisted upon for adversaries but not allies or one’s own country, so that extrajudicial killing and disproportionate military action gets a pass.
澳大利亚并非免受这种道德相对主义和政治暴力常态化之症的侵袭。澳大利亚国歌宣称，澳大利亚被海洋环绕，但疯狂可以从海外下载或流媒体传播。只需问问阿森·奥斯特罗夫斯基，这位12月14日反犹太恐怖袭击的犹太裔澳大利亚受害者，他在网上被阴谋论者称为“危机演员”，视频声称他在邦迪海滩流出的血是化妆品——YouTube在袭击发生数月后才拒绝删除这些视频。
Australia is not immune from this sickness of moral relativism and normalization of political violence. Australia is girt by sea, as its national anthem proclaims, but the crazy can be downloaded or streamed from offshore. Just ask Arsen Ostrovsky, a Jewish-Australian victim of the Dec. 14 antisemitic terror attack, who was branded a crisis actor by online conspiracy theorists in videos claiming his blood spilled at Bondi Beach was makeup – videos YouTube refused to take down for months after the attack.