還記得早前到英國旅行，來到一個文化氣氛如此濃厚的地方，眼見年輕香港遊客竟然到迪士尼專賣門購買全世界任何地方都買到的小雄維尼，滿載而歸，懶理那是「哪兒的文化」，更沒興趣知道那是由第三世界之中受盡剝削的勞工生產的。
未來香港有條件走上「國際大都會」這條路，也許一天會有訪港遊客由於時間關係，主要行程設在迪士尼，喝一口Starbucks，吃一口麥當勞，到西九龍文化區看一齣百老匯演出……在飛機上也可看一部香港人已不願看的成龍電影……維港巨星匯正是一場預演，旨在宣傳香港復甦的匯演，以所謂國際巨星招徠，本地歌手成為可有可無的大配角。若以同樣的思維去舉辦香港大學開放日，是否應該不用港大師生出席，改為邀請哈佛師生飛過來作為賣點呢？
全球化的浪潮勢不可擋，積極一點去想，究竟我們自身保留了哪些本地文化與全球文化平分春色，供大眾自行選擇呢？大型商場中一式一樣的店舖可以容納哪些特色小店？市場上一式一樣的大眾消費雜誌可以容納哪些深化討論？這個社會還可以容納Work and Spend範疇以外哪些生活態度呢？
今期Crossover的作品道出了本期Voice Up主線：「你當然有權選擇，只要後果自負！」這令筆者想到《22世紀殺人網絡3驚變世紀》片中，尼歐與幹員史密夫的最後一戰時，尼歐作為人類僅存的希望，為了完成使命，他明知「必輸」而拼出一戰；這時佔盡上風的幹員史密夫問他為何如此頑強？人的生存有何意義？真實有何意義？尼歐的回答是：「因為這是我的選擇」！想起來，片中由電腦程式建構的虛擬世界中，尼歐和祭師的存在和選擇都已超越了ABCD，才帶來了希望和生機。讓EFGH之選出現，本身需要包容、開放和尊重，那正是多元共生的社會的先決條件。
最後分享今期好書推介《死前要做的99件事》中一個筆者十分認同的觀點：「即使我們只是一個再平凡不過的人，也沒有任何事物可以阻擋我們去經營自己的幸福，而能否取得幸福，則視乎你此時此刻的選擇了。」說到底，請先別放棄自己的選擇權，並拉闊自己的眼界給自己多些選擇！1123區議會選舉正是一次熱身練習。
（原文刊登於Voice Up網站2003年11月號）
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