从前当过华盛顿市市长的丁勤时先生,有一句流传甚广的名言,大意是:要是不把凶杀案算上去的话,华盛顿的治安还是相当不错的。这话一点也不荒谬,华盛顿号称“凶杀之都”,把每年被别人强行剥夺的人命略去,犯罪率降到底,说不定还能当上个“首善之区”呢。也许由于善用“减法”吧,他似乎声望很高。在任时因为买毒品被发现,结果锒铛入狱,但出狱后还是被选为市长。 Mr. Ding Qinshi, a former Mayor of Washington, has a widely-acclaimed remark to the effect that Washington’s law and order is still quite good if it is not counted as a murder case. This statement is not ridiculous at all. Washington called the “capital of murder.” It omitted the life force forced to be forcibly taken away by others each year. The crime rate would drop to the end. Maybe it would be the “district of the first goodness.” Perhaps because of making good use of subtraction, he seems to have a high reputation. When he was appointed to buy drugs was found, the result was jailed, but after being released from prison was selected as mayor.