Name: 【TEDx】當代勇士：達米安．曼德 (Modern Warrior: Damien Mander at TEDxSydney)
Uploaded: 2014-02-20T14:39:16.000Z
Duration: 12 min 34 s

當我遇見一位叫做 Orpheus 的 勇敢野生動物保護員

And Orpheus looked at the buffalo on the ground, and he looked at me,

Orpheus 看著地上的水牛 然後轉頭凝視著我

and as our eyes met, there was an unspoken grief  between the three of us.

當我們目光相遇的時候 一種潛在的悲痛緊扣在我們三個之間

She was a beautifully wild and innocent creature,

她是一頭美麗又無辜的野生動物

and Orpheus lifted the muzzle of his rifle to her ear. (Gunshot)

Orpheus 解開手中步槍的保險栓 對著她的耳朵扣下了板機（槍聲）

And at that moment, she started to give birth.

那個時候，她正準備要生下小牛

As life slipped from the premature calf,  we examined the injuries.

當我們開始檢測她的傷勢時 發現早產小牛的生命正在流失

Her back leg had been caught  in an eight-strand wire snare.

原來她的後腿一直都陷在線圈套中

She'd fought for freedom  [for] so hard and so long

為了爭取自由，她是那麼努力掙扎

Ladies and gentlemen, today I feel  a great sense of responsibility

各位先生、女士 今晚我背負著沉重的責任

in speaking to you  on behalf of those that never could.

代表那些沒辦法做這件事的動物們發言

Their suffering is my grief, is my motivation.

牠們的痛苦是我的悲傷 也是我前進的動力

Martin Luther King best summarises  my call to arms here today.

馬丁．路德．金恩有段話 能總結今天我要說我的一切

He said, "There comes a time  when one must take a position that's neither safe,

他說：「總有那麼一天， 人們做的選擇不該是安全

But he must take that position  because his conscience tells him that it's right."

Because his conscience tells him it is right.

因為他的良心告訴他，那才是正確的」

At the end of this talk  I'm gonna ask you all a question.

在結束前，我會問你們一個問題

That question is the only reason I traveled here today

這個問題是今天我遠從 非洲大草原來到這裡的唯一原因

That question for me has cleansed my soul.

How you answer that question  will always be yours.

當我是個小男孩的時候 我看了電影《綠野仙蹤》

I remember watching the movie  The Wizard of Oz as a young kid,

and I was never scared of the witch  or the flying monkeys.

我最害怕的是，我會像故事裡的那隻獅子 沒有勇氣的長大成人

My greatest fear was that I'd grow up like the Lion, without courage.

等我長大了總是問自己 我覺得自己勇敢嗎？

And I grew up always asking myself  if I thought I'd be brave?

多年後，桃樂絲排除萬難回到坎薩斯

Well, years after Dorothy  had made her way back to Kansas,

I walked into a tattoo parlor  and had the words

並在胸口紋上「尋找和摧毀」的刺青

'Seek and Destroy' tattooed across my chest.

And I thought that'd make me big and brave.

但是這些感觸卻花了我 近十年的時間來化為文字

But it'd take me almost a decade  to grow into those words.

當我 20 歲時，我是海軍的清潔潛水夫

By the age of 20 I'd become  a clearance diver in the navy.

25 歲時，身為特戰部隊的狙擊手

如果要從 700 米外擊中移動中的目標頭部

I knew exactly how many clicks of elevation  I needed on the scope of my rifle

我能精準地從瞄準器上判斷 來福槍的準星要向上調整幾響

to take a headshot on a moving target  from 700m away.

我能確切的估算要使用多少克的高爆發性炸藥

I knew exactly how many grams  of high explosives it takes

to blast through a steel plate door  from only a few meters away,

並且不會波及我自己和我身後的團隊

without blowing myself,  or my team, up behind me.

我知道巴格達是多麼低劣的地方 只要「砰」的一聲

And I knew that Baghdad was a shitty place,  and when things go bang,

回歸正題，當我還不懂 什麼叫做保育的時候

Now back then, I'd no idea  what a conservationist did,

我以為那只是去擁抱樹 和惹大型企業生氣的事情（笑聲）

other than hug trees and piss off large corporations.  (Laughter)

我知道他們有綁辮子 我知道他們抽大麻（笑聲）

I knew they had dreadlocks. I knew they smoked dope. (Laughter)

過去我從來沒有真正的關心過環境 為什麼我要關心？

I didn't really give a shit about the environment,  and why should I?

我還曾經像個白癡似的在路上 開車時加快速度試著去撞鳥

I was the idiot that used to speed up in his car  just trying to hit birds on the road.

My life was a world away  from conservation.

我曾經在真正的生活中花了九年

I'd just spent nine years  doing things in real life

去做一件大部分人覺得只會發生 在遊戲機內的射擊槍殺工作

most people wouldn't dream  of trying on a Playstation.

經過十二次出兵至伊拉克作為所謂的傭兵 我學到了一個非常專業的技能：

Well, after 12 tours to Iraq as a so-called 'mercenary',  the skills I had were good for one thing:

那就是我成為了一個毀滅性的程式

回頭看過去我所做的每件事 以及去過的每個地方

Looking back now, on everything I've done,  and the places I've been,

在我心裡，我只做過一件真正勇敢的事

in my heart, I've only ever performed  one true act of bravery.

那只是一個簡單的決定： 「要」或「不要」

And that was a simple choice  of deciding 'Yes' or deciding 'No'.

But it was that one act  which defines me completely

而且確保在我是誰和我做的事之間 不會有一絲分岐

and ensures there'll never be separation  between who I am, and what I do.

當我終於遠離伊拉克時，我卻迷失了

When I finally left Iraq behind me I was lost.

Yeah I felt – ahh – I just had no idea  where I was going in life

我不知道自己要做什麼 我在 2009 年初抵達非洲

or where I was meant to be and I arrived in Africa  at the beginning of 2009.

不知怎麼的，當我感到一團混亂的時候 我總能發現我的目標

Somehow, I always knew  I'd find a purpose amongst chaos,

雖然我沒料到自己會在 辛巴威的叢林裡找到目標

I'd no idea though, I'd find it in a remote part  of the Zimbabwe bush.

我們四處巡查，禿鷹就在上空中盤旋

And we were patrolling along,  and the vultures circled in the air

當我們一步步接近死亡的惡臭 空氣中就像是一層厚厚的面紗

and as we got closer the stench of death hung there, in the air like a thick, dark veil,

And as we got closer,  there was a great bull elephant,

resting on its side, with its face cut away.

I was consumed by a deep  and overwhelming sadness.

看著無辜的動物這樣被殺死 這樣的感受是我從未面臨過的打擊

Seeing innocent creatures killed like this  hit me in a way like nothing before.

在我還是青少年時，我曾偷獵動物 那是我想在死時帶著一起埋葬的回憶

I'd actually poached as a teenager  and they're memories I'll take to the grave.

時間改變了我許多 我的內在已全然不同

Time had changed me though;  something inside wasn't the same.

我問自己：「比起那隻大象 需要自己的臉的程度

I asked myself,  "Does that elephant need its face

某個亞洲人更需要在桌面上 放上牠的象牙嗎？」

more than some guy in Asia needs  a tusk on his desk?"

當然那很血腥，但在這裡那不是重點

Well of course it bloody does,  that was irrelevant.

我是否願意拿出勇氣放棄生命中的一切 來幫助動物不再受苦？

Would I be brave enough to give up everything in my life

to try and stop the suffering of animals?

This was the one true defining  moment of my life:

第二天我聯繫了我的家人 然後開始賣掉了我的房子

對一個明智的傭兵而言 賺取資產最快最多的方式來自於戰爭

I contacted my family the next day  and began selling all my houses.

我一生的積蓄都開始拿來用在 推動國際反盜獵基金會

These are assets a well-advised mercenary  quickly acquires with the proceeds of war.

國際反盜獵基金會是一個 採取直接行動與執法的機構

My life-savings have since been used to found and grow

從交換衛星科技到有國際認證的的保護員

the International Anti-Poaching Foundation.

我們每天都在戰鬥 希望把軍事解決方式用來

The IAPF is a direct-action,  law enforcement organization.

From drone technology,  to an international qualification for rangers,

現在看來，我的故事可能有點獨特

we're battling each and every day  to bring military solutions

但我並不打算用它 來談我正在工作的組織

否則我可能就會變成一個很棒的募款人

but I'm not going to use it to talk to you today  about the organization I run --

請記住，今晚的問題我會問到底

in what probably could have been  a pretty good fundraiser.

我不可能起床後到這裡 只是為了談論拯救野生動物

因為我知道動物福利 在社會中有更廣泛的問題

Remember, today is about the question  I'm gonna ask you at the end.

在我看到那隻大象的幾年之後 有天我起得特別早

Because it's impossible for me to get up here and talk about just saving wildlife

我已經知道了我總是 問自己的那個問題的答案了

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