英国来信：为什么绝食？

【明慧网2000年2月25日】I am a practitioner in the UK and am somewhat puzzled by the actions of some practitioners. Many practitioners in China seem to go on hunger strike as soon as they are arrested as if they wish to manipulate the police to release them. Surely threatening suicide in order to change the situation in which one is in is a political act and goes against accepting what Master Li has said about the path of cultivation for a practitioner being arranged by him. As I understand it, the situation in China is a result of the cosmic changes and so surely the only thing a practitioner should do is protect the law.
译文：我是一名英国学员，对一些其他学员的行动稍微有些困惑。在中国，似乎很多学员一遭逮捕马上就绝食，好象他们希望操纵警察对他们的释放。用具有威胁力的自杀来改变处境肯定是政治行为，而且违背了李老师“修炼者的道路由师父安排”的有关教导。作为个人理解，我认为中国的局面是天象变化的结果，学员应该做的唯一的事肯定是护法。

If one dies due to not eating, isn"t that suicide? I don"t refer to those practitioners who died as a result of force feeding but only to those who die from lack of food. You might say that you are dying for the law, but surely an act of suicide is against Dafa and so can"t be used to protect it.
如果有人因为不吃东西死了，那不是自杀吗？我不是指那些因为被强行灌食而死亡的学员，而仅仅在说那些因不吃食物而死的人。有人可能会说他是为大法而死。可是自杀是违背大法的，所以肯定不能用来维护大法。

These are only my understandings, so if anyone can explain their view to me then please do.
这些只是我个人的理解。如果有人能为我说明他们的看法请说明。

Michael Holland
麦克 荷兰德
（2000年2月23日译稿）