许多中国人有爱热闹,在公共场所大声喧哗的习惯。如果有在场者加以规劝或批评,则会坚持说是他们的“权利”。其实,作为自由言论的权利并不等于随时随地大声发言。言论遭禁的被迫“沉默”与说话交流中自我克制的“静默”并不是同一个概念。美国社会学家泽鲁巴维尔(Eviatar Zerubavel)在《房间里的大象:生活中的沉默和否认》一书中,提到了三种可以加以区分的“无声”机制,它们分别是礼仪 Many Chinese people have the habit of loving, loud noises in public places. If there is presence to be persuaded or criticized, it will insist that they are “rights ”. In fact, the right to speak freely does not mean giving a loud voice anytime, anywhere. It is not the same concept that being forced to say “silence” is not the same as self-restraint “silence” in speaking. Ezatar Zerubavel, the American sociologist, mentions three distinguishable “silent” mechanisms in The Elephant in the Room: Silence and Denial in Life. They are the etiquette