在封闭社会,公众知情权往往被贴上写有“秘密”二字的封条。由封闭走向开放,须从界定什么不是“秘密”开始。有个故事说的是一人因辱骂本国国王为“蠢猪”而被判刑罚,罪名不是“诽谤罪”,而是“泄露国家机密罪”。“泄密”与“诽谤”的区别在于,前者透露的是真实信息,后者则纯 In a closed society, the public’s right to information is often labeled with a seal of “secret”. From closure to opening up, we must begin by defining what is not a “secret”. There is a story that one was sentenced for punishing one of his king for being a “stupid pig” on charges of not being “defamatory” but “revealing the crime of state secrets.” The difference between “leak” and “defamation” lies in that the former discloses the real information while the latter pure