Humans are the worst thief

Jaylen 2022-05-27 13:32:53

The Christmas archives saw Ghibli’s new work "Aliyaty the Dwarf Borrowing Things" (Hong Kong translation) in Kowloon Tong. The cinema was full of adults with children and over-age children like us. The beginning of the film is quite "Hayao Miyazaki style"-the car comes, the boy gets out of the car. Right in front of you is a secluded holy place, and then you will encounter weird wonders, but this time, it is a "Thumbella" collecting all kinds of herbs in the "jungle"... As the film progresses, the topic "borrowing things" When the line appeared for the first time, a Hong Kong kid accidentally told the truth-"Is it stealing? (Is it stealing?)". This truth inspired me to think of a bigger truth-in fact, humans are the worst thief! [Borrowing something is a kind of "moral" stealing] The dwarf survives by "stealing", and is called "borrowing things". All kinds of trivial items of normal human beings, be it a watch, a button, or a side of white sugar, dwarfs are good at making the best use of them. Of course, they will not repay what they borrowed from human beings. Therefore, like the human world, stealing is also a morally derogatory term in the dwarf world. Therefore, when educating the next generation, they will use "borrowing things" to refer to the essence of theft. [Stealing for survival is just? In fact, their "theft" is very sympathetic. After all, what is the injustice of stealing to survive? If we look at the essence through phenomena, what is the difference between us humans "borrowing things" from nature and dwarves "borrowing things" from humans? Don't we humans also "borrow things" from nature for free in the name of "survival" and "survive better"? When did you see human beings return to nature? [Ownership is the product of vanity and greed] No one has ever owned anything, everything comes from nature. Therefore, there is no theft in the world, because there is no ownership in the world. The so-called "ownership", to put it bluntly, is just the right to use the resources you want from nature during your lifetime; it is a rule for distributing the right to use in society; it is given to yourself in the face of endless desires but cannot be finally obtained. A kind of self-comfort. Ownership comes from human possessiveness-it is the product of vanity and greed. If the amount of stealing natural and human resources is used as the moral standard for judging good or bad, then the dwarf is really insignificant compared to human beings. Yes, humans are the worst thief.

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The Secret World of Arrietty quotes

  • Arietty: I have to go. When is your operation?

    Shô: The day after tomorrow. I'm going to be okay. You gave me the courage to live.

    Arietty: [Unclipping the pin from her hair & giving it to Shawn] For luck.

    Shô: Thanks.

    Arietty: [Now crying] You protected me after all.

    Shô: Arrietty...

    Arietty: I hope you have the best life ever. Goodbye.

    Shô: Arrietty, you're a part of me now. I'll never forget you, ever.

  • [last lines]

    [North American version]

    Shawn: I never saw her again. But the following summer I returned and was happy to hear the people in the house down the road talking about how many things in their home had gone missing.