At that time, the teacher of globalization recommended the movie "The Constant Gardener", and one of the questions left was why the movie was called this name. Murder", the name of the Hong Kong version is "Chasing the Murder without Borders", it is really simple and rude. Compared with the original and mainland versions, there is a lot less content, which is a pity. In my opinion, there is a metaphor behind this title, the world is a garden, weeds need to be removed, and life is waiting to be watered.
The development of civilization under the background of globalization is like a bloody exploitation. Developed regions regard backward regions as natural resource supply places, and openly expropriate energy, manpower and even life in order to obtain benefits in the name of human beings. And give them some leftovers with a high attitude. As for whether these gifts are sugar or arsenic, no one will investigate. The plot of multinational pharmaceutical companies using African AIDS patients to test new drugs in the movie is not fictional. In reality, such incidents occur one after another. In 1996, when meningitis broke out in Africa, the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer of the United States conducted a trial of a new drug of Trofen in Kano, Nigeria, and about 200 sick children were tested. Eleven sick children died from taking the experimental drug, and 19 sick children suffered brain damage. In 2007, the Kano state government filed a lawsuit, and finally Pfizer agreed to pay $75 million in compensation to the Kano state government in Nigeria, and would use $35 million of the compensation to set up a fund to pay for participating in the Trofen experiment and complying with the compensation. Conditional subjects, of which $10 million was used to cover legal costs in Kano State's long-running lawsuit, $30 million as a reserve fund at the disposal of the Kano State government, said to support selected health care programs, and an additional $35 million The U.S. dollars go to the Territory Foundation and are paid to the subjects who participated in the Trofen experiment and are eligible for compensation, but in the end how much those children received, I am afraid no one knows.
After watching this film, Li Yinhe wrote an article "Why People Should Stay Away from Politics", saying that she came to the conclusion that people should stay away from politics from the conflict between idealists and ugly reality, as long as it didn't happen directly related to herself and herself situation (such as a homosexual being discriminated against in real life), you can and should do it, and you have peace of mind and no inner conflict. Because idealists are not so easy to be, and heroes are not so easy to be. To be honest, I'm not a very idealistic person and I'm not enthusiastic enough, but I don't share this view. The metaphor of seeing the world as a garden contains a responsibility in itself. The forest may not concern you, but you are always responsible for your garden and always have the ability to take care of the plant closest to you. When Justin brought Tessa home from the hospital, he met the family of black children who had to walk hundreds of miles home. He refused Tessa's request for help, saying that there were hundreds of such children outside, and he couldn't. Help, Tessa said, but this is right in front of us. Later, Justin yelled the same words to the pilot of the plane in the war-torn African tribe, this living life is in front of us, what should we do and what we can do.
The turning point of this change came when Justin returned to Tessa's garden and remembered the conversation they had had when they first met: "How can you let your garden be like this? You should be watering them." "I'm so busy, I People first."
So, what kind of garden can we take care of if we turn a blind eye to the people around us?
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