Messy Thought Log

Nick 2022-04-22 07:01:12

Messy thoughts

1. Nothing can be without money

2. If a person is driven to a dead end, he will do everything. Don't force others to a dead end.
Think about what you can do when you reach a dead end? Borrow money from relatives and friends?

3. Have the power to let others listen to you.

4. Guns are the quickest and quickest way to gain some kind of dominance for Americans who have no other way/power/forced to doom. (fact, not encouragement)

5. So what? People get sick on Saturday, don't they?
How to balance the time the doctor should rest with the needs of the patient. Large gap between supply and demand, quality problems.

6. When talking to her mother, the female dean's perfect smile is eye-catching. What is she thinking? Thinking: Is there so much suffering in this world?
In fact, I can really feel that feeling of powerlessness. Although I have never experienced it, I have seen some stories and know that some real sufferings are not fake. It's just that such bad things can happen to some people, can you ask why? You can only rejoice in your luck while feeling sad for those people, you can only try to make yourself some money/power so that if this happens to you, you will not be powerless on the human factor , that's the best thing you can do.

7. If the ending of the story is that the man was deceived and that he was both shot and could not save his son, then how to think of it?
After seeing what John said later, it was just to give his son a chance to live, or Say miracle.
[Either, I die, he lives; or, I die. ]
So I understood. In fact, he didn't have the idea of ​​threatening other people's lives from the very beginning, he just pretended and hoped to gain a little right to speak through the appearance of kidnapping, and add a little hope to his son's survival.

8. If the ending is, the heart is found, but John committed suicide, is it as desperate as the fog

9. Do the onlookers care about John?
My opinion is that caring about John is more of substituting himself into himself, and substituting himself into the similar difficulties that John has suffered in this society. For example, it is difficult to see a doctor without medical insurance.

10. I'll do anything for you.
Have I misunderstood the parent-child bond in America?

11. Not being able to make or not allowing such a film is because of lack of self-confidence in oneself, lack of confidence in the people, and lack of confidence in education. Self-confidence will reveal that you must admit your mistakes before you can change yourself for the better.

12. There are two points, we can see a very obvious feature of the United States - the importance of precedent.
(1) If concessions are made to him, then a precedent will be set. So many dying people in hospitals across the country are threatening riots with guns. It is common sense that people grow old, get sick and die. This was the reason why the hospital director was reluctant to compromise easily with John.
Resources are limited. If there is a precedent that only the threat of holding a gun can get priority, then if the requirements of the kidnappers cannot be met objectively, and future kidnappers are not as sensible and kind as John Q, then It is likely to cause greater harm to society.
In fact, imagine that if the heart resources are sufficient, then no one would be reluctant to do good deeds to save a child's life, right? In the final analysis, it is still limited resources and conflicts of interest (not the main ones shown here).
(2) If the police accomplished this redemption by deception, what would be the subsequent impact?
Citizens distrust the American police, which will have a serious impact on the subsequent law enforcement and saving lives. So dare not make this choice lightly.

13. Some people always think that the dean and others are indifferent and do not save them.
I don't know if the dean was initially indifferent (because it was normal) and then moved again. But a rational analysis of her previous behavior can only be said to be beyond reproach?
The reason is limited resources.
Imagine there are two people, the movie is B. The other little boy might be a little better for a few months, but he's on the list first. If this heart is given to B, and then there is no new matching heart until A is dying, what should I do? Will [you] give in?
A contradiction that is not shown at the end of the film is that the heart donated by the dead person happens to be the one that John's son can use and only he can use among all the people currently waiting on the list, so in all happiness the son is saved. But what if this heart applies not only to John, but also to the people ahead of John? As I said above, according to the normal procedure, it can only be used by the people on the front list, right?

14. [There are 45 million people in this country, and if they are not satisfied, they should react to the MPs. ] This is a normal way to solve a social problem, a legal way. But sometimes this approach can be difficult. For example, what is shown in the film is that there is no way to save the son through these legal means. Sometimes it is necessary to have such a big struggle (even if you need to accept some consequences because of what you violated), but maybe it can promote a small progress in society? So although John Q's behavior in the film violates the law, he also embodies the resistance, the fighting spirit of the working class.

15. The system that modern society should have - trust.
Trust first, if found cheating, the harshest punishment. This seems to be a more modern and advanced social atmosphere.

16. [People are like the sea, only by a reasonable system to restrain and guide a real harmonious society]

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John Q quotes

  • Denise: [angrily over the phone with John] They are releasing him, now you need to do something! DO YOU HEAR ME! DO SOMETHING!

  • John Q. Archibald: [shouting at the Medicaid Official over the counter] My son is dying, and I'm broke. If I don't qualify for Medicare, WHO THE HELL DOES?