mocking himself in paradox

Webster 2022-11-10 10:25:05

Perhaps the ideal is very great, and I am willing to have such an ideal, but we have ridiculed ourselves in the paradox.

How long is life and how important is life?
Maybe just one minute, maybe just one thing, can change your life and make you remembered, these sounds distant and tempting, but life and life are accumulated minute by minute. Although defamation, false accusation, dismissal, questioning, provocation, divorce, imprisonment, capital punishment, and martyrdom are enough to destroy a person, I still want to say that those are the lives of people, not the lives of a real living person.

Some things always look beautiful, like fireworks blooming, powerful and splendid, but fleeting. Such as people's rage and impulsiveness, these passions can bring inspiration and sparks, but also hurt themselves and others at the same time. It's like this gamble. It seems that the director has given a lot of foreshadowing, because there is no evidence to support the argument to prove that someone was wrongly killed. And it's just mentioned every time - martyrs can't be counted. Gore became a martyr without compromise. His actions were amazing, and he broke the "tyranny" of the death penalty. However, because of his imperfect behavior, he became an example that could not be counted. Then all of this Does it still make sense? !
It is as if perjury is used to expose perjury, violence is suppressed by violence, and injustice is stopped by injustice.
If the source is flawed, the result must be flawed.

At this point, he lost the value of applauding him.

We can always speak the truth, but we can't do it. If we don't even say it in the end, it is really giving up. As if to love our enemies as our friends, the teachings are powerful and noble, though tyranny still fills the hearts of men. Just like when you oppose the death penalty, the death penalty may bring indelible pain and grievances. Why can't this possibility in itself lead to reflection on the death penalty system? Why are you willing to admit a "possible" mistake only after it has happened and must have caused losses?
And the courage required behind this recognition is in line with the values ​​of criticizing the government and freedom of belief, because we humans, even the most intelligent ones, are not always right.

However, we can accept criticism of the government, freedom of speech, and religious beliefs, which are possible and unwarranted, but refuse to admit the inevitable temporaryness behind a system like the death penalty. Because people are fascinated by passions, the passions to blame others, the passions to do whatever they want, and the passions to defend themselves even at the expense of others.
So in the end, we need David Gore to start to reflect. When we meet Yao Jiaxin and others, we will shout and kill, not because they are different, but because they all touch our passion in the same way.

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  • Abigayle 2022-04-21 09:02:12

    1. First, this is not a political film protesting the death penalty. Opposition to the death penalty is merely a vehicle for the expression of plot and themes. 2. Second, this is not a suspenseful movie for suspense's sake. The truth is only the core of the story but not the theme of the story, and it is not surprising that the plot is guessed and it does not matter. 3. The motif of the story is ideal value and respect for the lives of others. Ideals are above everything, and respecting the lives of others is the highest attitude of ideals. What he wants is not a result from beginning to end, but a promising future. In the end, he returned to his vision: the understanding of his family, the expectations of his children, the fulfillment of his confidant's dream, the relief of his friends, and his life returned to its original trajectory. 4. This is the story of a martyr, but his martyrdom is not the law, but the other side of idealism, and the confrontation with the death penalty is more like a bonus sugar. 5. Although it is difficult, try to be a person who will never interfere with other people's decisions and life for the sake of me, even if the stake is life.

  • Claud 2022-04-23 07:02:13

    Don't measure life by how many desires are fulfilled, but how many moments of sincerity, compassion, reason, and even self-sacrifice are earned. In the end, the only measure of how important your life is depends on how you view the lives of others. Another brilliant film, another ideal martyr. Sometimes crying is not because of pain, but because you can't predict the ideal hardness.

The Life of David Gale quotes

  • Braxton Belyeu: I'm no more afraid of the Grim Reaper than I am of a Presbyterian on Mother's Day.

  • David Gale: I fell of the wagon and hurt myself.