death penalty and other

Jasper 2022-10-02 09:40:47

Only when the murderer's life is threatened can he truly appreciate the beauty of life, and all other alternative punishments cannot achieve the effect of the death penalty.

Therefore, with regard to innocent cases, the problem may not be the death penalty at all, but the fairness of judicial evidence.

I admire this idea of ​​martyrdom, but it is also a crime. To prevent the occurrence of unjust cases by means of creating unjust cases is the disunity of purpose and means. Whether it is one's own life or the life of others, in peaceful times, dying for the abolition of the death penalty is indeed not the best choice.

Rather than saying that the film reacts more to political inclinations, it reflects more of a legal dilemma. As far as the law itself is concerned, the presumption of guilt and the presumption of innocence have their own advantages, and this issue does not feel resolved in the short term. However, the difference in the focus of individual attention and group attention may be the difference between the laws of the United States and China.

In addition to the contradictions of the law, the relationship between the journalists' morality and professionalism, which is vaguely reflected in the film, is also a major point of interest.

Whether it is law or journalism, the most important thing is the pursuit of truth. But the definition of truth itself is a very interesting thing.

The movie seems to keep telling the audience the truth in reverse, however, the truth itself is so ethereal...

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The Life of David Gale quotes

  • Constance Harraway: Stop that!

    David Gale: What?

    Constance Harraway: Active listening, I hate active listeners. I always feel like they're to busy *pretending* to be listening to hear what I'm saying.

    David Gale: I can listen and actively listen at the same time. I'm good at that.

  • David Gale: Fantasies have to be unrealistic because the moment, the second that you get what you seek, you don't, you can't want it anymore. In order to continue to exist, desire must have its objects perpetually absent. It's not the "it" that you want, it's the fantasy of "it." So, desire supports crazy fantasies. This is what Pascal means when he says that we are only truly happy when daydreaming about future happiness. Or why we say the hunt is sweeter than the kill. Or be careful what you wish for. Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it once you do. So the lesson of Lacan is, living by your wants will never make you happy. What it means to be fully human is to strive to live by ideas and ideals and not to measure your life by what you've attained in terms of your desires but those small moments of integrity, compassion, rationality, even self-sacrifice. Because in the end, the only way that we can measure the significance of our own lives is by valuing the lives of others.