What can violence against violence solve?

Mckenna 2022-04-20 09:01:44

I never thought that I would watch such a banned film. When I first wanted to watch it, I was already prepared. I read a lot of film reviews and related materials about the film, and only after I became familiar with every detail and content of the film did I make up my mind to watch the film. To be honest, the bloody and violent scenes in the movie are really shocking, and the impact on the visual is quite equal. After watching it, I can't calm down for a long time. I unconsciously associate the storyline with the tragic murder of the heroine, as well as the bloody scenes of revenge.
This film reveals to us the most primitive, ugliest, and savage side of human nature, which makes people dare not imagine the great pain suffered by a girl whose dignity was trampled on, the body was ravaged, and the spirit was devastated. A man who abuses a girl is disgusted and hated. After watching the movie, I pondered for a long time. Whose fault is this? Can the problem be solved by taking revenge on the aggressor by more cruel means?

Although everyone feels that female writers feel angry when they are violated, and female writers feel relieved when they take revenge... Although this is the case, the concept of using violence to control violence should not be praised. It will not solve the problem and will hurt many people. .
Matthew fixed the toilet for the female writer, and the female writer was very happy and gave him a kiss. First of all, I have no distaste for this boy, but feel that he is also one of the victims. He is admiring, secretly infatuated, and friendly to female writers. However, due to his cowardly nature and personal flaws, he could only be used by others, pushing him into the abyss. When he told a few of his fellow female writers to kiss him, the others were clearly jealous and labelled the woman frivolous and slutty, thus spawning the idea of ​​a crime. A few of them were indeed attracted by the beauty of the female writer, and desperately wanted to possess all her beauty. In order to relieve themselves of their guilt, they decided in their consciousness that she was not a good girl, and felt that she had no "relationship" with her. They didn't even treat her as a human being, but only as a body without a soul, a tool to vent their desires. So a few people planned to go to the hostess' house, insult the female writer in various ways, and make all kinds of shameless requests for the female writer to do it, so that while experiencing the pleasure of sexual fantasy, they made them feel that the female writer is dirty and lewd , does not deserve sympathy and pity, and even thinks it is very exciting and "fun". When the heroine narrowly escaped and met a policeman, she thought she had encountered a "life-saving straw", but unexpectedly, this turned out to be the beginning of a nightmare. Instead of helping her, the police participated in it. There is a phenomenon in psychology that when many people commit a crime together, the psychological burden and pressure of the offender will be reduced. The four people (Matthew was forced to participate, shouldn't be counted) is also the case, when many people do one wrong thing, they don't think it's a crime. They let the most cowardly and timid Matthew be the first to attack the female writer, and they held the female lead together. At that time, Matthew was unwilling, and only committed the crime under the threat of intimidation by several people. I think he must have been in pain at that time, maybe the same as the heroine. Next, several people gang-raped the heroine, and I still can't imagine the inhuman treatment the heroine suffered.

The end is the counterattack after the heroine jumped into the river. She took revenge on the five people who violated her one by one and used more cruel means to retaliate. Fish hooks hooked a man's eyes, let him eat dead mice, and let birds peck his flesh, let him die in pain little by little, then pulled his teeth, cut off his genitals, and let the corrosive water Immersion... I dare to read it carefully and fast-forward, this process is really disgusting and uncomfortable, and the story ends after the death of several criminals.
Although a few people deserve to be punished, killing them brutally like this is not acceptable in a violent way. If so, what is the difference between it and several perpetrators, it's just that the victim becomes the perpetrator in disguise. In this way, female writers can only get a temporary pleasure in their hearts, but doing so will obviously be punished by the law (homicide is more serious than rape), and it will not solve any problems. It won't get any good results.

In short, I don’t want such an incident to happen in reality, I don’t want the only way to punish violence is violence, I don’t want the world to be shrouded in the haze of violence.

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I Spit on Your Grave quotes

  • Johnny: [Johnny is working at the gas station. He hears a bell ring from a customer; the customer is a young, attractive female with her back turned. He walks towards her] Morning. Hey, there! Can I fill you up?

    [the female patron suddenly turns around with a tire iron in her hand; it's Jennifer. She strikes Johnny with the iron bar and knocks him out]

  • Johnny: Matthew here says that you didn't pay him for fixing your sink!

    Jennifer: That's not true; he ran out!

    [pause]

    Jennifer: I'll take care of it.

    [Jennifer retrieves her purse to get money; all of the men chuckle at her]