"Black Mirror White Bear" is the episode that touched me the most in the Black Mirror series. This is a discussion around "justice". What the film shows is a "justice" carnival, and ironically, this is also a complete trampling on "justice". People erased the memory of a black female criminal and then made her suffer over and over again, turning it into a national entertainment. Of course, this method allowed everyone to participate in the trial and felt that justice had been served, but when the female criminal was helplessly and painfully praying to be killed, everyone also became a cold perpetrator.
What made me ponder is that the scenes in the film are actually staged in our lives every day. Many people think they represent justice and stand on the moral high ground to hurt others (injury in the legal sense). For example, in a previous dog abuse case on Weibo, according to the evidence provided by the dog owner, the dog abuser found her dog and was unwilling to return it. The owner is the victim. This dog abuser abuses animals and hurts the emotions of ordinary people. He deliberately damages other people's property and infringes upon the dog owner's rights. Such behavior should indeed be condemned by public opinion and punished by the law. Dog owners can also use legitimate means. claim compensation. But when I open the comments below, all I see are some emotional expressions. Of course, from the standpoint of any person with correct views, this person should be strongly condemned, but it makes me feel What worries me is that in addition to name-calling, cursing, and insults, there are some behaviors that make me even more unacceptable. Someone exposed all the information about this person, and the consequences can be imagined (maybe this example is not appropriate). I'm not sympathizing with the abuser, and I won't excuse him, but it's not only the abuser's behavior that strikes me, but also the violence on the Internet (even constituting a substantial violation of the law), in addition to There are also many cases of cyber violence. Many people actually have nothing to do with the parties involved. These "enthusiastic" netizens think they are messengers of upholding justice. But they don't have to fulfill their obligations, which makes the cost of their violence very small, and they are usually part of the public, so the guilt divided by the denominator becomes very small. But can the so-called justice be realized only by the violence of others? Do you think that if you stand on the side of justice, you can punish others on behalf of justice? I think the state only gives this kind of right to violent institutions, and you, why?
I have also discussed this issue with my classmates (some of them are still studying for the Master of Laws), and I said that sometimes justice may be late or the law cannot give criminals the punishment you think they deserve, so what should I do? Their answers are all about fighting violence with violence. I don't know why their answers are so consistent, and I even start to doubt myself. They exemplify that sometimes the law can't control you so much, criminals don't get the punishment they deserve, they have to do some outrageous behavior to attract the attention of the society and help themselves to justice, the behavior of netizens is not enough, etc. Reasons to justify my point of view, but the law, as a great achievement of modern civilization, should never be trampled on like this. This is a reversal of history. In a legal society, we should express and win our all demands through rational and rational methods. If the law cannot solve some problems, then it should be improved and perfected. Now that we have formulated laws and established violent institutions, no individual can represent the so-called justice to commit violence. As shown in the film, when the perpetrators become the crowd, the so-called justice is just a tool for venting anger.
The above are some of my thoughts on "White Bear" and Internet violence, and can't be regarded as a film review.
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