In 2019, almost ten years after the death of Michael Jackson (hereinafter referred to as MJ), a "documentary" was publicly released, "Escape from Neverland", 236 minutes long, and it can be guessed from the title that it is about MJ's prostitution The basic feature of the child incident is that several victims and their family members sit in front of the camera from their families to talk about the victims themselves, from the memories of the past to the various things in their hearts. Some key points are added with some camera performance techniques, bgm's side profile and other auxiliary means. The part that impresses me is that the narrator's facial expressions and tone, the scene of the event being told, etc. are interspersed with the photos of my childhood, giving people His intuitive feeling is the complex and heavy sorrow in the eyes of adults, and the sharp contrast between the two parts of children's pure and innocent eyes, sincere and thorough eyes, carefree and happy. This is a beautiful, impactful, and purposeful piece of work. Note that purposeful is not derogatory here.
Then, after watching the film, there is a follow-up: believe/disbelieve. Now let's sort it out briefly.
1. This is a "documentary" about the victim's sexual assault by MJ, the state of mind and struggle of the victim and the victim's family over the years.
2. No matter what kind of information carrier, books, images, and texts, they all need to convey information, that is, someone wants to convey what he/they want to say, and documentaries are also one of them.
3. "Documentary is a film or television art form that uses real life as the creative material, takes real people as the object of expression, and performs artistic processing and presentation on it, with the reality as its essence , and uses the real to arouse people's thinking. The core is truth .” From the entry of Baidu Encyclopedia documentary.
4. Bring the situation of this film into the previous one:
The documentary "Escape from Neverland" is based on the real MJ sexual assault case as the creative material, with the victims of the case as the object of expression, and artistically processed and displayed to show the truth of the MJ sexual assault case as its essence , and use the MJ sexual assault case as its essence. The truth of the case leads people to think about the nature of MJ and the harm caused by child sexual abuse. The core of this documentary is the truth of MJ's sexual abuse case . "
5. MJ's sexual assault case was last acquitted of multiple charges on June 13, 2005 and acquitted. (Date source Baidu child molestation event entry)
Let's talk about legal principles
After human beings have a collective and socialized life, various contradictions will arise between "people-oriented profit" and "group cooperation", so a common contract is gradually formed to ensure that individuals do not infringe on each other's rights and interests when they survive and develop. , internalized as "moral code" and externalized as "legal code" to restrict. Then, in the stage of social division of labor, a group of people who are good at this way will represent the collective will. In the process of continuous development and diversification of society, they will continue to expand themselves and reversely correct in the footsteps of those who cross the border.
For example, individual behaviors are controlled by individuals, and individuals are responsible. However, when there are a majority of individuals in a collective living together, the situation will become complicated. If the number of individuals is 3, it can be discussed and verified by the three people. Make a decision that allows 3 people to share the responsibility, share the benefits, and share the risks, but this decision is based on the cognitive ability and wisdom level of people at different stages, and they constantly explore the reality and the unknown. The resulting desires will cause more contradictions and more differences in parallel, so it is necessary to constantly evolve people's cognitive ability and wisdom level in the continuous exploration of the unknown, in order to deal with the contradictions and differences that arise in stages, and to deal with these contradictions and differences. This kind of "co-determination" is constantly revised, so now we call this concept "stage optimal solution".
Next, when this "staged optimal solution" is specific to modern society, when the collective scale develops into a country, the collective will of people in different countries forms a public authority of different nature - the government, implements public decision-making, and guarantees the society" order”, while the formulation and revision of laws—the legislature, the implementation and feedback of laws—the formation of public security, procuratorial and legal organs is one of the public decisions; the next branch is the implementation and feedback of laws. The tools of "contradiction" and "restriction of cross-border" are weapons of self-defense when an individual perceives that his interests have been violated. With the increasingly complex contradictions and differences, the criminal behaviors that violate the interests of others and continue to challenge the "common contract" are becoming more and more diverse, and the methods are more and more diverse. Over time, the law and the means of law enforcement have continued to develop and improve following the footsteps of criminals.
As far as the two awkward concepts of "litigation" and "legal argumentation" are concerned, the general process now is, I want to sue you guilty-prosecute-prosecution, you talk nonsense that I am not guilty-respond-defense, I listen to you The matter - the trial - the trial party; then here is the part of the accusation and defense that takes up a lot of time and space, the two sides collect a lot of evidence for their own rights and interests, logical support, derivation, argumentation, to accuse and refute, and finally the trial party ruled , the main role of lawyers, prosecutors, judges, using professional knowledge, rich experience, careful thinking and expression to do all this. Key point: first prosecute and then respond to the lawsuit, first charge and then plead, and finally make a ruling, that is, "presumption of innocence" (relative term "presumption of guilt")
In the long, thrilling, exciting, and unexpected process of prosecution and defense, there is a core keyword - logic. One of the main features of the prosecution and defense process is to maximize the elimination of "emotional" factors, only talk about coherence and logic, seek profits based on human capital, and use unscrupulous methods to obtain benefits excessively. In a modern "civilized society", there are basically only remaining Deception and lying. For example, one day A will take B to court, accusing B of the crime, but B will not admit it. At this time, the two people who are closest to the truth are basically A and B, but people will lie for all kinds of big and small. Interests lie, which requires knowledgeable and experienced judges to judge and adjudicate according to the law, but what should we do? Both A and B have expressed themselves emotionally, called their friends and family members, and waited to see after they were deeply affectionate. Who does the judge think is more genuine? It must not be possible. We say that events caused by people's will as a human being can cause facts to be restored in only one way. Finding the truth—reverse investigation and deduction refers to making logical deductions and arguments based on objective evidence. But there is another contradiction here. Reverse investigation and inference need to be carried out by people, that is, who will carry out this "truth-seeking" part? It is still the key point - people can lie, and they can lie in many ways through language forgery. As I said earlier, the checks and balances formed between "people seeking profit" and "common contract" are equal (the word equality comes from the common contract). Under the premise of the common), the trade-off between the gain and loss of one’s own interests, then the conversion of this natural restriction to the opposite party is the game between the reverse investigation and deduction conducted by the prosecution and the defense according to their respective interests, so as to use the same The way to find out the loopholes formed by the lies, and then let the trial party decide the game in the same way. The above is the basic model of the "staged optimal solution" of the legal norm, which has been made up of countless historical lessons and experiences, and contains countless people's struggles and blood and tears after hundreds of thousands of years.
more ethics
As mentioned above, "legal code" and "moral code" are the externalization and internalization of "common contract" respectively. I tend to think that the internalized moral code used to be called "Basic Humanity", and now "Basic Humanity" is the minimum standard of moral code, and the moral code is constantly changing and revised following the above development process. . We assume that the highest and lowest standards of the moral code exist on a number line, with the lowest at 0 and the highest pointing to positive infinity, and dehumanization at 0 and pointing to negative infinity, on this number line, between the highest and lowest standards, that is, 0 and positive infinity There is a partial overlap between the two quantification systems. The overlapping part points to 0, which is called "sympathy", and the overlapping part points to positive infinity, which is called "empathy". When you see a person crying and weeping on the side of the road, you don’t know the reason, but you have the same emotions as him; when you get closer, you can see that this person looks haggard, and when you ask, he is seriously ill. You who also cherish life and love life can feel his pain and sadness ; When I asked carefully, I realized that the so-called "severe illness" was actually "depression". Until many years later, you unfortunately fell into the "abyss", otherwise you will always stay at the initial moment and cannot perceive the same despair and hardship; One day, you also experienced wind, frost, snow and rain. You were struggling and struggling. Your expression was determined and covered with scars. Your eyes were calm and complicated. Sins are beautiful, they can be rotten and dilapidated, and they can also bloom dazzling flowers; they can make different decisions and see different realities and changes, so they fall into various cages and build fortresses. Don't blame or understand, Please listen to what he has to say first." In addition to the two quantitative systems of sympathy and empathy mentioned above, there is an extension called "compassion" that approaches and points in the direction of 0, and an extension that approaches and points to the positive direction. The extension in the infinite direction is called "compassion", and in the overlapping part there is a transitional concept called "reconciliation with others often begins by forgiving oneself".
Defects caused by "people"
Key words "wisdom limit" "profit-driven". We abbreviate "profit-driven" as a benefit: cooked meat is better than raw meat, and it is a benefit to study and learn to use fire; it is a benefit to cooperate with many people to be able to hunt bigger prey and build a solid house; it is a benefit to create language and words , so as to exchange, gather advanced knowledge, forward learning and reverse teaching, it is a benefit; after the material conditions are sufficient, it is a benefit to seek the richness of the spiritual world, to see the sea of flowers in the sun, and to listen to the wind after midnight; with the development process, Awareness of your own lack of limitations, reverse correction and thinking and exploration at the same time, and constant struggle will also lead to epiphany awareness, which is of course also a benefit. Human wisdom cognition also follows the above development process, that is, cognitive ability and wisdom level are constantly evolving in the continuous exploration of the unknown to cope with the contradictions and differences that arise in stages. The level of cognitive intelligence develops and advances under the fundamental behavior of "profit-driven". The two influence each other, and the opposites also converge.
For example, there used to be two people - Xiaohong and Xiaolan, Xiaohong was full of enthusiasm, and Xiaolan was rational and clear; Xiaohong liked the sun, the sea of flowers, held the hands of friends, and felt the sadness and smiles on everyone's faces; Xiaolan likes numbers, orderliness, and changing lines and scales, and uses her brain and hands to verify the validity of each time; Xiaohong uses her heart to perceive the world and the surroundings. , people are very different, and their feelings will be unreal, limited by their own "wisdom", lying and deceiving; Xiaolan uses his ruler to measure everything, he only focuses on the lines and scales, but he doesn't know, knowledge There is a vast sea of smoke, and they are on the glacier, losing their emotional temperature, stupidly clinging to this constantly changing cold ruler; they will eventually be lucky enough to leave a gap to keep marching on a single-plank bridge, or unfortunately fall into the hole and dig it by themselves into a deep well. If one day the single-plank bridges meet, or the shafts are connected, they see each other and finally open the door to another vast world. Of course, the story will not be like mixing red and blue with a paintbrush. You can see this piece from single to purple. At least they know that the world is so big, and what they see now is wider than it used to be, and they also think that there is an incomparable infinity outside the door they did not find.
Therefore, let us summarize the "stage optimal solution" of the "truth-seeking" process in detail, that is, collect data, learn knowledge, enrich experience, repeatedly scrutinize arguments, and try to eliminate emotional factors (emotional and perceptual are different) , which begins with perception and ends with argument. This should be a process of continuous progress, a process of continuous reverse correction, a process that is not relaxed and happy, struggling in cognitive deliberation, and only briefly relaxed and happy when the stage results are obtained.
Now I can finally get back to this documentary.
First define three parts: "witnesses", "participants", "bystanders", and a "truth seeker".
From the last time of MJ's "child molestation case", the prosecution accused MJ of sexual assault, and both parties carried out the "truth-seeking process" and "the prosecution and defense process" mentioned above on the premise of their own positions. "Guidelines", people with rich experience and knowledge and strong professionalism search for evidence, give evidence, refute, infer, and judge with the same experience, knowledge and strong professionalism, and finally get the result. After a long period of time, no one filed a lawsuit, and the party (defendant) had died. 14 years after the case was heard and the result was obtained, someone took "MJ sexual assault" as an accomplished fact, and filmed the victim and his family. The "documentary" focused on the various injuries and struggles suffered, the reaction of the public was that the family members and friends of the defendant were indignant and condemned, the former investigators may have issued proofs or accusations with disdain, and some media said they had news or broke the news, the furthest away You and me in front of the screen, began to choose the line: I believe or not.
Here, the "witnesses" are both the prosecution and the defense, the "participants" are family members, friends, witnesses, etc., and the "bystanders" are the media, writers, You and I, who watch news or TV, or who are angry or sad, at the same time, these three categories are all "truth seekers", but due to the above-mentioned defects caused by "limitation of wisdom" and "driven by profit", In this order: truth>witnesses>participants>bystanders, and the one who is closest to the truth is the one who has carried out the long and struggling "truth-seeking phased optimal solution" process mentioned above. ( I tend to think that the truth here is a comprehensive narrative, with reasons, processes, motivations and results, not just a yes/no conclusion).
Just a few questions left
1. What is the starting point for the documentary, which is inconsistent with the outcome of the case, skips the "judicial process", and appears in front of the public after a long period of time and a number of "unreasonable" key event nodes?
What will be the result?
2. Do you know what your reaction was after this incident? Why believe, why not believe?
3. How did you arrive at the result?
Believe
1. What do you believe in? Is it the "empathy" of "I have a family, I also have children, what if it is true", is it "sympathy" of "the tone and expression in the documentary, it looks so real", or is it "I am A witness who participated in the investigation of the case and carried out the process of seeking the best solution”, or “I have credible and sufficient evidence provided by witnesses, and I have arrived at the result based on my own wisdom and experience”?
2. Is your "compassion" or "empathy" out of your "kindness"? What part of the film elicited your "sympathy/sympathy" and why do you think it did?
3. Do you think that the above-mentioned "stage-wise optimal solution for truth seeking" does not apply to you? If you think it is applicable, you have carried out this process, you are a witness or have the witness evidence, what is the reason for the contradiction between the result and the judgment result, and did you seek the truth again in the process of finding out the reason for the contradiction? What is the reason you came to a conclusion if you felt applicable but did not go through the process?
Do not believe
1. If you don't believe it, why don't you believe it? It's "I'm a fan of his, I know him very well, and it's impossible to make such a beautiful movement with such talent", it's "I've experienced the same thing, if it's framed, it's too sad" , or "I was a witness, I participated in the case investigation and carried out the truth-seeking process", or "I did my best to check the evidence and statements provided by the witness, and made a conclusion after analyzing it within the scope of my ability."
2. If you did not go through the truth-seeking process and came to a conclusion, why?
4. Why did you choose to "stand in line"? Is it natural selection or the inevitable result of film guidance? Are there only two options?
5. Have you ever told your friends about the process of "seeing - standing in line", are you talking about the derivation process or the result?
6. Do you think your knowledge level and cognitive style are correct in stages and need to be constantly improved or corrected or "absolutely true"?
7. Do you think "freedom of speech"? Do you think "freedom of speech" means "I can say what I want to say, I want to" or "I have the right to express my opinion but need to take responsibility for my speech".
8. Do you think that "words" are powerful and can be a life-saving cable or a wounding blade?
9. Caused by the documentary, the "judicial process" is disconnected, the American people's "guilty" vote, and the "standing in line" behavior of the same nature as the audience in other countries, is it a "promotion of public opinion" or a "regression of civilization"? If not, what do you think it is?
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