Recently, many people have raised objections to the title and entry point of this documentary. They wondered "Why should we use cat abuse as the entry point for life is a matter of life", and they even questioned the film’s values as being incorrect-it seems that the life of a cat is better than that. Human life is more important.
However, this is not a documentary in memory of Lin Jun. Its focus is "Internet crime". Its entire narrative logic is like this:
1. The Internet has an unspoken unspoken rule: don't mess with cats;
2. Suspects who want to be famous challenge this rule and publish cat abuse videos;
3. The masses accept challenges, human suspects, and justice;
4. The suspect enjoyed unprecedented attention, executed his plan, killed Lin Jun, and pushed the story to a climax;
5. The suspect was arrested, and the film issued a soul question: Did we feed this beast?
If you are not a strong animal protectionist, you do not understand the "don't mess with cats" rule. Then we can change to other rules, such as "no insults to Chinese" and other rules that will trigger public outrage if violated.
Then we can assume that if I were the imitator of the suspect in this case, I might try to plan like this,
1. Publish a video that insults Chinese people, causing public outrage;
2. After getting a lot of attention and traffic, publish a murder prediction;
3. Kill people and complete your own "script".
Although "cat abuse" is completely different from "insulting a countryman", "cat abuse" is more aware of "anti-social tendencies", and "abusing a countryman" may only mean that the person is a scum + stupid + traitor + racial discrimination. But they violate the "unspoken rules" of the Internet, cause public outrage, and can bring a lot of attention to the perpetrators.
So, "Don't mess with a cat" is not trying to tell you that "a cat's life is more expensive than a human's life." The focus of the documentary is "Internet crime". The game and symbiosis between the masses and the suspects are the focus of the discussion.
"Don't mess with the cat" not only echoes the entry point of the film, but also echoes the discussion at the end of the film. But in addition to the narrative structure, I personally think that "Don't mess with the cat" as a title has its warning effect, which is to remind us to be wary of those who try to exceed the people's bottom line to gain attention, especially those who have done anti-humanity things. people.
Finally, warn those who hate cats and dog lovers not to let your anger cloud your IQ. Human life, cat life, which is more important, is it not clear in the film? Before Lin Jun was killed, the human flesh team wanted to search for the suspect only because he abused the cat? More not because they knew he would kill? And that depression posted a cat burning video pretending to be a prisoner, and he "made himself dead". Whether he did "Burning the Cat" or not, the characters in the film didn't pursue it, and even remembered his death. Human life, cat life, which is precious, is the film not clear?
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