When faith meets the world, when kindness meets the rules of the world

Buster 2022-03-21 09:01:08

Whether in reality or on screen, the officers I see are mostly big men, resolute and tough guys, just like Lawrence, another officer on the Arab battlefield in World War II, but Dawes looks like a gentle and weak person, and admiring. Obey the environment of the army that brought down the enemy. This is a real incident that took place in the Okinawa Battle in the Pacific War launched by the United States against Japan after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. In this brutal and cruel battle between the two sides, this man because of his family's shadow and Christian faith refused. Touch the gun and refuse to kill. Even many people who claim to be so honored and respected in the face of politics tend to be invincible and wise to protect themselves, but Dawes is truly upright, he does not want to violate his beliefs, even if he faces trial by a military court. Some people may say: What happens if you touch the gun? "If I don't stick to my beliefs, I don't know how to live," he said. This belief is a bit lonely. It’s good to have beliefs that are consistent with secular values ​​or public opinion. For example, the Facebook CEO and his wife’s fraternity for investing huge amounts of medical development costs on humans, such as President Wilson’s travels between countries to advocate the peace of mankind for the establishment of the United Nations, but not on the battlefield. The belief in the willingness to kill someone with a gun is really staggering. "Can your kindness fight and stop the war? Can it help your comrades? Can you change the Japanese from killing you?" Even Daus himself didn't know how to defend these problems. He just thinks that he shouldn't touch a gun, don't want to kill, has nothing to do with politics, has nothing to do with morality, just pure belief. Fortunately for him, this dad, who gave him a shadow, wrote a letter to his comrades to save him from prison-perhaps the only thing his father helped him in his life, and this was regarded as The idealist of the lunatic coward, rescued 75 soldiers alone without any weapon protection. When others kill, he saves them, and he doesn't even want to let go of the wounded whose legs have been blown up and should be given up in accordance with the practice of professional medical soldiers. I don't know if it was the director deliberately or it was true or so, or the long-term fatigue has made him unable to distinguish and he just mechanically ran back and dragged people to save people. This stupid boy who lived in his own world also saved a few Japanese. "God, let me save one more." On the battlefield of bullets and bullets, I saw his hand strangled with blood and blood, and I ran in tears several times. This is the strength of a stupid person's persistence. People who had doubted him in the trenches also said "God, it's really exciting to see you" the moment they saw him in the trenches.

Everyone realized the misunderstanding of him, and he was respected. Until later, the whole company was willing to wait until he had prayed and he did not want to go to the battlefield. I remembered Xu Sanduo. He said, “Living well means doing meaningful things, and doing meaningful things means living well.” “Ordinary” people influence and change the people around them in this way, so great. "Some people can clearly hear their inner voice and act accordingly. These people either become mad or become legends." This sentence is used to describe the wild and unruly Brad Pitt in "Legend of Autumn". The lines of the character played are used to describe Dawes, which is perfect. "Are you alone?" the captain asked him. "No." He is not lonely, and being with the group does not mean not lonely. The inner belonging is the calmest richness. Therefore: a person starts to have a strong tendency towards vegetarianism, and has been completely deprived of meat for two months. The fundamental reason is that he believes that all beings are equal and that animal lives are not the same as ours. My friend said: But this is the food chain. It is the natural rule that the weak eat the strong. The plants also have life. One of the most important reasons for a person studying aerospace to leave the military industry is values. He believes that he was directly involved in the war and was a warrior. A colleague said: But this is for national defense deterrence. If you don't hit others, others will hit you. Yes, they were right, these questions, even he himself did not find a complete answer to convince himself. He simply believes that all beings are equal, that animals should not be eaten, and he is unwilling to make weapons of war to kill people, as simple as Dawes thought. In 1945, President Truman personally gave Daus the Medal of Honor, the symbol of the highest honor in the US military, and became the first American soldier who refused to perform military service but received the Medal of Honor. After the war, he returned to his wife to live with her until his death in 1991. In 2006, died.

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Hacksaw Ridge quotes

  • Dorothy Schutte: Yes, you can. It's just pride. Pride and stubbornness. Don't confuse your will with the Lord's.

  • Smitty Ryker: [to Doss about his upbringing while in foxhole] I learned how to hate quick... I learned how to judge people quicker and I got you very wrong.

    Desmond Doss: [smiles and nods in appreciation]