little confusion...

Daniela 2022-01-26 08:14:23

First, there are some reversals in the film that are reflective:

Everything has a cycle.

1 The Anti-Terrorism Act was introduced to protect human rights, but the human rights of ordinary people are easily harmed.

2 Initially, the judicial system sent the Gerrys to prison, but in the end the judicial system returned the innocence to the Gerrys.

3 The anger of the masses based on nationalism set fire to the Gerrys' imprisonment, but in the end, the mass activities of the masses marching on the streets gave the Gerrys an advantage in public opinion.

4Gerry was dissatisfied with his father's cautious choice to deal with life with anger, but in the end Gerry finally chose to deal with life calmly and legally in his father's way.

Second, we agree that the Dhamma is important because it enables small individuals with sharp teeth and disadvantageous teeth to be protected. But when the law is powerless to protect the individual, does the individual have the right to protect himself? For example, is there anything wrong with violent acts like the protagonist's restless violence in prison? As far as the basic principles of the rule of law are concerned, we cannot tolerate individual enforcement. Everyone relies on their own sharp teeth and sharp mouths, and the fittest survive, and we have returned to the primitive and barbaric era. As far as our general perception of violence is concerned, violence is a bad, unqualified, and something that should be ashamed. However, we can still see that the definition of self-defense in my country is still relatively conservative in the anti-murder case that caused controversy in the previous period. In real life, from domestic violence to killing, from stalking to violent behavior, the victim's choice to call the police in the initial stage of the behavior is usually ineffective, because it seems to involve a blurring of an extra-legal space and a law-enforcement space. In this fuzzy area, it seems inconvenient for many police officers to intervene. We can only be rescued when the embarrassing thing becomes an irreparable stage, such as major injury or even death. This is also a moral dilemma we often face in real life: "Do you choose to be a victim of the law? Or a rebel against the law?".

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  • Erwin 2022-01-26 08:14:23

    It was not until many years later that a British female lawyer began investigating this extremely absurd injustice from the beginning. Can this unjust case be rehabilitated in the end, and can the father and son be reborn?

  • Elmore 2022-01-26 08:14:23

    The prison walls are covered with posters of Sex Pistols, Gerry is a flesh and blood young Irish hippie man

In the Name of the Father quotes

  • Gerry Conlon: What I remember most about my childhood is holding your hand. My wee hand in your big hand, and the smell of tobacco. I remember, I could smell the tobacco in the palm of your hand. When I want to feel happy, I try to remember the smell of tobacco.

    Giuseppe Conlon: Hold my hand.

  • Giuseppe Conlon: I'm going to die.

    Gerry Conlon: Don't be saying that.

    Giuseppe Conlon: I'm scared.

    Gerry Conlon: There's no reason to be scared. You have nothing to be scared about.

    Giuseppe Conlon: Don't you be comforting me when I can see the truth staring me in the face. I'm scared I'm gonna die here.

    Gerry Conlon: You're not dying alright?

    Giuseppe Conlon: Can I not say a thing without you contradicting me? I'm scared to leave your mother behind.

    Gerry Conlon: Look, you are not going to die alright? If you do, sure I can look after Ma alright.

    Giuseppe Conlon: You think I'd leave Sara in your care?

    Gerry Conlon: What do you mean?

    Giuseppe Conlon: You haven't the maturity to take care of yourself, let alone your mother.