Admirable but not agreeable

Rowan 2022-03-21 09:02:59

After watching the movie, I still have a lot of thoughts. I think there will be no such stubborn people in China, because such people will be regarded as lunatics or SBs in China. I know that the male protagonist is a person with faith and a correct view of right and wrong, and there is a wife who understands him so much and supports him. If his wife does not support him so much, he will not beg for death. It seems that everything is pros and cons. But it cannot be denied that the spirit of the male protagonist is worthy of our admiration. Whether it is worthy of our study is debatable. At least if it were me, I would definitely sign the oath. Lawyers have said that you only need to take the oath of allegiance on the surface. No one cares whether it is true or not, and you can become a medical staff in this way. This is not a bad thing, right? If it didn't hurt others, even being a medical staff should be considered a good deed, so why not do it. Don't talk to me about the big truth of inner principles. If you want to be a hero, you go, I will definitely not hinder you from being a hero. I just want to be an ordinary person, with a wife and children on the stove, and a simple and happy life. As for the person who abandoned such a good wife and such lovely three daughters in order to be a hero, I don't mind taking care of your wife and daughters for you. Such a beautiful family, such a beautiful home, such a beautiful wife, such a lovely daughter, how could you give up so cruelly, even if it is for a lofty idea, it is selfish. You left happily, but the endless suffering of your wife and children is just the beginning. Under the premise of the human species, life is the most important thing.

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  • Lorenz Schwaninger: [Talking to his daughter Fani, who is also Franz Jägerstätter's wife, about Franz's imprisonment and the resultant mistreatment that the family is facing] Better to suffer injustice than to do it.

  • Closing Title Card: ...the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. -George Eliot