2. It's not who did it, but what it did. Don't take this for your own prejudice and some psychological complex.
3. Are these knives not poking at me, so I can think it has nothing to do with me?
4. What is the reason for preventing them from "slaughtering"? Is it simply out of my own biological intolerance of the situation? Or out of the high-level emotional "compassion" of "human nature"? Or is there any other reason?
5. If slaughtering dolphins should be pitied and stopped, what about the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep on our dinner table? Why are dolphins different? Because they are self-aware, intelligent animals? Because they please us humans? Or is it because his meat mercury exceeds the standard?
6. Whether it is dolphins or chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep that are often found on our dinner table. They all went through such a cruel and painful process. Is it possible that I could turn a blind eye to the pain if this cruel scene was not shown in front of me? Pretending such cruelty never happened while we ate them juicy? Is it the tragic scene that is cruel, or is it the human heart?
7. Unfortunately, the answers to the above questions are disgusting: yes. When pain and misfortune do not appear in front of us, people are always used to instinctively ignoring the tragedy that has really happened. Human empathy is just that limited. At this very moment in Africa there are still kids fighting to survive and starvation, I know all this, but as long as it doesn't come to me, I'm still comfortable wasting food without a trace of guilt. On the social news page, there are various misfortunes every day. When I read it, in addition to being indignant at the injustice, do I really feel misfortune and pain because of the misfortune of the victim? So yeah, if this knife hadn't stabbed me, I could have acted like nothing happened. Even though I know this misfortune happened. If you didn't tell me all this in such a three-dimensional way, plus an hour of foreplay, just tell me that there was a place where a group of dolphins were slaughtered. I think my reaction would be: oh, really? Where is it? Are there many dolphins? Then move on to other topics. So I question that the emotional core of my attention to this event is simply a low-level physiological response to an unfortunate event. I guess this emotional response is not healthy.
8. This reminds me of Hyperion. In the end, the decisive factor in the war between the gods of men and the gods of machines is not the "reason" that I admire, but the "synesthesia" of people. When the human god retrieves the lost "synesthesia", he has the power to rival or even surpass the machine god. I think my "synesthesia" is also missing. Sensitivity to pain is so precious.
9. Faced with this situation, although I am very disgusted and emotional, as a non-vegetarian, I have no right to condemn it.
10. I think the biggest inspiration this film gave me was that it made me deeply and truly reflect on myself.
ps: I sincerely thank these people for spending their time and energy in places that are harmful to GDP growth, and thank you for your sincerity and kindness. Thanks to this old man who took the lead.
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