Chapter 782: Conscience and Guilt
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Fan Wuxi's disappearance this time. finally ended with everyone satisfied, but the ensuing problems pulled Fan Wuxi's mind again.
During the trial of Ding Wei and others, Fan Wuxi's lawyer participated in the hearing, and in the final debate that followed, Fan Wuxian also took the time to go to the scene and listen to the judge's verdict on the entire case.
In this attack, more than 10 bodyguards under Fan Wuzhi were killed, and the loss of property was not counted, especially Ding Wei and others violated the discipline of the army and attacked ordinary people without authorization, causing serious consequences, and they had already violated the military law of the country, and the death penalty was immediately executed when the court sentenced them.
As for the soldiers under Ding Wei, especially the soldiers on the torpedo boats, the court spared them, saying that these people committed crimes in the execution of the order and could be punished lightly.
In this regard, Fan Wuxi's lawyers expressed strong dissatisfaction and asked the court to re-convict and punish Ding Wei with the same crime.
The Tribunal did not support it. However, this matter involves the interests of Fan Wuxi, so the court wants to hear Fan Wuxi's opinion, after all, his influence is there, if Fan Wuxian asks to deal with this group of people, the court also needs to convict these ordinary soldiers at home.
However, the judge believes that in terms of Fan Wuxi's status, as long as he does not attack him because of his original intentions, it is estimated that he will not be able to chase and beat him fiercely, so he is also happy to give Fan Wuxian a face in court to show his attention.
Fan Wuxian looked at the dozens of officers and soldiers standing in the dock of the courtroom, and scratched his head a little, the judge actually put him together in doing this.
If the verdict comes from the judge, then there will be no problem, murder pays for life, debts are repaid, France convicts according to the severity of the crime, no one has anything to say, but if his opinion affects the verdict of the court, then he is the villain.
So, after thinking for a while, Fan Wuxian said to the judge, "I respect the court's verdict and have no objection to it." However, I have a few words to say before pardoning these friends who were involved in my assassination. ”
"Please." The judge agreed.
All of a sudden, there was silence in the courtroom. Everyone, including the officers and soldiers who participated in the pursuit and killing of Fan Wuxi, also looked sideways at Fan Wuxi, not knowing what he would say.
"If a person wants to live, he must eat, and he must have a bowl. Even if you can starve to death, what about your wife and children? This is why we sometimes have to make compromises. None of us are people who can change things, we can only survive. But can we be tactful about sticking to the bottom line? Even at the expense of a few small interests? "I am reminded of an incident after the fall of the Berlin Wall. In February 1992, a trial was held in the reunification Berlin court. The four men on trial were once East German guards at the Berlin Wall. Two years ago, on a winter night, Chris and his friend Caudin secretly climbed the Berlin Wall in an attempt to escape to the west, but a bullet penetrated Chris in the chest and another bullet hit Charding's ankle. Chris soon lost his breath, and the East German guard who shot him was named Inge. Henrich. He didn't expect that just nine months later, the walls would be torn down and he would be standing in court for murder. ”
Everyone was a little stunned, not knowing what Fan Wuxi's purpose was in saying this.
"In court, the defense lawyer said that the soldiers were the ones who carried out the order and that they had no choice at all." Fan continued, "But the defense was not approved by the judge because of a similar defense. As early as Nuremberg, after the Second World War, there was a precedent. The final verdict of the court was to shoot and kill Criss's guard, Inge. Henrich was sentenced to three and a half years in prison without parole. The soldier who only wounded Gao Ding was sentenced to three years and granted parole. The judge explained it this way at the time, the law wants you to kill someone, but you know that these fugitives are innocent and kill him, you are guilty. This world is outside the law, and there is a conscience. When the law and conscience conflict, conscience is the highest code of conduct, not the law. Respect for life is a universal principle, and you should know this long before you decide to be a wall guard. ”
At this time, everyone somewhat understood what Fan Wuxian meant, he borrowed the existing precedent to illustrate the unreasonableness of the court's judgment, and at the same time did not clearly express his intention, but after he said this, can it be said that the judge's final judgment will not be affected?
But Fan Wuxian then said, "Actually, I have seen a lot of corrupt officials, and after the East Window incident, the evening scene was bleak. Those corrupt officials who are scolded by us sometimes feel that they are very wronged, and even they usually scold the status quo, which is more bitter than ordinary people. Westerners worship God and believe in the Last Judgment, but we Chinese do not believe in this. We are a godless people who believe only in the present world, or even only in the present. Although there are also many offerings to the Bodhisattva. But it is only for the good, not on the basis of judgment. The pragmatism of the Chinese is fully reflected in the worship of God. If there is a sense of judgment, there will be fear, and when we do things that we should not do, we may not do them. However, we are atheists, and we have not been judged yet, and now everyone feels that they can shirk their responsibilities, and everyone feels that they have been forced and wronged, and this is our greatest pessimism. ”
After listening to Fan Wuxi's words, the officers and men in the court all felt a little ashamed, in fact, when they opened fire on the yacht, which was obviously civilian, they had already seen clearly that the people above were unarmed, and the body of the yacht was also sprayed with the logo of a yacht club in Qingdao, but none of them stood up to raise objections.
According to the usual practice, when the officers and men on the ship discover the situation, they should give their opinions or suggestions to the officer, and it is an intolerable crime to not stop the abnormal orders of the officer when they see that they are their own citizens on the yacht, but instead help the abuse, and if the matter escalates into a rebellious act under the command of the officer, can it be said that they will also obey the command of such people?
The judge listened to this. It's also deeply boring, Fan Wuxi's face can't be refuted, but the military doesn't want to involve too many people, fortunately, Fan Wuxian has made it clear just now that he will not be held accountable, and this remark is probably to vent his dissatisfaction, after all, it is not a happy thing for anyone to be chased and killed by someone driving a warship.
So the judge pronounced the verdict on the people, most of which were warnings and the like, and then added, "The officers and soldiers who participated in this incident will be brought back by their original units, and the Political Department will strictly discipline them." Order corrections! ”
Because the social impact of this incident was very bad, the entire interrogation and sentencing process was kept secret, the outside world had no way to know, and the media did not dare to release relevant news at will, but there was no impermeable wall, and some fragmentary news was still transmitted through online channels.
In particular, the words that Fan Wuxian said in court went viral on the Internet and caused a great shock.
"Are those words really what you said?" Since encountering this assassination incident at sea, Shen Ying feels that the company's affairs have not had a great impact on her, anyway, the company's operation has long been on the right track, and she now simply arranges various affairs to the management and no longer interferes in daily affairs.
More time, Shen Ying followed Fan Wuxi's side, or went to some various charitable organizations to hang around.
Fan Wuxi nodded slightly, "It's generally not bad, in fact, I was a little angry at the time, and I couldn't send out an evil fire, so I said such a thing." ”
Regarding this matter, it is nonsense to say that Fan Wuxian has no complaints, although Ding Wei himself is the commander of the decision-making, and he is innocent, but it is not that the subordinates on the ship are not without responsibility at all, and the commander will shoot at innocent passers-by when he gives the order? !
It's a pity that Fan Wuzhi has reached this kind of status, and naturally he can't make too good moves, this is not the same as fighting with people on the street, fighting that kind of thing is hot-blooded, and everyone can understand it when he sees injustice and pulls out his sword to help and fight resolutely against the evil forces, but if he makes a big fuss about this matter against ordinary officers and soldiers and refuses to let go, it will be a bit unbearable.
In this world, some things can be done, some things can be done, but some things cannot be done, once those things are done, although no one will say that you have done it wrong, but the impact on the unspoken rules. It will make many people disgusted with you, and even invisibly bring you a lot of enemies.
"You must have a conscience as a human being, and you can't exonerate yourself just because you carry out an order." Fan Wuxian said to Shen Ying, "If carrying out the commander's order is a reason to kill innocents indiscriminately, then there is no sin in the massacre of 30 million Chinese in China by millions of Japanese devils, and the emperor should be the only one who is guilty." But the fact that war criminals, including Hideki Tojo, were put on the gallows, and countless Japanese generals and officers and soldiers were punished, while the emperor lived well, which means that everyone is responsible for the crimes committed with their own hands. ”
This posture of Fan Wuxian undoubtedly made some people in the military think of it and feel Fan Wuxi's resentment, but from their standpoint, if even ordinary officers and soldiers are held accountable, then it will have an adverse impact on their own command.
In the eyes of the military command, orders and prohibitions are the king, and no matter whether their orders are correct, reasonable, or just, they need to be strictly implemented as subordinates.
This is probably the biggest disagreement between the two sides that cannot be reconciled.
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