Chapter 509, Planting

The Americans at this time, especially the southerners at this time, were really full of martial virtues, so they said that they wanted to punish the national thief, that is, they really wanted to punish the national thief. Moreover, the American-style thief is different from a certain country in the East. Americans have always lacked the spirit of bowing, and will never bow to you politely first, and then say very politely: "So-and-so, for the sake of America, please die." Then he pulled out and grabbed it, and gave him a shot in the head, or a little more oriental, pulled out a knife, and chopped it off with a robe. Then he wiped the knife with a white towel carefully, meticulously, and with a sense of ceremony, inserted it back into the scabbard, and then bowed to the frightened family members on the side, and apologized very sincerely: "Sorry, I stained the floor of your house." "You look at people's upbringing, that politeness, that sense of ceremony, that's really ...... It's so perverted!

The Americans lack this spirit of excellence, they just pull out and grab it, crackle and run out of bullets, then drop the gun and shout at the surrounding police: "I'm mentally ill!" ”

Americans naturally understand Americans, so Fafnier and Greid have reduced the number of outings and basically don't appear in public except for going to class.

Of course, it would be better if you could shut up for a while. However, they all know that if they shut up at this time, their hungry personality will be greatly affected. And for them, if they want to get a higher status, they can't destroy their own personality, and let their personality be loyal to the United States and worried that the United States may go down the wrong path? If they shut up at this time, it will make the American people feel that they are all cowards. And the Yankees, who have always been full of martial virtues, even the Yankees in the north, are very contemptuous of cowards.

Therefore, they must also keep their voices out and never act like cowards. So in response to the reaction of those in the South, Professor Greider published another article called "I'm not angry, I just feel sad."

In this article, Professor Greider generously stated that he was not angry at the accusations and attacks of some of his fellow citizens in the South. Because he knows that these people are like this only out of simple patriotic feelings.

"But patriotism is a very much exploited emotion." In the article, Professor Greider wrote, "In many cases, it is easy to be used by people who have died in high positions but have ulterior motives. For example, when the British, even not so long ago, sent their troops to do such terrible things as "Three Lights", weren't their soldiers also inspired by 'patriotism'? The same human race, which should have been united as brothers as Jesus Christ said, killed each other under the banner of 'patriotism,' which is said to be very noble and incomparably correct. There is no doubt that they are all patriots who love their respective fatherlands, and they are all noble and good people, but they are killing each other. So what's the problem?

The problem lies in 'patriotism', and if we do not become vigilant against it, then patriotism will become a refuge for all imperialists!

I have no intention of opposing true patriotism, because that is a noble emotion. But before we do that, we need to figure out what kind of country we love!

Love I think, patriotism has a premise, that is, the country we love is really our country. As our forefathers said in the majestic writings of the Declaration of Independence, which they drafted: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, and that the Creator has endowed them with certain inalienable rights, including the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that in order to secure these rights, mankind has established a government among themselves, and the proper power of government arises with the consent of the governed.' Clearly, it is only when this nation is genuinely defending the natural rights of the people who built it that it has the legitimacy of its existence, and it is worthy of our love.

So, before we love our country, let's ask ourselves: 'Do we love America, does America love us?' ’

If there are other rogue states, like the British, predatory pirate states, encroaching on our homeland and slaughtering our people, then we should unite under the Stars and Stripes and die for our country. Under such circumstances, all citizens of the United States, regardless of whether they are north or south, young or old, have the responsibility to defend the country and resist aggression.

But if it is like the British, our country, out of pirate greed, in order to plunder, kill the people of other countries or other tribes, and seize their land and wealth. And asking us to die for it is not only to oppress and plunder the people of other countries, but also to oppress ourselves. Such a country is not only an enemy of the invaded country, but also an enemy of its own people. Just like the UK.

My father, proceeding from his simple morality, left me with these three teachings: 'Trust in God, pay taxes according to the law, and hate the British.' That's how I understand these three points.

First of all, I want to talk about hating the British. What is hating the British? Fundamentally, it should be the pirate gang culture that hates Britain, and it is it that has turned Britain into the world's largest pirate gang. If we hate the British, we must fundamentally oppose the British and its culture culturally. Otherwise, how can it be regarded as hating Britain?

Secondly, I want to talk about paying taxes according to the law, what is paying taxes according to the law, that is, patriotism. So what is true patriotism? True patriotism is not unconditional, favoring him and applauding him no matter what the country does, but demanding our motherland according to the requirements of virtue, so that he can truly become a moral country.

As for 'trusting in God,' we need to live according to Jesus' teachings. What did Jesus teach us? Jesus certainly taught us many things, but the most important thing He taught us is love. Just as the lawgiver Moses taught us what righteousness is.

But Moses was only a prophet, and Jesus was far above Moses because love was above justice.

In our war with the British, trusting in God means that we are to be full of hatred for the British pirate gang, but we have compassion for the British soldiers who are also victims of the English pirate gang. Just as Jesus Christ prayed for sinners when He was crucified on them; Like St. Stephen, when he was stoned by the Jews, he still said, 'Lord, don't impute this sin to them!' He was still full of sympathy and pity for their foolishness. This is the example of Christians. So, when dealing with those British soldiers, if they were killed on the battlefield, it would naturally be fate, but if they had already surrendered, or were about to surrender, should we have mercy on them, save them, and save them from the poison and lies of the English pirate gangs, according to Jesus' teaching, but slaughter them?

Didn't those who insisted on slaughtering British prisoners of war turn themselves into the British bandits they hated most? ”

Naturally, the repercussions of Greid's article were quickly and quickly transmitted back to China via radio.

And then...... Lucien broke several pencils.

"Scum, you scum! This Greid, what a useful person! Why is it cultivated by the Ministry of Public Security! The Fafnir you are holding is compared to others, and I don't know where it is worse! It's all scum, and it really deserves to be thrown out and fed Robespierre! Scum, what a mad couple! I get angry at the thought of that bastard FouchΓ© running to Napoleon to show merit and talking and laughing with Napoleon! Tell me, how can we steal the limelight from the Ministry of Public Security now? ”

"Minister, that Fafnier......"

"What about Faveniel?" Lucien asked.

"We were going to arrange for Fafnier to give a speech, but he refused, because he was afraid that the Southerners would get mixed in with the crowd and shoot him."

"Coward! Bastard! Why isn't Greid afraid? At this point, Lucien suddenly remembered something, "Except for Victor and Villefort, everyone else is out!" ”

And everybody went out, and closed the door.

"You two sit down." Lucien said, "What do you think would have happened if we had assassinated Fafnier, but had openly framed the American Southerners and covertly framed Foucher?" ”