Chapter 295: Relating to Justice
In the new week, the four dramas of Fukuyama Station are taking turns again.
The ratings of "Renzaburo Furuhata" and "The Lonely Gourmet" were relatively stable, and the ratings of "Tokyo Cinderella" increased by two percentage points, which also made the production team happy.
However, the ratings of "Victory is Justice" have declined.
At the same time, the ratings of "Pioneer Lawyer" have increased, and the gap between the two dramas has gradually narrowed.
The crew of "Pioneer Lawyer" even celebrated a little because they saw the hope of overtaking, thinking that "Homeless Child" was so much better than "Gemini Detective". And now, the offensive and defensive forces have changed.
And there are indeed some voices in society who criticize "Victory is Justice", believing that this work is spreading wrong values.
But some viewers feel that there is no need to be too harsh on the so-called "value orientation" of a TV series, as long as the TV series is good-looking.
After the second episode was broadcast, the latest episode of NHK's "Iron Mouth Heroes" was also broadcast, and the debate topic of this issue was: Is the mission of the law to represent fairness and justice?
In order to elicit the debate, the program team also inserted some film and television clips of "Victory is Justice", in which Tomoko Dai and Kensuke Komimen represent completely different concepts.
The debaters were again divided into red and white camps, and the red side agreed with Dai Zhenzhizi's concept, believing that the law should uphold fairness and justice, open eyes for the good, and seek justice for the weak. Even if the results may not be satisfactory in the end, the original intent of the law should be clarified.
Belarus, on the other hand, agrees with Komemon's idea that the law is the law, the same thing as the rules of sports, and that those who violate it will be punished, that there is no good or evil, that the law is just a tool, and that it is a method and formula used by human beings to solve a series of problems. There is no position in the law, and there is no distinction between good and evil. It has nothing to do with justice.
After the brass bell rings in the hands of the moderator, Dr. Imai, Red and White engage in a heated debate.
Most of the debaters on both sides are college students or some media practitioners, who have experience in debate teams, and even have clever and funny artists, in order to make the show more beautiful, the composition is very rich.
On the contrary, there are no real legal workers, for fear of killing the game. As a professional, you naturally have authority on issues in your own field, and let two civil experts discuss whether rockets can be used with diesel in a debate competition.
However, it is also interesting that the two sides really confront, standing on the side of non-legal professionals.
"If the law does not represent fairness and justice, then there is no need for the law to exist." "If White uses the rules of sporting events as a metaphor for law, then I can tell you that even the rules of sporting events are built for fairness on the field, and if they are detached from the basic principle of [maintaining fairness], then the rules become meaningless. It is precisely because there are many people who go against the original intention that there are referees and judicial workers who go against the spirit of sportsmanship and justice."
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"There is no law or rule in this world that can have the effect of upholding justice. Has Red watched a soccer match? There are so many despicable acts in football that even the rules cannot be stopped. For example, malicious fouls, deliberately kicking the opponent's ankle to achieve the goal of scrapping the opponent's sports career, many people would rather be fouled and sent off, but also to achieve such a goal. The so-called rules of the arena are just consumption taxes to be paid for buying things for him, what effect can they have to maintain fairness and justice? But if abiding by the rules is equal to justice, and not following the rules is equal to injustice, then there are also a lot of [tactical fouls] on the court, and it is a normal sports tactic to maximize the use of one's own foul limit to win in a game, so is [tactical foul] also an easy behavior?"
Red's brow furrowed slightly, knowing that he had accidentally fallen into White's sleeve. White compares it to the rules of the sport
The law is an attempt to illustrate that the law does not represent justice. It seems to be a point where they can attack, but in fact, the other party has been prepared for a long time and is waiting for them to attack here. When Red reacted, he quickly changed the subject.
"Whether it is the law or the rules of the arena, there may be room for practice, but the purpose and original intention of establishing it must be to uphold justice. Belarus believes that there is no connection between law and justice, and that law is not born for justice, and it is this kind of thinking that has led to the birth of many evil laws. If the law does not represent justice, but is only a tool to promote the functioning of society, then is it okay to say that this society can be set back 500 years as long as it can be maintained, and it is okay to go back to the era when samurai went out on the streets to try their swords and kill people?"
"That's true......," Bai thought to himself, but he couldn't say it, because their purpose was to win the votes of the [jurors] in the audience, and not to say anything that would disgust the general public.
"Evil law? Any law has the potential to be defined as a bad law. For gangsters, the "Organized Crime Response Law" is an out-and-out evil law; For advocates of abolition, the law that sentences criminals to death is also bad law, even if the criminal has just killed a 10-year-old girl. See? As people's positions change, so do the definitions of what is good and evil and what is right. Law is a tool, essentially no different from a jack or a geological hammer, but it is this proven tool that can sustain the millennial operation of human society, and it is not something as shallow as justice."
"Is justice a shallow thing? It's really sad that White said such a thing, and what mankind has been exploring and pursuing for thousands of years has not expected to become a cheap and shallow thing. At the beginning of the creation of the human order, no matter which civilization used the law as a mere tool like the white side, what was the result? Laws that do not represent fairness and justice turn the common people into slaves of those who are in power. But it is precisely the strong desire for justice in people's hearts that people build a modern democratic society from the ruins of humanity and shape the iron law of society in which everyone is equal before the law. Again, if the law were only a tool that had nothing to do with good or evil, we would not be able to live a dignified life at all."
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Red continued, "Take 10,000 steps back, and assume that White is doing what White says - I mean hypothetical. If the law is really a tool that has nothing to do with good or evil, then it should also be in the hands of those who believe that the law is justice, to practice the original purpose of the law. It is not just in the hands of those who use the law as a tool and try every means to exploit the loopholes of the law to achieve their own interests."
Unhurriedly, Red said, "Unfortunately, good and evil are also difficult to define. For example, there is a person who is a lawyer by profession and has been actively involved in fighting lawsuits for poor people who cannot afford to hire lawyers, even if he does not get any substantial benefits, is he a kind person?"
With that, White asked, looking into the eyes of one of Red's men.
Dr. Imai secretly said in his heart: But don't answer it directly......
But White didn't seem to realize what was wrong, and after a moment of thought, he replied, "I think he is."
"Well, then I'll tell you now, the object of his defense is a murderous demon, and that murderous demon killed dozens of innocent citizens, so do you still think this is a good lawyer?"
"Objection, the opposing defense friend is giving examples that have no practical meaning!"
"You don't think it's realistic, it's impossible for this to happen, do you? Well, I'll tell you, this is the truth, that murderous demon is the murderer of the East Ani arsonist! And that lawyer did not get a penny from the murderer, and even incurred infamy, but he tried every means to help the murderer escape the death penalty! I ask you if he's a good guy or a bad guy?"
Sima Guitai