recently had an issue of "Wonderful Flowers" that was hotly discussed. The topic of
is:
"The museum is on fire, do you want to save a famous painting or save a kitten" . The topic of
may seem remote and abstract, but in fact it covers a lot of content. In the
show, Huang Zhizhong raised the debate to the height of "cry from a distance."
He said that people's cognition has a range of boundaries, and to save famous paintings is to expand the boundaries of empathy for oneself, so that one can hear more distant crying. The passage
speaks very well, and it raises a height for the debate.
and Li Dan's subsequent speeches brought the problem back to the real level.
Uncle Yu is most impressed by the example he cited:
Li Dan had a reporter friend who asked him that he often had a puzzle in his career in interviews and reports.
is a report that may expose the gloom of society and save more people, but it will sacrifice the interviewee. How to choose
?
This is the competition between the distant cry of and the cry in front of you .
Li Dan's final conclusion is:
The distant cry you think is actually just the cry you imagined.
But now, you have to sacrifice the life close at hand for the cry that does not necessarily exist.
This statement is equally moving.
so that for a long time later, Uncle Yu kept thinking about this "cry" question.
does not have an exact answer.
When a question can't come up with a practical answer that can convince oneself, Uncle Yu's solution is often to watch a movie.
So happened to come across this new film and helped me find the answer-
"Official Secrets"
Official Secrets
This is a film that won a standing ovation at the Saint Denis Film Festival. The lineup on the
poster is strong enough. The heroine
is Keira Knightley , who was named the most charming actress by British magazines.
"Atonement", "Garibe Pirates", "Pride and Prejudice" and other works are added.
male with Ralph Fiennes .
"Harry Potter", "Schindler's List" and "The English Patient" have become classics.
Another male partner, Matt Smith .
Prince Philip in the high score drama "The Crown".
Uncle Yu is too late to introduce them one by one.
can only say that anyone who picks up soy sauce in this movie is a familiar face in "Quanyou".
returns to "Crying". The film
talks about the problem of "cry from a distance" and "cry close by". The heroine of
is named Catherine , who works in the British intelligence agency.
Don't mention the blockbuster spy war in intelligence agencies. Catherine
's job is actually very ordinary, and she is responsible for daily monitoring, recording and translation.
is boring most of the time.
Until one day, she received an email. The
email was sent by the National Security Agency. The content of
is to ask the British side to provide intelligence information on the entire UN Security Council, so that "American policymakers have the advantage of achieving favorable results for American goals."
that is.
The United States wants to start a war and asks British intelligence agencies to help them manipulate the results of the UN vote on war.
This is about whether a war is launched.
The cry from afar is about to come.
Catherine loves peace and secretly printed this email and sent it to a newspaper reporter.
exposes the potential conspiracy of the United States to save large-scale crying in the distance. This move
is extremely fierce.
Obviously, Catherine chose the former when it came to the question of "saving the painting or the cat when the museum caught fire.
So, what was the result of saving the painting?
newspaper will report this newsPublished.
soon caused an uproar in public opinion and caused a sensation.
Then, there were many doubts, and people began to doubt whether the news was true and reliable.
At the same time, news leaked, and British intelligence agencies launched an investigation to find out the traitor.
Catherine was arrested.
She was suspended for espionage crimes, and was monitored and tracked every day.
also faces charges of violating the "Top Secret Act."
Moreover, Catherine's husband is a Muslim, and in the current situation, it is also regarded as a "political tendency."
is implicated in this matter and is in danger of being deported.
It is unknown whether the cries from afar are coming, but the cries nearby have been heard really.
I think everyone would like to know. Does
's brave act of "self-sacrifice" really stop the cry from afar?
Is "saving painting" useful?
does not need spoilers, the answer can be found in reality.
This movie is an adaptation of real events. The story of
took place from 2003 to 2004. The war that the United States wanted to launch was the war in Iraq.
The course and outcome of this war must be clear enough for you and me:
"started the war on the grounds that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction";
"bypassed the UN Security Council unilateral action";
"war lasted 7 years" Many, the US has never found so-called weapons of mass destruction."
The official secrets leaked by Catherine in the movie also happened to prove that the Iraq War was an illegal war.
look at what this war has brought.
shining numbers-
crying from afar, one cry is more heartbreaking than one. After the war, Iraq fell into long-term chaos, which has not yet subsided.
In an unstable situation and economic environment, oil prices remain high.
left devastated.
Things are too big, so Uncle Yu will just stop here.
a conclusion.
The cry from afar, as long as someone wants to hear it, there won't be a day when it is truly cut off.
It is not an imaginary self-righteousness, but a real painful desire to live.
Let's take a look at the person who lonely saves the cry from afar.
The real character has the same name as in the movie, and is named Catherine Gun. Both of
's parents are British. They grew up in Taiwan, studied Japanese, and are proficient in Chinese; what
does in the British intelligence agency is only Mandarin translation.
is consistent with the information in the movie.
Uncle Yu found her name in many reports on the Iraq War in 2004.
reality is so helpless.
She failed to save the cry from afar, but she became a cry from afar. The only comfort of
is that she has won the support of public opinion.
A large number of people jointly requested that the government's accusations against Catherine be dropped, and many Hollywood stars and celebrities also took the initiative to speak for her.
is actually not complicated in logic. If the government wants to prove Catherine's guilt, it must prove that the war is not guilty;
vice versa.
If Catherine is innocent, it will prove the guilt of this war.
But simple logic does not prevail in politics. After a year of suffering, the trial opened. The government dropped the charges because it "could not provide evidence that Catherine was guilty."
Catherine was acquitted.
and war?
did not stop because of this.
went round and round without getting anything.
"The cry from far away" could not be stopped, and the "cry from nearby" was too busy to take care of.
, a small person full of justice resisted the state machine, and finally defeated. The guns to be fired still fired. Because of this, fell into endless trouble and trouble.
Although Catherine was acquitted, her life afterwards was extremely difficult, financial difficulties, and many betrayalsfrom.
couldn't stay in the UK, and eventually moved to Turkey with her husband who was also expelled.
Isn't this just a bloody commentary of "overreaching"?
Under this story, we finally have a reason to say: whether the so-called distant cry of
exists or not, we can do nothing.
As a result, the museum caught fire. All we can do is to pick up the kittens around us.
no. Uncle fish
does not mean that.
The act of "saving the painting" still has meaning. The value of
is not just the painting in your hand, but the appeal and influence demonstrated by this action.
that burst of energy is the thing of infinite value.
alone can only save one painting, and it has not even been successful;
, but a group of people may save the entire museum.
And there is always someone who can escape alive.
In 2003, Catherine won the Sam Adams Award . The
award is mainly given to "people who contribute to the intelligence community based on integrity and ethics" . In the relevant Baidu entry of
, there is another sentence:
many winners are whistleblowers.
Snowden is also on the list. The almost suicidal style of
is shouting:
"There are more truths we don't know, and more deaths are manipulated. I saw the truth, but I lost."
However, this loss will not be permanent. People who heard
will always continue to look for it, and more people choose not to be deceived.
And we often say "Will this world be better", the answer is here. Uncle Yu is very sure, yes.
Because we are willing to listen to the crying from afar, and we are willing to make "meaningless little" sacrifices.
may still be said to be worthless.
who said this must have not heard a cry that is farther and farther away.
but thankfully.
is still heard at least.
