Chapter 74 vast mountains

Li Yang's film "Blind Mountain", which was shortlisted in the Cannes Film Festival "A Kind of Concern", was released in China the year before last after revision.Looking at what happened to Bai Xuemei after being abducted, a question came to mind again: such abduction cases often include crimes such as rape, human trafficking, illegal detention, obstructing official duties, etc., but those bystanders only regard it as "other people family affairs".Once the case itself becomes as ambiguous as a family matter, the perpetrators are often not punished, and it is a blessing to be able to rescue the abducted.Similar ambiguous attitudes can often be seen.I read a news in the newspaper that a migrant worker encountered a solicitor at a long-distance bus station. During the solicitation process, the solicitor found that he had a lot of cash on him, so he robbed him and abandoned him in the wilderness .This incident already met the criminal standard of robbery, but because it happened at the station, during the process of soliciting customers, not on a dark and windy night, not in a back street, and it was not premeditated, so it was covered up. A layer of ambiguous colors.The newspaper regarded it as a small dispute, and published it in the citizen news as an example of poor station management and chaotic order, and there was no judicial intervention afterwards.

A similar incident happened in a hotel box.The drunken diners touched the waitress and finally forcibly had sex with her, but because of the bad reputation of the hotel, the diners were also regular customers, and they had several encounters with the waitress, and finally nothing happened.There are also sexual harassment of bridesmaids at weddings, money fraud between relatives and friends, etc., all of which are cast in an ambiguous color, and gradually become major issues and trivial matters.Isn't there a law?As ordinary people, our understanding of the law is the same as that of surgical instruments and key laboratories. We believe that it is shiny, clean, and has clear standards. Both black and white are distinct, and there is no way for demons and ghosts to hide.But many times, things are not what we think.Because, not everything in the world is so shiny and clean, sometimes ambiguous, sometimes vague, even whether we are going to use the law to regulate those people and things, we have a choice.

It’s not that the legal system is imperfect, nor that the legal provisions are not refined and impeccable, but because, like beliefs, laws may be just a sustenance for us to be shiny, clean, and have clear standards. As long as we believe that they are there, it is enough.Only by believing that they are there can we continue to live with more peace of mind.We believe that firewalls can indeed block viruses, so we dare to use computers to surf the Internet; we believe that criminals will be afraid, so we dare to go out at night; we believe that good and evil have different rewards, so we are willing to suppress evil and promote good.You have to believe it, and you can't do it if you don't believe it. If you don't believe it, you can't continue to live.But is it that shiny and unmistakable?The litigator next to the yamen who is doing business, and the big talker, is the one who really understands this.They don't believe it at all. What they do is rely on the business of people who have been hit hard.Those who believe, turn to those who do not believe.

Just like "Blind Mountain", under the gaze of the vast mountains, any sonorous right and wrong have to be compromised under the chaotic and powerful force.What is clear will also become ambiguous, and those who hold beliefs will eventually tolerate their beliefs becoming ambiguous.