OBS Chapter 2094
Chapter 2094
Chapter 2094
No one expected things to become so strange.
Iris swallowed so hard that she even forgot to take the picture.
Although it was far away, the high-powered camera could still capture something, but even if it was captured, it would not pass the review. Although the American news media is relatively free, many provocative photos cannot be published.
Don't talk about the freedom of the press in the United States. The "freedom of speech" that the United States flaunts is actually the freedom of capital to control the expression of speech and the dissemination of information. In the United States, the "freedom of speech" of the media is not only interfered by government agencies and party forces based on political positions, but also controlled by private capital. In reality, any speech that is not conducive to party interests or monopoly capital interests will be strictly restricted. Some comments vividly summarize that party politics and money politics are the "two mountains" weighing on the heads of the American media. Most of the American media are controlled by private capital, and then become political tools that serve private groups, capital interests, and wealth elites. On the one hand, when private capital controls the media, the position of maintaining public interests pursued by the media often compromises with capital. Capital controls the media's position selection, topic setting, reporting attitude, and narrative style. In this case, the media does not serve the public interest, but serves private interests or group interests. On the other hand, American democracy is also largely a democracy controlled by capital. Private capital controls American politics through money, and then controls the American media. Therefore, capital can not only directly influence the media, but also use its control over American politics to more covertly use government power to control the media.
So many things are actually controlled!
However, as long as these photos are taken back, there will always be ways to deal with them, such as blurring them or mosaics. They are still very valuable.
But Iris still didn't take the photo.
It’s so shocking!
In the past, she always thought that the plots in American TV series were just the directors’ wild imaginations, but she never expected that they could actually happen in reality!
"Should we...should we...retreat?"
Iris said a little scared.
It was really scary, it was too weird, those men had their throats cut one by one with such enjoyment on their faces, even after all the blood had been drained, there was no change at all... This scene was too shocking.
Barry is awake instead... he needs to save someone!
This is sincere. Barry is a typical adherent of the principle of not killing! According to ordinary people, these bastards are all bad guys, and they are extremely bad. Human traffickers belong to the lowest level of morality wherever they are! Killing them will only purify society!
But Barry didn't think he had the right to deprive them of their lives. He didn't think these people shouldn't die, but it was not up to him to decide!
Although Barry majored in medicine and did forensic work, he recognized one thing deep down in his heart, that is, order is more important than anything else.
When superheroes start executing criminals, will the interests of the people be ensured and will the real justice that people imagine come true?
The answer is never.
When Chaoying starts to execute criminals, the best result of this so-called "substantive justice" is to become individual justice. But if we are not careful, it will become the beginning of all kinds of injustice.
The comic book Kingdom Come has taught this lesson very well. (Kingdom Come is a DC comic book. The story is based on Reverend McKay's journey through time and space with ghosts. It tells the story of the world several decades in the future. At this time, Superman has retired from the world because of the death of his wife Lois Lane, and most of the older generation of heroes have retired. The new generation of superheroes are young and willful, and mortals are just victims of their battles with the so-called "super villains." Wonder Woman finds Superman, who has been in seclusion in Kansas for many years, and asks him to come back to stop the melee between superhumans. Under Superman's leadership, the former comrades-in-arms reunited, but without the reporter Crane, they were defeated. As Superman, Lark's divinity has overwhelmed his humanity. In order to rebuild the order among superhumans, he took extremely tough measures. He forced everyone to make a choice and regarded those who disobeyed as enemies. He led the "Justice League" to build a gulag in Kansas to force those who disobeyed to reform. At the same time, Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor summoned various villains to form the Human Liberation Front. They wanted superhumans to kill each other, but they didn't want Superman's Justice League to become bigger. Luthor even brainwashed and controlled Shazam to make him his servant. Absolutely a masterpiece! )
After the Superman Magog kills the Joker, the people influence public opinion and expel the Justice League headed by Superman. Superheroes represented by Magog gradually become a unity of law enforcers and law makers. Such a unity must transcend the scope of "human beings giving up rights to obtain security". At this moment, humans have essentially completely transitioned all "order responsibilities". In other words, the trump card of "trading rights for security" has been played.
What follows is self-explanatory.
"Non-killingism" does not mean not to kill, but that one cannot kill. Superheroes have forcibly taken away the people's identity as law enforcers. If they begin to usurp the power to make rules and become law enforcers, the essence of this behavior will be no different from "exploiting the rights of the people." The people who have been "exploited of their rights" for a long time will inevitably one day rebound and stand on the opposite side of the superheroes.
Such stories are common both in comics and in history.
Returning the right to judge to the people is the "reconciliation" between Batman and the people as superheroes. Returning the right to judge to the people is the "reconciliation" between Batman and the people as superheroes. This is a very "divine" accidental behavior. It will not happen in human life, but only in the stories of God.
Because in reality, the true "return of power to the people" has always been hijacked by the elites and populists.
So, let's take off our tinted glasses and re-examine Batman and Superman. As far as the two of them are concerned, they are neither populist nor elitist. They are symbols of absolute power, idealistic strongmen, and gods in the hearts of the people. Such totems of faith reflect the people's humble expectations of them.
Gods must not only "return power to the people" and take the initiative to "reconcile" with the people. They must also be willing to take the initiative to give up their rights as gods and take the initiative to "compromise" with the people. The current situation of "human beings giving up rights in exchange for security" has turned into "Gods giving up benefits for the welfare of mankind." Look, isn't it very much like Prometheus who stole the sacred fire?
Haha, this is simply forcing everyone to sneer together, laughing at others and mocking themselves: mankind will use various excuses to avoid the salvation of Prometheus, and the one who can save God can only be another god.
This is such a terrifying and proud slave mentality!
So Batman, like Prometheus, constantly gives up his own interests, and in an extremely "divine" way, executes and only executes "procedural justice" in order to achieve a delicate balance between superheroes and humans. This balance is a "gift" from humans to gods, and also a "compromise" from gods to humans. If you think the above is too complicated, stubborn friends can just look here. When Batman starts killing people, he becomes the unity of law maker and law enforcer. The delicate balance between "heroes" and "people" is broken, and the worship of faith becomes the worship of power, and ideals gradually become disillusioned in the face of the secular world.
What comes is the collapse of the system that supports the back of the entire superhero. If Batman who loses his "divinity" will cause the back of the coin to rust, then Superman who is too "divine" will inevitably cause the entire coin to perish. God, being high above, can naturally kill without restraint. But we, who are humble and proud, fantasize about creating a Prometheus-like god who is omnipotent and willing to be a servant of mankind. If this god "breaks free" from his shackles and begins to want to be a "real" god, he will be labeled a "tyrannical dictator." In the world of superheroes, superheroes forcefully withdraw the people's power of law enforcement (especially the process), which is a necessity of the people's "weakness." Even if there is a superhero like the Punisher who kills decisively, his best behavior can only be "case justice."
But in the real world, the people hold the power to enforce the law and make laws.
The people have the ability to "sanction" criminals, and what needs to be considered is how to reasonably implement and quantify the standards. In addition, due to the different national conditions and public opinion in different countries, the results of "substantive justice" will also be different. But it will not deviate too much from the "justice" of this ethnic group.
This is something that superheroes cannot replace.
Killing criminals may seem to purify society, but in fact it is destroying the basic rules of the entire society and depriving people of their right to judge and enforce the law!
Although Barry is a civilian, he is still a policeman at heart and he knows the importance of law to society.
When a person becomes a law enforcer and judge, the danger is undoubtedly huge.
That means the people's power is unlimitedly deprived, and superheroes completely evolve from humans into gods!
And this God is alive!
It is better for gods to stay on the shrine and not come to the world. Although there are many religions in the real world, believe me, no religion wants the gods they worship to come to the world!
Because something like God represents the ultimate dictatorship!
For living people, if God really exists, it would actually be a complete tyranny!
Therefore, every world belonging to the Pantheon is a living hell in which fire and water are flowing.
Barry knew very well that this kind of thing could not be broken... at least he himself would not break it. This was the rule he set for himself after he decided to become a superhero... maybe Barry himself didn't think that much.
He simply felt that it was terrible for a person to have the power to dispose of others at will.
He is not only a policeman and a judge, but also an executioner.
Those human traffickers are indeed despicable, but what he has to do is to hand them over to the police, and let the prosecutors and judges decide their fate.
Instead of him judging based on his own ideas.
In this regard, the Flash is absolutely opposed to the Punisher. In fact, most superheroes don't like the Punisher, not because he is bloody, but because he replaces all the roles in the judicial system.
He is undermining the rule of law in society.
This is also the reason why, although Kai has such a good relationship with the Punisher, he has never cleared the Punisher's reputation.
This is also the reason why Kai has never thought about leaving the police profession.
Because he needs a legitimate reason to commit violence!
Instead of letting the entire social foundation collapse!
So Barry needs to save those people, even if they deserve to die, it's not up to Barry to decide.
"Barry!"
Iris grabbed Barry who was about to leave. She didn't want Barry to go because the scene in front of her was too weird and scary. She was afraid that Barry would be in danger.
At the same time, deep down in her heart, Iris is actually the same as most simple-minded people. She thinks that it is no big deal if those scum die. Why take risks for them?
"I must go!"
This time, Barry did not obey Iris as usual. Instead, he spoke firmly.
At this moment, Iris was distracted.
Because she couldn't see the familiar shadow, Barry looked like a man of great stature!
It even overlaps with Joe's shadow to some extent.
Very manly!
Taking advantage of the moment when Iris was distracted, Barry disappeared.
During the auction, the killing continued.
This is actually a sacrifice.
In fact, this kind of activity is very common in the Pantheon. Even in the ancient Greek era on Earth, human sacrifice was very common. When the gods accept sacrifices, it is not as simple as a group of people dancing there!
In ancient times, sacrifices had long been formed out of awe of unknown supernatural forces, but the formal appearance of sacrifices as a public activity on the public stage can be traced back to the Greek city-state era. The formation of citizen groups and the birth of the public sphere have provided concrete and feasible conditions for it. The origin of sacrifices cannot be explored for the time being. At present, scholars are generally divided into two schools: "gift theory" and "totem theory". Scholars who hold the gift theory believe that the original version of sacrifices should be the early residents' flattery of supernatural forces, which eventually evolved into the current state of offering sacrifices to gods. Scholars who hold the totem theory believe that all sacrifices evolved from totem worship, "sacrifice is the central link of worship and an indispensable part of collective life at all levels in the family or the country." Based on this theory, scholars of the "totem theory" believe that scholars of the "gift theory" cannot fully explain the fanatical religious worship of the ancient Greeks.
At the same time, the close relationship between worshippers and totems also allowed these scholars to stick to their theories. For example, worshippers hoped to assimilate themselves to the totem at a deeper level by eating the sacrifices. When this behavior became popular throughout the tribe, the tribe would be more united because of the same belief. Of course, sacrificial behavior has its own complexity. The inherent nature and social function of this behavior will change the state of a virtuous person after being assimilated to the totem.
Some scholars believe that sacrifice is related to "violence" and "eucharist". Of course, we can see that no matter which viewpoint is used, it is based on the connection between the sacrificer and the gods. Therefore, no matter which of the above scholars' speculations is more likely, the final conclusion is that sacrifices enable the sacrificer and the gods to establish a connection and communication.
Ancient Greek sacrifices were mainly divided into personal sacrifices and collective sacrifices. Personal sacrifices were often more of a life sacrifice, a prayer and yearning for a better life. In contrast, collective sacrifices, based on the war-ridden social environment of ancient Greece, were generally dominated by war sacrifices.
When facing different sacrificial occasions and different sacrificial objects, the way of sacrifice and the offerings chosen will change.
When praying for the protection of these gods, the ancient Greeks needed to establish a connection with the gods through sacrifices. On land, the sacrifices were mostly related to daily necessities; if at sea, the sacrifices were mostly related to ships. In war sacrifices, the most important sacrifices were animal sacrifices, weapon sacrifices, and even human sacrifices.
Human sacrifice is the cruelest of all war sacrifices, and is also considered the highest standard! Human sacrifice is generally divided into two categories: voluntary sacrifice and forced sacrifice. People who voluntarily sacrifice often have a high sense of city-state, regard themselves as part of the city-state, and are willing to sacrifice for the victory of the city-state.
The groups forced to offer sacrifices were often prisoners of war or slaves. These people did not have the right to choose. In the eyes of the victorious party or the citizens with rights, they were appendages of the city-state. Becoming victims of war and sacrificing to the gods for the city-state was the best destination for prisoners of war and the supreme honor for slaves.
Under the Pantheon system, human sacrifice was considered the most likely sacrifice to attract the gods’ attention, and many such sacrifices could even allow people to gain supernatural powers from the gods!