Chapter 291 Shameless

"Just now, the third speaker of the affirmative side said that moral constraints are the result of thousands of years of civilization, but I want to say that the law is the symbol of civilization.

The law advocates freedom and fairness, and equality for all is a great progress in social development. Hundreds of international students from our school have summarized what they have heard and felt, and found that all Western civilized countries have sound laws and respect for freedom.

He Xue, the third debater from outside Beijing, spoke impassionedly according to the debate rules and strongly promoted her point of view to the judges and audience around her - the law is a symbol of civilization.

Li Ye felt extremely contemptuous.

[You may have some misunderstanding about the laws of Western civilized countries. Only rich people play with the law, while poor people play with violence! ]

But seeing the people around him listening attentively, Li Ye felt extremely helpless.

In the early 1980s, the trend of learning from the West was not weak at all. The various advantages of the civilized world had a strong guiding and penetrating effect on the thinking of the Chinese people.

Don’t the many people who are willing to borrow money to sneak out of the country believe that “life is better outside”?

"The debate summary phase is over, and the free debate begins."

The host announced the start of the next session and a free debate began. The members of the Peking University debate team, who had been gentle and polite in the previous sessions, suddenly became as sharp and fierce as those from outside the university, even a little extreme and aggressive.

"If we lose our morals and only take the law as the standard for human behavior, then if a thief steals something in front of me and I slap him, he will ask me for compensation.

Even if there are eyewitnesses at the scene, I still need to cooperate with the relevant departments in the investigation and evidence collection to prove that I beat him within the scope permitted by law.

If the moral restraints of this society are deeply rooted in people's hearts, the thief will just flee in panic after being beaten, because he is afraid that everyone present will hit him with a big slap."

"If this society loses its morality, then everyone will study the law, and methods of defrauding money, sex, etc. will emerge in an endless stream. The speed of improving the law will never keep up with the speed of updating criminal methods, and social resources will be wasted in large quantities."

The debate team outside Beijing was very well prepared and was only slow for a short moment before they began to fight back.

"That's because we haven't popularized the law enough. If everyone knows the law and abides by it, how can it occupy social resources? Just like many cases now, everyone knows who is right and who is wrong, and they can solve them themselves!"

"wrong!"

Li Ye stood up and said sternly: "What is law? Law is a strict rule that emphasizes evidence. Everything is based on evidence and everything is decided by law enforcement agencies.

If it is just people's subjective judgment, everyone will know what is right and what is wrong. This is not law, but morality.

Morality is not static. From 5,000 years ago to the present, new moral models have been formed in every era. Today's laws may not necessarily be tomorrow's morality. "

"But today's morality may not be suitable for this era."

He Xue stood up and said righteously, "Let's not talk about the moral dross of 'If the king wants his subjects to die, the subjects have to die'. I would like to ask the third debater of the affirmative side, if your father beat you up, what would you do?

Even if he is wrong, according to the moral code you uphold, can you fight back? Can you take legal action? What is the point of this moral code?"

“Heh~”

Li Ye smiled, stood up and said softly: "If my father beats me, I will go to my grandfather and solve the moral problem with moral means."

“.”

“Hahahahahaha~”

“Hahahahaha~”

"I can't stand it. I really can't stand it. Is it possible to debate like this?"

He Xue's face turned red. She stood up and said angrily, "You are quibbling, the third debater of the affirmative side. Using morality to fight morality just proves that morality is irrational and makes no sense at all."

"You think the law isn't that?"

Yang Chen stood up suddenly, and said in the same sharp tone: “In the Western civilized country that you admire, using the law to defeat the law is the most common and normal operation. There are many examples of demons taking advantage of legal loopholes to escape trial.”

Yang Chenliang picked up a piece of white paper with a name written on it - Anna Bachmeier.

"In 1981, in Lübeck, West Germany, a thug with a history of murder killed seven-year-old Anna Bachmeier in an extremely cruel manner.

However, the villain not only falsely accused the seven-year-old child of inducing him to commit a crime, but his lawyer also proved that the villain was not guilty on the grounds that he was mentally ill.

What is even more unacceptable is that the villain had the same behavior last time and was eventually acquitted.”

“.”

The whole audience was silent. Such a terrible incident would be shocking even in the West, let alone in mainland China in 1983.

"You're talking nonsense"

He Xue uttered a word tremblingly.

His teammates on the debate team were immediately awakened and looked at her and sternly stopped her.

This is not something a debater should say, because it is likely a trap set by the other party.

But after careful observation, Li Ye discovered that He Xue had a radical temperament. Once repeatedly provoked, she would easily lose control and reveal her flaws.

Sure enough, Li Ye took out a newspaper from under the table and handed it to Yang Chen.

This newspaper was brought by Li Ye from Hong Kong Island. The details of the case published in it were a case that caused a heated discussion on the collision of morality and law in the West.

Yang Chen raised the newspaper with a righteous look on his face and said, “In order to refute the other party’s third debater’s groundless accusations against me, I have to present evidence.”

"The devil used a loophole in the law and tried to escape trial on the grounds of mental disorder. When he was about to succeed again, the mother of a seven-year-old girl pulled out a pistol and shot the criminal to death with eight shots in the courtroom.

If you were that mother, would you be willing to obey the law and lose your life?"

"Oh~"

"Wow, where did this happen?"

"Didn't you hear him? It's in Lübeck, West Germany. Lübeck is a city."

"What about the mother? She avenged her daughter, but she has to pay with another life?"

"Well, if we just rely on the law, there are indeed loopholes. The so-called Western civilization is not completely superior."

There were many different opinions at the scene, and countless audiences were attracted by the case Yang Chen talked about, causing their consciousness to be secretly guided by the Beijing University Debate Team without knowing it.

Yang Chen paused for a few seconds, and waited until the atmosphere was strong enough before revealing the result.

"The lawyer for the girl's mother, Ms. Marianne Bachmeier, also used mental problems as an excuse, claiming that a poor mother saw the apparition of her daughter in court and then accidentally killed the abominable criminal."

"The court accepted the lawyer's argument and only let Ms. Marianne Bachmeier stay in prison for a year and a half. This is using the law to fight the law. But do you think the basis of the judge's decision is the law or morality?"

“.”

“Huahuahuahua~”

The whole place was silent again, even longer than last time.

Then, applause broke out at the scene. No one knew whether the applause was because Yang Chen’s debate with examples was very brilliant, or because they were praising the mother for being smart enough to escape legal punishment.

Yang Chen sat down, enjoying the applause from the audience with peace of mind.

He and several of his teammates felt that the Beijing Foreign Studies University Debate Team was already hopeless, and that He Xue's mistakes had already caused fatal consequences.

But He Xue's next words made them realize what it meant to take an unconventional approach.

"The affirmative side only exemplified a very rare case, but using morality as a constraint on human behavior has caused countless unfair tragedies."

He Xue looked at the countless audience members at the scene, especially the female audience members.

"Everyone knows that we have long proposed gender equality and that women can hold up half the sky, but because of the so-called moral model, the shackles on our women have never been opened.

If you don't believe me, think about it. Who has taken their mother's surname? Since men and women are equal, why should children take their father's surname? "

“Also, when everyone eats at home, do men always sit in the most honorable seats and eat the best food, while women are not even allowed to sit at the table?

These are all moral constraints. In our new era, are we going to be bullied by these so-called morals forever?

We should use new standards to restrain ourselves, that is, laws that can give us equality for all, rather than morals full of rotten dregs. "

Li Ye was really shocked. He couldn't have imagined that He Xue could fight back under such circumstances.

Her argument is that morality is not suitable as a standard to govern human behavior.

And her argument is that it was from this time that the boxing movement, which has been developing vigorously for decades, began.

Look at all the female classmates at the scene. They were just applauding the mother who fired eight shots, but now they were completely pulled away by He Xue.

Why?

Because of profit.

Just a few slogans of "equality for all" were needed to change the practices of thousands of years and get what they had been unable to get for thousands of years.

Isn't this a very profitable investment?

Otherwise, do you think this movement can develop vigorously for decades with no end in sight?

How can it be as satisfying to work hard to serve the masters as to plunder and ride on their necks without any evidence?

But just when Li Ye thought He Xue was just taking an unconventional approach, He Xue's words made him understand what "If you scheme against others, you will be schemed against by others" meant.

Li Ye was plotting against He Xue because of his radical temper, and He Xue was also plotting against Li Ye.

"If you still feel that this is not profound enough, then I would like to ask you to think about this: among the divorced men and women in our society today, who is hurt more? And do these injuries all come from so-called morality? The so-called result of five thousand years of civilization?"

"After two people break up because of different opinions and different outlooks on life, why is it that the man always despises the woman, why do the neighbors curse the woman, but rarely hold the man responsible?"

"I would like to ask the third speaker of the affirmative side, if your fiancée leaves you because you two have different interests, would you use moral standards as a behavioral constraint, reprimand her, despise her, or even insult her?"

“.”

Wen Leyu, who was in the audience, almost jumped over to hit someone.

[Who are you talking about? Are you talking about me? ]

But Li Ye had already uttered three words lightly.

"shameless."

(End of this chapter)