Chapter five hundred and ninth, framed
At this time, especially the Americans in the south at this time, they had real martial ethics, so they said that they wanted to punish the traitors in heaven, that was really wanted to punish the traitors in heaven. Moreover, the American style of killing the traitors in heaven is different from a certain country in the East. Americans have always lacked the spirit of bowing and would never bow to you politely first, and then said politely: "Xiaosang, please die for the sake of the United States." Then they pulled it out and snatched it, and looked at the head.
He shot him, or even more oriental charm, pulled out a knife and chopped it down. Then he wiped the knife with a white towel, meticulously, with a sense of ritual, and inserted it back into the scabbard. Then he bowed to the family members who were scared on the side, and apologized sincerely: "I'm sorry, I've dirtyed the floor of your house." Look at the kind of upbringing, politeness, and ritual, that is really... so perverted!
Americans lack this spirit of striving for excellence. They will only pull out and snatch them, crackle and shoot away the bullets, then throw away the guns, and shout at the policeman who surrounded them: "I'm mentally ill!"
Americans naturally understand Americans, so whether it is Favneil or Greed, they have reduced the number of activities they go out. Apart from going to classes, they basically do not appear in public.
Of course, it would be even better if they could shut up for the moment. However, they all knew that if they shut up at this time, their hunger personality would be greatly affected. For them, if they want to gain a higher status, they cannot destroy their personality and make their personality look like they are loyal to America and worried that America might go on a evil path? If they shut up at this time, they would make the American people feel that they are all cowards. And the Americans who have always been full of martial ethics, even the Americans in the north, are very despised of cowards.
Therefore, they must keep making noises and never act like cowards. So in the face of the reactions of those people in the south, Professor Greed published another article called "I am not angry, I just feel sad."
In this article, Professor Greed generously stated that he was not angry at the accusations and attacks of some compatriots in the South. Because he knew that the reason why these people were like this was only due to simple patriotism.
"But patriotism is an emotion that is very useful for being exploited," Professor Gred wrote in the article, "Many times, it is easy to be exploited by those who die in high positions but have ulterior motives. For example, when the British sent troops to do something terrible like the "Three Lights", weren't their soldiers also inspired by 'patriotism'? The same human beings should have united as brothers, as Jesus Christ said, but they all held the banner of 'patriotism' that is said to be very noble and extremely correct' and killed each other. There is no doubt that they are patriots who love their respective motherlands, and they should be noble and good people, but they are killing each other. So what is the problem?
The problem lies in ‘patriotism’. If you don’t be vigilant about it, then patriotism will become a refuge for all imperialists!
I have no intention of opposing true patriotism because it is a noble emotion. But before that, we must first figure out what kind of country we love!
Love me, patriotism has a prerequisite, that is, the country we love is really our country. Just as our ancestors said in the magnificent articles in the Declaration of Independence they drafted: ‘We believe that these truths are self-evident: everyone is born equal, and the Creator gives them several inalienable rights, including the right to life, the right to freedom and the right to pursue happiness. In order to protect these rights, mankind establishes a government among them, and the legitimate power of the government is born with the consent of the governed.’ Obviously, only this country is truly upholding the gifted rights of the people who establish it, and it is worthy of our love.
So, before patriotism, please ask ourselves first: ‘We love America, does America love us?’
If there are other rogue countries - like Britain, plundering pirate countries, invading our territory, and slaughtering our people, we should naturally unite under the Stars and Stripes, and sacrifice for our country in order to defend our motherland. In this case, all citizens of the entire United States, regardless of north or south, old or young, have the responsibility to defend the country and resist aggression.
But if our country, out of pirate greed, out of pirate-like greed, kills people of other countries or other tribes, and seizes their land and wealth, and demands us to work hard for it, it is not just oppressing and plundering people of other countries, but also oppressing ourselves. Such a country is not only an enemy of the invaded country, but also an enemy of its own people. Just like Britain.
My father, based on his simple moral concepts, left me three teachings: "Trust in God, pay taxes according to law, and hate the British." This is how I understand these three points.
First of all, I want to talk about the hatred of the British. What is hating the British? Fundamentally, it should be hating the British gang culture. It is it that makes Britain the largest gang in the world. When we hate the British, we must fundamentally oppose Britain and its culture. Otherwise, how can it be considered hating the British?
Secondly, I want to talk about what it means to pay taxes according to law and pay taxes according to law, which is patriotism. So what is true patriotism? True patriotism is not unconditional. No matter what the country does, he favors him and applauds him. Instead, he demands our motherland according to the requirements of virtue and makes him truly a moral country.
As for ‘trust in God’, we must live according to Jesus’ teachings. What did Jesus teach us? Of course Jesus taught us a lot, but the most important thing he taught us is love. Just like the legislator Moses taught us what justice is.
But Moses was just a prophet, and Jesus was far higher than Moses, because love was higher than justice.
In the war between us and the British, trusting God means that we must be full of hatred for a gang of pirates like Britain, but we have sympathy for those British soldiers who are actually victims of the gang of pirates. Just like Jesus Christ was still praying for them when he was crucified by sinners; just like St. Stephen, when he was stoned by the Jews, he still said, "Lord, don't attribute this sin to them!" and he is still full of sympathy and mercy for their ignorance. This is the example of Christians. Therefore, when treating those British soldiers, if they are killed on the battlefield, they will naturally be destiny. But if they have surrendered or intend to surrender, we should not follow Jesus' teaching of "Love Your Enemy", pity them, save them, rescue them from the poisoning and lies of the gang of pirates, and instead massacre them?
Haven’t those who insist on massacring British prisoners of war turned themselves into the British bandit gang they hated the most?”
Greed's article has already received relevant responses and was naturally quickly transmitted back to the country via radio.
Then...Lucian broke several pencils.
"Zhaba, you zombie! Greed is such a useful person! Why was it trained by the Ministry of Public Security? The Favnier you praised is not bad compared to others. It's completely zombie. You should be thrown out to feed Robespierre! Zhaba, I'm so angry! When I think of the bastard Fouchey running to Napoleon to perform his merits and chatting with Napoleon, I get angry! Tell me, how can we grab the limelight from the Ministry of Public Security now?"
"Minister, that Favnier..."
"What about Favnier?" Lucien asked.
"We are going to arrange for Favnier to give a speech, but he refuses, because he is afraid that the Southerners will mingle in the crowd and shoot him to death."
"Coward! Bastard! Why is Gred not afraid?" After scolding this, Lucien suddenly remembered something, "Everyone except Victor and Villefort, everyone else went out!"
Everyone went out and brought the door.
Chapter completed!