Tokyo Literary Godfather

In the new week, Fukuyama TV’s four dramas take turns again.

The ratings of "Furuhata Shinsaburo" and "The Lonely Gourmet" were relatively stable, and the ratings of "Tokyo Cinderella" increased by two percentage points, which also made the production team happy.

However, the ratings of "Victory is Justice" have declined.

However, the ratings of "Pioneering Lawyer" in the same period have increased, and the gap between the two dramas has gradually shortened.

The crew of "The Lawyer" even celebrated this a little bit, because they saw the hope of overtaking, thinking that this was how "The Homeless Kid" surpassed "The Detectives". But now, the offensive and defensive situation has changed.

There are indeed some voices in society criticizing "Victory is Justice", believing that this work spreads wrong values.

However, some viewers feel that there is no need to be too harsh on the so-called "value orientation" of a TV series. As long as the TV series is good-looking, that's fine.

After the second episode was aired, the latest episode of NHK's "Hero Club" was also aired. The topic of this episode is: Is the mission of the law to represent fairness and justice?

In order to introduce the debate topic, the program team also inserted some film and television clips from "Victory is Justice", in which Machiko Dai and Kensuke Komemon respectively represent completely different concepts.

The debaters were once again divided into red and white camps. The red side agreed with Machiko Dai's concept and believed that the law should uphold fairness and justice, open eyes for the kind, and uphold justice for the weak. Even though the final result may not be satisfactory, the original intention of the law should be made clear.

Bai Fang agrees with Gu Meimen's idea and believes that the law is the law, and it is the same as the rules of sports events. If you violate it, you will be punished. There is no distinction between good and evil. The law is just a tool, used by human beings. Methods and formulas for solving a series of problems. The law has no position and no distinction between good and evil. It has nothing to do with justice.

After the bell in the hand of the host Dr. Imai rang, the red side and the white side started a heated debate.

Most of the debaters on the red and white sides are college students or some media practitioners with experience in debate teams, and there are even clever comedians. In order to make the show more enjoyable, the composition is very rich.

Instead, there are no real legal workers, for fear of killing the game. As a professional, he is naturally authoritative on issues in his own field. How can you, a serious scientist, join in the fun by allowing two private experts to discuss whether rockets can use diesel in a debate competition?

However, when the two sides actually confront each other, the debate between non-legal professionals is quite interesting.

"If the law cannot represent fairness and justice, then there is no need for the law to exist." The representative of the red team said, "The white team uses the rules of sports events as a metaphor for the law. Then I can tell you that even the rules of sports events are for the sake of the playing field. It is established based on fairness. Once it is separated from the basic principle of "maintaining fairness", the rules will become meaningless. It is precisely because many people violate the original intention that there are referees that violate the spirit of sports and justice. and judicial workers exist.”

"There are no laws and rules in this world that can maintain justice. Have you ever watched a football match? There are many despicable behaviors in football matches, and even the rules cannot prohibit them. For example, flagrant fouls, intentional fouls, etc. Kick the opponent's ankle to achieve the purpose of scrapping the opponent's sports career. Many people would rather commit a foul and be sent off to achieve this goal. The so-called rules of the game are just the consumption tax to pay when buying things. What is the effect of maintaining fairness and justice? But if following the rules is equal to justice, and not following the rules is equal to injustice, then there are also many [tactical fouls] phenomena on the court. Maximize the use of them in a game. It is a normal sports tactic to limit one's own number of fouls to win, so isn't [tactical fouling] also a difficult behavior?"

The red side frowned slightly, knowing that he had accidentally fallen into the white side's trap. White uses the rules of sports events as a metaphor for the law in an attempt to illustrate that the law does not represent justice. It seems to be a point that can be attacked, but in fact the opponent has been prepared and is waiting for them to attack here. After the red party reacted, he quickly changed the subject.

"Whether it is the law or the rules of the game, there may be room for practice, but the purpose and original intention of establishing it must be to safeguard justice. White believes that the law has no connection with justice, and the law is not born for justice. It is this Ideology has led to the birth of many evil laws. If the law does not represent justice, but is only a tool to promote the operation of society, then as long as it can keep the society running, there is no problem in Japanese society going back 500 years. Let's go back to that samurai Isn’t it an era when it doesn’t matter if you go out on the street and try your hand at killing people?”

"That's true..." Bai Fang thought in his heart, but he couldn't say such words. After all, their purpose was to find ways to win the votes of the audience [jurors], and they couldn't say anything that would disgust the general public.

"Bad law? Any law may be defined as a bad law. For gangsters, the "Violent Gang Response Act" is an out-and-out evil law; for those who advocate the abolition of death, laws that sentence criminals to death are also evil. Law, even if the criminal just raped and killed a ten-year-old girl. Did you see it? As a person's position changes, the definition of what is good and evil, and what is justice will also change. The law is a tool, the essence There is no difference between a jack and a geological hammer, but it is this effective tool that can maintain the operation of human society for thousands of years. It is not something as shallow as justice."

"Is justice a shallow thing? It's really sad that Bai Fang said such things. The things that humans have been exploring and pursuing for thousands of years have unexpectedly turned into cheap and shallow things. At the beginning of the creation of the human order, regardless of Which civilization is using the law as a simple tool like Bai Fang, and what is the result? Laws that do not represent fairness and justice turn the common people into slaves of the superiors. But it is the strong desire for justice in people's hearts, People have built a modern democratic society from the ruins of humanities and created the iron law of social equality before the law. Again, if the law is just a tool that has nothing to do with good and evil, we will not be able to live a dignified life at all."

The red side continued: "Taking a step back, let's assume that it is what the white side said - I mean assuming. If the law is really a tool that has nothing to do with good and evil, then it should also be based on the belief that the law is It should be in the hands of just people to fulfill the original intention of the law. It should not be in the hands of people who just use the law as a tool and try every means to exploit loopholes in the law to achieve their own interests."

Hong Fang said calmly: "Unfortunately, good and evil are also difficult to define. For example, there is a person who is a nationally elected lawyer and has been actively involved in fighting for those poor people who have no money to hire lawyers. Even if he doesn’t get any substantial benefits from the lawsuit, he still enjoys it. Is he a kind person?”

After saying that, White looked into the eyes of the Red player and asked.

Dr. Imai thought to himself: Never answer directly...

But White didn't seem to realize what the problem was. He thought for a while and replied: "I think he is."

"Well, let me tell you now that the person he is defending is a murderer. That murderer killed dozens of innocent citizens. So do you still think he is a good lawyer?"

"Objection, the opponent's fellow debater is citing examples that have no practical significance!"

"You think it has no practical significance and this thing can't happen at all, right? Well, let me tell you, this thing is a fact. The murderer is the murderer of the East Arny arson case! And the lawyer took the money from the murderer For less than a penny of benefits, he even incurred infamy, but he tried every means to help the murderer escape the death penalty! Let me ask you, is he a good person or a bad person? "