Since the court session, Ding Xuehan's heart has been hanging in her throat. When she heard Ling Cang's words, she almost jumped out of her chest. She looked at Principal Li and found that the latter was calm and composed, as if he didn't care about letting Ling Cang defend himself. She looked at Ling Lan again , also calm and calm, as if full of confidence in Ling Cang.
"According to the law, the defendant can defend himself..." After a pause, the judge continued: "But since there are two defendants in this case, and the defendant is under the age of 18, it is necessary to recruit a guardian for the defendant who is also the other defendant. Minghai No. 1 Middle School agrees,”
Principal Li quickly sent a reply, agreeing with Ling Cang's self-defense. The judge nodded, and then kindly reminded Ling Cang: "Defendant, I must remind you that your legal knowledge and social experience may not be enough to handle this lawsuit. Therefore, I personally hope that you will be defended by an experienced lawyer, and I hope you will consider it carefully,"
"I have thought it over clearly. I request to defend myself," Ling Cang replied decisively, looked at the two lawyers, and then said: "Mr. Judge, you can rest assured that these two lawyers are still my representatives and can give me Providing legal services and advice,"
"Okay," the judge felt very embarrassed. On the one hand, he received a banquet from Professor Ge and asked for more care. On the other hand, he learned from his superiors that someone above him was protecting Ling Cang. In this way, he It was difficult to take the initiative to do anything, and no matter what he did, he would inevitably offend the other party, so he made up his mind at this time and simply let the two sides debate in court. Whoever can talk to the other party within the legal provisions will win: "I agree with the defendant." self-defense,"
"I have heard Professor Ge's complaint. He probably put a lot of effort into writing it," Ling Cang then began to defend himself. With a confident smile on his face, he said slowly: "Before I defend myself , please allow me to quote an example from the other side of the ocean,"
"Country M," the judge told Ling Cang, "I hope you will note that the judicial system of country M is different from that of our country, so cases in country M have no comparative significance in our country."
"I understand that our country belongs to the civil law system, and cases must be decided in accordance with legal provisions, while country M belongs to the common law system and is an unwritten law country. Judges can make laws based on experience or cite case precedents. But please note, Mr. Judge, first of all, recent The trend in recent years is that the differences between the two judicial systems are gradually narrowing; secondly, it is a typical case in another judicial system, and the basic moral and conceptual values contained in it are of reference significance." After a pause, Ling Cang He said word for word: "We all know that China particularly likes to emphasize its national conditions, but no matter how special our national conditions are and how different the social situation is from other countries, we still have to admit that in this world, after all, there are so many Something transcends the boundaries of ethnicity, culture and country and has universal value,"
"Okay," the judge nodded: "You are allowed to quote,"
"We all know that Country M is a pluralistic society, where you can meet people with various ideas and concepts, including neo-Nazi organizations, so once, such a case happened..." Ling Cangxuan Xu said: "A neo-Nazi organization applied for a parade, but the local government considered that the parade route would pass through a Jewish ghetto, so they refused to approve it. The Nazi organization started a lawsuit and sued the government. You see, in country M, the government can also sit in the dock, but this is not the key to the problem. The key is that the person who helped this neo-Nazi organization in the lawsuit turned out to be a Jewish lawyer..."
Everyone originally didn't understand what Ling Cang meant by citing this example, but after hearing this, they were still attracted.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Ling Cang continued slowly: "We all know that when the Neo-Nazis and the Jews meet, it's like Mars colliding with the earth, but this Jew helped the Neo-Nazis. Why did the Nazis file a lawsuit? Is he a traitor?"
Everyone looked at their companions, even the judge glanced at the clerk, and then looked back at Ling Cang: "Go on,"
"It is conceivable that this lawyer was criticized within the Jewish community and received a lot of criticism. Later, the lawyer said something like this..." After a moment of intentional silence, Ling Cang announced the answer: "What he probably meant was that , like others, he believes that the views and theories of those neo-Nazis are ridiculous and intolerable, but as citizens, they have the right to express their views, and this right should not be deprived,"
When Ling Cang finished speaking, there was a burst of warm applause in the courtroom. It took a long time for the judge to keep shouting: "Silence," before it subsided.
"Professor Ge's indictment mainly claimed that my criticisms were ridiculous and unreasonable, which seriously damaged his personal reputation. He even went so far as to accuse me of criticizing textbooks and discrediting our country's education system," Ling Cang said sternly, spreading his hands. Asked: "If neo-Nazi organizations can express their views, I'm afraid my views are much more reasonable than theirs, so what can't I say?"
"After all, national conditions are different, and it's useless for you to deny it," Professor Ge's attorney snorted heavily: "What's more, country M is just a special case. If you promote Nazism in Europe, many countries will sentence you. If you promote Japanese militarism in the country, you will also be punished."
"I know that national conditions are different, so I cited this example in the hope that the prosecution can clarify whether what I said is too ridiculous,"
"Of course it is ridiculous," the prosecution lawyer immediately replied: "Although it is not the same thing as the Nazi theory, it is almost the same."
"Okay," Ling Cang took out a thick stack of information and a laptop from his feet and put them in front of him: "I did some preparations and collected a lot of relevant materials from the conversation that day to prove what I said. reasonable,”
The court spent a long time debating and studying these materials. After the morning passed, they continued after a short lunch break. It was not until the afternoon that they finally determined that Ling Cang's views were basically correct. For example, how many championships did the Chinese special forces win in the Serna Assault Competition? The statement was clarified by the official website of this competition.
"Now, I have proven the rationality of my opinion..." Ling Cang accused lawyer Fang and said with a smile: "Please prove the rationality of Nazi theory or the rationality of Japanese militarism's invasion of China."
The prosecution lawyer concluded: "This..."
"Country M is the most powerful country in the world, but it allows things that are denounced as evil by most countries to exist. I think the reason why Country M is the most powerful country is probably inseparable from this spirit of openness and tolerance, and our country is A rising big country doesn't even allow these correct things like mine. Our ancestors have taught us long ago that the sea is open to all rivers, and tolerance is great. Can we say that today's people are not as good as the ancients?" After a pause, Ling Cang said again: "It seems that in the process of our rise, we still have too many things to learn, such as this spirit of openness and tolerance. Otherwise, we will be like the Soviet Union, a flash in the pan,"
These words once again caused a round of applause. The judge did not express his position, but just nodded: "Today's time is up, the court will be adjourned temporarily, and the court will continue tomorrow."
When Ling Cang walked out of the court, he received warm applause. The students gathered around to welcome Ling Cang like a hero. Huang Xianli and several other girls even brought flowers to him.
When the media saw Ling Cang, they immediately swarmed over. The first to rush was Gao Daquan: "Classmate Xiao Ling, please tell me how it feels to be in court today."
Ling Cang smiled slightly: "Very good,"
A reporter from a TV station hurriedly stretched out the microphone: "Are you confident that you will win this lawsuit?"
"My confidence has never been greater,"
"So..." Gao Daquan resisted the collision of other reporters behind him and asked breathlessly: "If Professor Ge appeals, how will you respond?"
"Then just accompany him to the lawsuit," shrugged his shoulders and Ling Cang said very seriously: "However, I want to say one thing again, that is, I don't hate Professor Ge at all, even if he takes the lawsuit to the United Nations in the end ,I still want to thank this old barking beast,"
Many people were shocked by these words. They didn't expect Ling Cang to have such a big heart at such a young age. Gao Daquan was even more excited and his words were a little incoherent: "Excuse me... why is this?"
"He doesn't know what he is doing, so I can forgive him for not being on the same level as him. Besides..." With a slight smile, Ling Cang said word by word: "He sued me, which just provided me with an opportunity. I said what I had always wanted to say in public on an influential enough occasion."
As soon as I finished speaking, I remembered the applause and the sound of numerous shutter clicks.
Professor Ge also has supporters, although the number is pitifully small, and although he cannot rely on them inside or outside the court, he still needs to express his attitude at this time. When one of Professor Ge's students heard Ling Cang's words, he immediately snorted heavily: " Little | puss | bastard, you don’t have to be so crazy, you can cry sometimes.”
"Fuck you, what did you say," a member of the ancient martial arts club heard. He punched the opponent in the face and then kicked him in the lower abdomen.
"Fuck you, you dare to hit someone," Professor Ge's other students immediately gathered around and besieged this member of the ancient martial arts club. Even though they were all college students, many of them were still soldiers, but they were not good at swearing and fighting. Not inferior at all, no different from a social gangster.
It’s no wonder that teachers teach different students. Professor Ge is an old ruffian himself. The only difference is that ordinary ruffians mix in society. He mixes in academia and campus.