With the help of members of the Guwu Club, Ling Cang reluctantly separated from the enthusiastic crowd and entered the court.
The prosecution lawyer obviously spent last night doing some research. Today he will no longer bother with whether what Ling Cang said is reasonable. At the beginning of the trial, he directly accused: "Let's not care about whether what the defendant said that day is reasonable. He As a mere high school student, he actually criticized such a famous and respected scholar, which caused serious and bad social impact. It also caused physical and mental harm to the plaintiff..."
"The identity of the plaintiff and the defendant will not be considered in this case..." The judge coughed twice and reminded: "So I think the prosecution lawyer's statement is inappropriate. If this statement has another meaning, I hope it can be explained in detail. ."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Judge. I cannot agree with your words. The identities of the plaintiff and the defendant are extremely important in this case..." The prosecution lawyer turned around and faced the auditorium with a serious face. He said slowly: "Everyone, the defendant is only a high school student. His social experience and life experience, as well as his contribution to the country and society, are extremely limited. And the plaintiff, as I said before, is a highly respected scholar. In He has a decisive influence in the academic world. He is spread all over the country. He is a well-known figure. Over the years, he has worked hard and created great value for the country and society. He has trained countless talents. Let me ask you, face such a person. .Even if his academic achievements are slightly flawed, what right does the defendant have to accuse and then insult the plaintiff, causing the plaintiff to be hospitalized? Therefore, I hereby implore the court to support the plaintiff's request and to the defendant Ling Cang and his guardian. Minghai No. 1 Middle School will impose corresponding punishments.”
The judge finally heard it. The prosecution lawyer was using his social status to oppress people. Although it was not very kind, it made people helpless.
Let me put this approach plainly. My social status is higher than yours. You can listen to whatever I say. But you can't criticize me. Otherwise, I will fix you.
Although it is said that everyone is equal, it only exists in theory and in real society. A person's identity determines his social status. Social status can determine many aspects of that person.
Take the simplest example. Two years later, Ling Cang will face the college entrance examination. It is during the college entrance examination. If one of your parents becomes a martyr, you can get extra points; minorities can also get extra points. If you are not a minority| Ethnicity. As long as your parents are capable, they can change it to a minority. This happens in almost every college entrance examination class. Usually the classmates play well together. I don’t find anyone who is different from the others. Same thing. I was surprised to find out before the college entrance examination that some people actually belong to a small ethnic group with only a few thousand people. Even if you are good at football, know one or two musical instruments, and have won a ranking in a laoshi competition, you can be added. point.
And those students who only know how to study, have no background to speak of, and have no ability to play these tricks, can only rely on their real scores to squeeze into the single-plank bridge.
All kinds of extra points in the college entrance examination are just a simple matter. When they enter the society in the future, these students will find that there are more "pluses". These "pluses" create various inequalities. This is an objective fact. Who It cannot be denied.
Although the judge says so, in fact the court often considers the identities of both the original and the defendant when making judgments.
Although the students in the auditorium have not yet entered the society or taken the college entrance examination, they also understand that what the prosecution lawyer said is actually very reasonable. As children of powerful people, they themselves enjoy many things that others do not have. For example, in Get the best teaching here.
As a result, even the people from the ancient martial arts association only made an almost inaudible "appeal" and did not applaud the prosecution lawyer.
After the prosecution lawyer finished speaking, Ling Cang asked coldly: "Have you finished speaking?"
The prosecution lawyer made a gesture of invitation. At the same time, he smiled coldly: "It's your turn."
"Before I begin to defend myself, please allow me to quote one more example."
"I object." The prosecution lawyer said immediately: "Allowing the defendant to cite some so-called examples that are out of reach will only delay the trial time."
Professor Ge was encouraged by his lawyer. Regardless of whether it disturbed the order of the court or not, he snorted loudly: "He is at a loss for words. He can only mess with the scoundrels here."
Even if he looked at this case without any bias, the judge felt that Professor Ge and his group had gone too far. No matter how wrong Ling Cang was, he was still just a child after all. An old scholar who was several decades old and had various social resources. .Using such methods to deal with a child is really suspected of bullying.
So the judge readily agreed: "As long as it is helpful to the trial of this case, the defendant can quote it. Please also ask the plaintiff's lawyer to be patient and listen patiently." After that, he smiled at Ling Cang, full of encouragement. It means. That way is simply telling Ling Cang: "You can say whatever you want."
"Everyone..." Ling Cang stood up and actually walked out of the dock. He directly faced the auditorium and asked, "Who among you has heard of the name Larry Flynt?"
Everyone in the gallery shook their heads. Ling Cang asked the judge again: "Have you heard of it?"
"I've heard of it..." The judge originally wanted to say it directly, but he felt a little embarrassed. After hesitating for a while, he reluctantly said: "It seems to be from the movie "Sex | Book Tycoon" in Country M. The protagonist..."
The words hit the spot. The courtroom burst into laughter. Liang Xiangyu even laughed: "I didn't expect that the judge would have time to watch this kind of movie..."
"Stop laughing." Shen Fanlei patted Liang Xiangyu gently: "Ling Cang will not make the judge look bad. This question must have other intentions."
"Everyone, please be quiet. This is a very serious movie. It talks about a lot of truths." Ling Cang said this and said to the judge with a smile: "You are indeed well-informed."
"Thank you..." The judge curled his lips uncomfortably. He felt that this compliment was a bit sarcastic, but Ling Cang's expression was very sincere.
"This Larry Flynt is a real person. He founded one of the largest pornographic magazines in M country, "Wind|Moon Girl", and ran a huge pornographic empire. What kind of person is he? To put it simply, he is a bastard. He dares to challenge all public order and good morals. He dares to abuse and attack any respected figure. How bad is he? When he appeared in court, he wore a T-shirt with the words "I | Fuck | Court" written on it. Dare to throw oranges at the judge." Ling Cang shook his head with a smile. "As you can imagine, he got into many lawsuits. The example I am going to quote comes from the most important lawsuit in his life."
Not only the auditorium, but also the judge was attracted by these words: "Keep talking."
"We don't need to know the ins and outs of this case. Anyway, it was Flint who scolded a highly respected figure again. And he lost the case in the first two rounds of trials. But Flint refused to accept it and filed an appeal again. This time in
In court, when he was defending himself, he said a famous saying that was widely circulated in country M but rarely known in our country..." Ling Cang first said this in English and then translated it into Chinese: "'I am
A bastard. But if the law protects the rights of a bastard like me, then everyone here, I can guarantee that you live in a happy country." Flint's defense lawyer's closing argument was equally wonderful. Please allow me.
I continue to quote: 'I won't try to convince you to like what he does. I don't like it myself. However, I like living in a country where I can make decisions for myself. If you want, you can buy a pornographic book.
Magazine; if I think it doesn’t look good, I can throw it in the trash can. Or don’t buy it at all... Freedom comes at a price. We must tolerate different voices. If we restrict something because we hate it, maybe one day we will find ourselves
Faced with all kinds of restrictions. Can't see anything. Can't do anything...'"
As soon as he said it, the courtroom burst into warm applause. Even the judge couldn't help but clapped his hands twice.
"In the end, the eight judges of the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that Fleet was not guilty. The justice even said in the judgment: 'Society may find some speech objectionable. But this fact does not constitute a sufficient reason to suppress speech.'"
Ling Cang picked up the mineral water in front of him and took a sip. Seeing that the prosecution lawyer seemed to want to speak, he did not give him a chance. He immediately continued: "It seems that someone wants to say that the national conditions are different and there is no way to compare. But, I still remember the Republic.
Article 35 of the Constitution clearly stipulates that every citizen has the right to freedom of speech. The reason why Flint was able to win this lawsuit is because the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States contains the same
content. So why do two countries with such different national conditions and vastly different aspects write the same content into the fundamental law of the Constitution?”
The prosecution lawyer was speechless. He didn't know what to say.
Ling Cang smiled coldly and gave the answer to the question: "It's just like what I said yesterday. In our world, there are some things that can transcend the boundaries of country, nation and culture and become common to all people.
The pursuit is that everyone can exercise their inherent rights and that everyone learns to respect these rights."
"Well said." The judge nodded vigorously: "At this point, there is no fundamental difference between our country and country M. Everyone's pursuit is the same."
"Thank you, Mr. Judge." Ling Cang bowed slightly to the judge. Then he suddenly put away his smile and said sternly: "Then the problem comes. Flint is a bastard. He can abuse the so-called respected people. But I... have only academic performance.
Do we, the fine and prosperous flowers of our motherland, have the right to criticize a so-called professor?"