Freedom of Speech

I know there been a lot of things happened between the two biggest countries in the world. Therefore I would post some view which is not trying to convince anybody, but to provide a different point of view, to help us to observe things more objectively.

In this News, Digital Activists Take Aim at Video Game Companies Over China Censorship, a famous gaming company, Activation Blizzard, has banned an e-sport gamer because he announced some speech in a public game which is offensive to Chinese government and Chinese people. First of all, as a gamer I personally believe that there should be no politics in the sport game (e-sport is considering as a sport :), but many Americans would support the argument that the News made the "freedom of speech", and the "evil" side is China, so we are just gonna hate, hate, hate.

I have learned a lot about the "freedom of speech" in this class, and we have to assume that there is no absolute freedom. You must be responsible for the consequences of every word you've said. In addition, some arguments you might never want to made since you might get in trouble. Thus, how to value the boundary of the freedom of speech is really important. For example, racial argument is literally sensitive in the United States. A "C" or "N' word that speaks out from a white people would result in losing a job, homeless and maybe gone. We can see that racial argument is red zone to American since there are too much history and people fight for it. However, you can made racial argument in a Chinese forum and just few people would care about it. Territorial issue is the red zone of speech in China which is same as the racial issue in the United States. People use their own world view to judge, and they apparently ignore the cultural differences. 

If the right of the freedom of speech is correct, I hope my blog won't result in any problem. Love and Peace!❤

What is Anti-Mask Law？

Hong Kong Announces Ban on Masks and Face Paint That Helps Protesters Evade Facial Recognition, which we can see the Hong Kong Chief Executive was lazy and uncreative. Because the Anti-Mask law was not a new thing, and it has implemented in many area.

According to the Wikipedia, "Anti-mask or anti-masking laws are legislative or penal initiatives that seek to stop individuals from concealing their faces, who do so often to not be identified or out of religious practice". This law seems like really go against the human basic right, but many democratic countries got this law, and here is part of the list: Canada, France, Germany and Italy etc.

Additionally, a number of states in the US had this law, and some of them are still practicing today. I don't know why people are afraid of revealing identity if they believe they are peacefully doing the right thing. Mask is same as the internet in some way since we can just be keyboard warriors under this cover. 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_law  

The Joker Film

The latest DC film Joker has released, and it's glad to see they made some change.

If you haven't seen yet, Spoiler Warning!!! 

It's not a superhero movie at all, but a crime movie featuring ordinary citizens at the bottom. Film has a wonderful atmosphere build on Gotham, damp road, streets of rubbish, hair-trigger riots. A miserable life, a bad day, is enough to put an honest poor people into the abyss, and each step change is believable.

Joker tried to turn the government to anarchy which is completely chaos. Some people might learn and act like Joker but I don't get it. The theme of this film is how to avoid to become the next Joker; even though there is a Joker in the heart of each of us. Paying attention to the people you know nothing about them can really save someone. 

The Power of Media

"The media should be unbiased and real" probably only existed in my daydream of childhood or a small brochure of reporter which has forgotten in a corner. Come on, as a young, mindless and rebellious people, who cares about the media standard. Thanks for the internet, everybody can be a media and just try to grab more and more attention to make more money. One of the great thing the President Trump has done is he pointed out truth of media. Many people just read what media give to them and abandon to think individually. 

As we all know, some bad things has happened in Hong Kong, which is extremely violent. Viral Video Shows Hong Kong Police Shooting Teen Protester in the Chest. I am really sorry to hear about that,and I wish the protester would be recovered soon. However, if we read this news carefully, you would buy any of it because it directly hit your mind. "A brutal police shot an innocent teenager by following the order of a dictatorship government". But things is getting interesting if you watch the full footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmxW0RAqT8. I am not sure about that I would still alive if I gathering a group of people and then using metal pipes or gasoline bomb to go strike police officer in the United States. No matter what weapon they were using, it might cost a live if they keep practicing violence.  

We need to oppose all violence, no matter which side. Nevertheless, some protesters were committing crimes and they pretended to be innocent when police arrested them. Actually, most word, picture and video from the media can be edited and we cannot the truth if we stop thinking.