Discrimination against AIDS but not terrible 2011-06-22 07:50:00 Source: the rule of law over the weekend (Beijing) 0 people read the news in phone forwarded to the micro-Bo (0) June 1981, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control for the first time the world informed of five rare cases of life-threatening, and the disease named for the acquired immune deficiency syndrome, that is, they say, AIDS is now. After 30 years, AIDS has always been in the legal, moral, ethical and medical debate of the heart. Today, the emergence of the world's first AIDS cases were cured, although some experts say that patients were cured of cases is not universal, but in addition to giving more care of AIDS patients, we should also feel the prospects for AIDS care optimistic.
In recent years, AIDS is the theme of film and television work have emerged, such as Gu Wei director of the documentary "together" and the movie "Favorites", embody the humane care of AIDS patients. Today, let us recall the 1993 U.S. law class the movie "Philadelphia Story", it tells a legal worker with AIDS, and the courage to pick up the legal weapons to safeguard their rights tenacious struggle of the story. The film marks the Hollywood no longer escape, the official declaration of war to the spread of AIDS in the United States
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Recently the movie "favorite" face of AIDS patients love life, the courage to break through the secular film hero and heroine of discrimination, the mind and body to achieve real results with, touched countless audiences. It made me think of the 1993 American film "Philadelphia Story", it also tells the story of AIDS patients, but valuable is that it lead us from the legal point of view on life, love, personal interests in thinking.
Life is struggle and bright or moving due to fragile and
Film Tom Hanks plays Andrew Beckett, a lawyer because of his homosexual behavior, unfortunately infected with AIDS. And his law firm office in the city can be described as one of the best, to enter such a law firm was not easy, and he won the boss appreciated. May cause the rising of his time, the symptoms of AIDS appear in his possession, without regard for the sensibilities boss, deliberately designed to trap him dismissed. Andrew was put on the court, regardless of his sick body, in order to protect their legitimate rights as a victim fighting.
Andrew ran into problems: the outstanding reputation of this law, many lawyers fear to avoid AIDS is less than, simply unwilling to take over his awful difficult case, the face of certain death, and death is just around the corner of Andrew, other lawyers why bother.
All of this played by Denzel Washington's response Qiao Mile unfolded. Joe met in his office came to ask him to help his lawsuit, Andrew, who frankly told him everything, but Joe's smile froze, he stepped back and watched in horror ever touch each other things on the desk, just to see their grip over the hand with each other, he even went to the doctor's asking all of this would be infected.
Joe is obviously the kind of self-preservation, his wife just gave birth to his daughter, in every possible way, he loved his daughter very careful to guard against the intrusion of foreign bacteria. Can be found, the life of the individual groups still shine when no one think you are number one, leading the right-hand man, but once you violate the doctrine, reduced to the typical immoral, the moment all the honor and appreciation will be away from you , then you will be alone.
With the film trying to protest against the authority of the weak force, a fire of life about to die a sudden burst of enormous energy, Andrew finally won the lawsuit, but he passed away. Condolence meeting in the family, his childhood, when image data left scroll on the TV screen playing: Life in the end because of protests and bright, still and moving due to weak?
Social death more than physical pain
Andrew suffered discrimination not only because he is infected with HIV that simple. As we all know, AIDS, there are three kinds of transmission: mother to child, sexual intercourse and blood-borne, male homosexuals are a high risk of AIDS, the United States since June 1981 has confirmed the first cases of AIDS, 25 million people have died today disease, and another 34 million infected. Law of the owner of the movie the reason why Yanzeng Andrew, the biggest reason is that he is a homosexual, because the company also had AIDS, a female colleague has not been dismissed, she was infected through blood transfusion. This distinction allows Andrew unacceptable.
Andrew and Joe in the dialogue, we can understand the United States federal law expressly prohibits discrimination against the disabled, and the scope of AIDS also is disabled and protected by law. "Not only because of physical limitations of patients, but also because of discrimination by the community, more precisely, this social nature of death ... ... this death more than physical pain."
In China, March 1, 2006 implementation of the "AIDS Prevention Act" and the January 1, 2008 shall come into force "of the PRC Employment Promotion Law," all of the HIV-infected persons have equal employment rights was clearly requirements. Especially the Employment Promotion Law Article 30 stipulates that "Employers seeking to hire workers, infectious pathogen carrier shall not refuse Yishi hire." It is the employing unit due to infectious diseases because of the candidates for employment discrimination to be prohibited.
Expressly provided under these, although employment rights have been violated, AIDS patients can use the law to contend with, but virtually the discrimination is everywhere, especially in remote rural areas in the ignorant and backward, as in Gu Wei "Favorites" in the show that a group of people, in the "fever" surrounded by the most terrible than the disease itself, but the endless cold and ridicule, in that case, the most reliable or favorite person body temperature.
This is in "Philadelphia Story" is also dyed. Director trying to treat homosexuals as normal people, and this attitude showed through Joe's eyes, Joe is hated the beginning of this crowd, but then he took part in the organization's make-up party, Andrew, he saw this group of people blind love and harmony of the scene, especially in the life of Andrew last, his gay lover who also never betray him, and always accompanied by about the love scene deeply infected with Joe.
A love of country is to bring all men are created equal
The reason why the film shooting in Philadelphia, it is also an extraordinary significance. The historic city of Philadelphia is the United States, the United States has an important role during the War of Independence, 1774-1775 Continental Congress was held twice, passed the "Declaration of Independence", which marked the 13 British colonies in North America declared independence from Great Britain and . Jefferson wrote: "Declaration of Independence" is called the world's referee. Since 1776, the "Declaration of Independence" in principle has been widely read for the people around the world. American reformers, whether for the abolition of slavery, prohibition of apartheid, and to enhance women's rights, should be referred to the public, human beings are born equal.
In such a land of slogan shouting men are created equal cities, inequality incident occurred, who is shameful not be forgiven. The existence of such justice, making the film virtually has a force, like the film flash of bronze statue of Washington, in addition to its unique symbol of the city has a long history, but also marked for the maintenance of equality of citizens interest escort.
Director did not blindly go to sensational, but from the perspective of human life and to show the contradiction between the interests, and even show off some of his art means to analyze the inner world of characters, such as Andrew and Joe at the party after the conversation. Andrew with a soulful voice, to interpret Joe Opera is playing clips. It is a famous soprano Maria Callas singing "Andrea Serbs Virginia", which climax is the most touching passage: when Callas played the female lead in front of the face of the tragic story of the tragic death of his mother's pathetic when the issue Voice: live, I am life. Heaven in your eyes. In your blood and mud all around it? I am holy, I salvation, my God ... ... from the sky, let the earth into a paradise. I just love! I just love!
At this point the film director with a close-range and overlooking the red lights in the dark blur to highlight the character's mental state. Andrew's life is already at stake, perhaps we can guess with a different point of view, if he did not have AIDS, but smooth sailing in the law firm continues to take a leading role, one after another to win a lawsuit, get a second appreciation, he will not will stop and examine their own lives? He will be excited to tears this opera? Maybe not. However, when he became weak, when he realized that life is short, probably will forsake all, deeply realized that all living the good.
To fundamentally eliminate prejudice and discrimination against AIDS patients, was from the medical and cultural change people's point of view, the law protects the rights of these marginalized groups, discrimination can not change their fate. When we see again and again the courage to HIV own experiences in college lecture hall and public nature of the forum community for their courage that good, we also need to develop their own subconscious sympathy for the weak.
With the development of technology and the law increasingly sound, these difficult cases will be solved one day, like today, from the United States found the first AIDS cases have been in the past 30 years, drug therapy to save 5 million lives of AIDS patients. May 12, 2011, an international cooperation organization of HIV Prevention Trials Network has successfully tested a drug that can prevent HIV in the body's self-replication.
The times are waving the banner of progress, hope is always becoming more and more clear, I believe that a love of country is to bring all men are equal, which is "The Philadelphia Story" tells us the truth lies.
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