He' nan ding yonghui

introduce

100 years ago, the pioneer of the democratic revolution, represented by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, launched the Revolution of 1911, overthrew the Qing Dynasty, put an end to China's autocratic monarchy that lasted for more than 2,000 years, and put forward political ideas such as "democracy", "civil rights" and "people's livelihood" for the first time. Since then, the concept of democracy has been deeply rooted in people's hearts and has become an irreversible historical trend.

201111Dozens of professors and graduate students from Yangtze University knelt down to petition the municipal governments in Jingzhou, Hubei Province, demanding that the municipal government ban small steel mills near the west campus of Yangtze University. There has been a saying in China since ancient times that "there is gold under one's knee". It has been a hundred years since the Revolution of 1911. Why does the professor kneel down to defend his rights? What makes these professors abandon the pride and dignity of scholars and choose to kneel?

Focus tracking

There used to be an abandoned brick and tile factory about 500 meters north of the west campus of Yangtze University. In 2007, someone built a small steel plant here, named Jingzhou Chu Hang Special Steel Products Co., Ltd. ... The steel plant mainly used the backward equipment intermediate frequency furnace to recycle scrap steel to produce building steel bars.

The campus is filled with toxic and harmful gases, dust and noise emitted by small steel mills, which is harmful to the health of more than 10 thousand teachers and students in the west campus. Many teachers and students suffer from chronic diseases such as headache and pharyngitis, which affects the normal teaching order of the school.

Because the enterprise uses backward technology to produce "strip steel" and has not obtained the production license of relevant departments, it has used the production license of "Liqun Metal Co., Ltd." for a long time. In the past four years, the teachers and students of Yangtze University have reported to the local government and higher authorities eight times that the company is suspected of illegal production and demanded that it be banned, but it has been fruitless. Since the establishment of the factory in 2007, the production scale of the steel plant has been continuously expanded, and the distance from the factory to the park has been shortened from 500 meters when the factory was established to 100 meters. By 20 1 1, the steel plant had been quietly renamed as "Jingzhou Liqun Metal Products Co., Ltd. Chu Hang Company".

20111110 because the demands of teachers and students of the school to ban steel mills were not met, dozens of professors and graduate students from Yangtze University "knelt down" in front of Jingzhou District Government at 9: 30 am, demanding that the government ban enterprises that caused serious pollution, and at the same time.

The petition of teachers and students in front of the district government did not receive a positive response. A deputy district head actually said, "Africa is not polluted, so move to Africa." Later, they collectively moved to the front of Jingzhou municipal government to continue petitioning. 2011165438+1on the afternoon of October 3, the company announced that it would stop production due to pressure from all sides.

Focus and viewpoint

Since ancient times, there has been a saying in China that "a man has gold under his knee and only kneels to his heavenly mother". Why on earth did these professors abandon the pride and dignity of scholars and choose to kneel? Because before kneeling down, the professors have exhausted all the ways to defend their rights. For example, there have been eight petitions, such as three members of the school's CPPCC submitting proposals at the CPPCC meeting, and then reporting the situation to the General Administration of Quality Supervision and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. The kneeling professor said that teachers and students have gone through all the legal channels they can think of to reflect the pollution, and they have found everything they should, but it is useless. In the past few years, many teachers have fallen ill in a polluted environment. "For the sake of life and health, there is really no way to kneel down."

Viewpoint 1: This kind of kneeling is bad for the character of literati and the conscience of society. Professors should not kneel. How does a kneeling professor cultivate students' civic awareness? Wu Fei, an essayist, has an inspiring saying in Teaching Without Kneeling, "If students want to stand up straight, teachers can't teach on their knees. If a teacher does not have the spirit of independent thinking, what kind of person is his student union? " In order to cultivate independent students, teachers can neither teach on their knees nor bow to power.

Viewpoint 2: This kneeling shows the determination and helplessness of the weak. "Kneeling to remonstrate" has always been the last choice of remonstrators, because kneeling to remonstrate expresses their determination. But in essence, this is actually a protest by the weak against the strong. Professors protested against power by hurting their dignity. If it wasn't for helplessness, how could they choose this road?

Viewpoint 3: This shocking "kneeling" bends the body and knees, but loses its dignity. Kneeling is a shame, and you can't kneel easily.

We can't sell ourselves short, we must safeguard our dignity and rights. Only in this way can we "stand"!

Viewpoint 4: This kind of kneeling has disintegrated the popular feeling and image of the local government. It is doubtful whether "kneeling down" can solve the problem. It is not excluded that this is a kind of helplessness in pursuing justice. However, kneeling out is more like begging for "justice." This may promote the solution of the problem, but it cannot be regarded as an important means to solve the problem. It's more like drinking poison to quench thirst. When kneeling becomes the normal state of public opinion expression, when begging becomes the right path of public opinion appeal, the image of the local government collapses. In the face of the most basic demands of citizens, the local government chose to refuse, which also made the professors kneel even more sad.

Focus, links and famous sayings

1. Let people live a happier and more dignified life.

Wen Jiabao

You shouldn't disrespect others in order to please them.

-Rousseau

3. Renew people's thoughts with laws, eliminate feudal remnants, safeguard human dignity and promote economic prosperity.

-Napoleon

Democracy is healthy blood circulating in veins and arteries. The normal function of the body depends on it, but it should never be derailed, just as blood can't flow out of blood vessels.

Coleridge

5. Democracy is the only force in the world.

-He Qing Qi

6. Democracy is the axiom of the world.

Yiqing Liang Qichao

Focus, link and exemplify Wu Xu's "spirit of existence" to torture the public's sense of security.

43-year-old Xu Wuben is a staff member of the Security Section of the Ironmaking Plant of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group. Since 2003, Wu Xu has taken his work unit to court because he is dissatisfied with the problem of "unequal pay for equal work". The first instance lost, and the second instance rejected. From then on, he did not accept mediation, but only accepted a "fair judgment" and began his career of constantly petitioning.

According to the Southern Metropolis Daily, on February 30th, 2006, at 65438, Wu Xu's parents finally signed the document "Send their son to a mental hospital for treatment" under great pressure from the staff of WISCO Public Security Bureau and the petition department. Since then, Wu Xu has been sent to the special ward of the psychiatric department of the Second Staff Hospital of WISCO, and has started a "treatment" career for more than four years.

Wu Xu escaped successfully on April 1 1. After that, he didn't contact his family, but went all the way down to Guangzhou to seek media help. Wu Xu complained to the major media in Guangzhou, saying that he insisted on petitioning for many years and was "persecuted" by his former boss and former unit. He was illegally sent to a mental hospital for four years.

On April 27th, Xu Wuhe's father, Xu Guibin, and another friend surnamed Jiang were interviewed by Southern TV. When he left, Wu Xu was "kidnapped" by seven men with Wuhan accent in the compound of Southern TV Station.

According to the surveillance video, two men will pull out the taxi and pull it into another taxi, while several other men control Xu's father and take away his friend's mobile phone. A reporter from China Southern Television then arrived. In this dispute, a man was detained and sent to the local police station in Guangzhou. Later, it was confirmed that the man was Quan Wei, the head of the security department of WISCO Ironmaking Plant, who was repeatedly reported by Wu Xu. Later, Wu Xu continued to go back to the hospital for "psychotherapy".

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Wu Xu was forcibly taken away in broad daylight. Who are they? What right do you have to deprive a citizen of his personal freedom and make a compulsory admission decision? The Wu Xu incident has shaken the public's sense of security!

Sun Ming-a cold-blooded mayor who kneels to thousands of people.

201April 13, more than 1000 villagers from two villages in zhuanghe city, Liaoning Province went to the municipal government to reflect the corruption of their village cadres and asked the mayor to come forward to receive them, but they were rejected. The villagers had to kneel before the government, but the mayor didn't come out to receive them until the end.

On April 24th, the Dalian Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government made a decision that Sun Ming, deputy secretary of Zhuanghe Municipal Party Committee and mayor, should bear the main leadership responsibility in view of the improper handling of the incident of villagers collectively petitioning the zhuanghe city Municipal Government on April 13. According to the Interim Provisions on the Implementation of Accountability of Leading Cadres of the Party and Government, he was ordered to resign as Deputy Secretary of Zhuanghe Municipal Committee and Mayor of zhuanghe city Municipal People's Government.

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Kneeling to officials is essentially that citizens automatically give up their rights. This kind of extreme weakness and even loss of personal dignity is to turn the original civil rights into a plea for power. Mayor Sun Ming was ordered to resign, which is very popular, but beyond that, reflection should continue.

depth of focus

The professor knelt on his soft knees,

Or hard power?

Mayishan

Dozens of professors from Yangtze University built factories outside the campus wall to produce fake and shoddy steel, which polluted the environment and endangered the health of teachers and students. They have written eight letters to the government and relevant departments, but no one has asked. In desperation, on June 5438+065438+1 October1day, the professors knelt at the gate of the district government and petitioned. The deputy district chief actually said, "Africa is not polluted, so move to Africa."

The professor knelt down, creating another "polite sweeping" event since Dr. Tsinghua University Wang Jinwen wrote to the mayor of Weifang to stop the demolition. A well-known columnist called it "not only useless, but also unconstitutional" and "unable to spread such feudal signals". Of course, professors are suspected of belittling themselves, but is there a better way to protect their rights? I went to Jingzhou City, the district government, Hubei Province, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and other relevant departments for 8 times, and all of them were "nobody asked". Should the teachers and students of Yangtze University let polluting enterprises continue to pollute the environment? Should the bad situation of "campus trees being smoked to death and some teachers and students suffering from strange diseases" continue? This is not "it's easy to stand and talk", what is it?

Although the development thinking of "GDP first" has been abandoned by people, and the Central Committee and the State Council have repeatedly reiterated that they should pay attention to scientific development and sustainable development, rather than pollution and bloody GDP, local governments' quick success and hunger for food are still directing environmental events that ignore people's health and sacrifice people's well-being. On the other hand, relevant officials remain silent, irrelevant, or shirk their responsibilities. For many officials, eight letters may be commonplace, and at most it is a "hot potato"; But in the teachers and students of Yangtze University, this means that the right to life and health has been stripped naked. It is hard to understand why this obscure and well-founded petition was ignored, forcing professors to kneel in front of the city government under the sky before getting attention.

Simply look down on professors' knees, thinking that they are "soft knees" is superficial, and even accidentally become an accomplice of tyrannical forces who refuse to remonstrate. It is still necessary to start from the details of the "eight times no one asks questions", trace back step by step, torture the shortcomings of the system, and pursue the responsibility at all levels to prevent similar cases from "rushing headlong into action". At present, the Jingzhou District Government has taken power outage measures against Chu Hang Metal Products Company, which has stopped production. This is a welcome signal and a refutation of the "uselessness" of kneeling. Although it's a little late and sad, it's good to see the dawn.

(selected from "Golden Sheep Network")

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Most government officials are taught by university professors, and it is a social sorrow for professors who have studied all their lives to kneel down to them. If local government officials have a little respect for university professors or knowledge, they will take the initiative to solve the problem; If the public has the power to frighten officials, it is impossible to build a "small steel factory" with serious pollution next to the university campus. Unfortunately, there is no if in life!

Concluding remarks

The way professors kneel down to defend their rights is debatable and controversial. However, "who wants to do dysentery with their hair?" Who doesn't know that kneeling is a shame and bring disgrace to oneself? Who would kneel if they were not forced to? What is worth pondering is, why do you take normal channels to defend your rights but no one cares? Where are the deputies to the National People's Congress who should represent the interests of the people? The government does not close polluting enterprises, regardless of the harm to the health of teachers and students. The fundamental reason is that GDP is paramount and political achievements are paramount. In this reality, it is particularly extravagant to ask and reprimand professors to kneel. If China has a perfect litigation system, professors may be free from this kind of self-harm and dignity, and "civil rights" will be lost. What about "democracy"? Without it, how can there be "people's livelihood"? Professors kneel down, which is actually a civil right "kneel down"!