“Society's sickness, my medicine”的版本间的差异
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Short for "if society is sick, why do I have to take medicine?" (''shèhuì shēngbìng le, wèishénme ràng wǒ chī yào'' 社会生病了，为什么让我吃药), a lament for individuals pushed to violence by social ills. | Short for "if society is sick, why do I have to take medicine?" (''shèhuì shēngbìng le, wèishénme ràng wǒ chī yào'' 社会生病了，为什么让我吃药), a lament for individuals pushed to violence by social ills. | ||
| − | In sensational cases of arson or murder, netizens may sympathize with the perpetrator. Netizens blame | + | In sensational cases of arson or murder, netizens may sympathize with the perpetrator. Netizens blame "the system" (‘’tǐzhì‘’ 体制)—endemic social injustice and inequality—for forcing these individuals to commit their crimes, then exacting punishment from them. |
| − | The Baidu Baike entry for "society-sick-me-medicine" cites the 2013 "Beijing airport bombing" as one | + | The [http://baike.baidu.com/view/11418329.htm Baidu Baike entry] for "society-sick-me-medicine" cites the 2013 "[http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/10/beijing-airport-bomber-sentenced-six-years/ Beijing airport bombing]" as one of several cases illustrating how one person was given the medicine for society's sickness. After allegedly being beaten by the police in 2005, Ji Zhongxing spent years petitioning for compensation. Frustrated in his efforts, the wheelchair-bound Ji set off a homemade explosive at the Beijing Capital International Airport on July 20, 2013. Although only Ji was injured in the blast, he was sentenced to six years in prison in October 2013. The sentence prompted sympathy and anger from Ji's lawyer and supporters, who felt the sentence was yet another cruelty visited on the victim China's socio-political system. |
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| + | "Society-sick-me-medicine" is among a long list of "[http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/minitrue-no-more-toads-pigs-pills-zhaos/ negative political terms]" that journalists should avoid, as instructed in a leaked propaganda directive from January 2, 2016. | ||
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2016年2月4日 (四) 21:56的版本
shèbìngwǒyào 社病我药
Short for "if society is sick, why do I have to take medicine?" (shèhuì shēngbìng le, wèishénme ràng wǒ chī yào 社会生病了，为什么让我吃药), a lament for individuals pushed to violence by social ills.
In sensational cases of arson or murder, netizens may sympathize with the perpetrator. Netizens blame "the system" (‘’tǐzhì‘’ 体制)—endemic social injustice and inequality—for forcing these individuals to commit their crimes, then exacting punishment from them.
The Baidu Baike entry for "society-sick-me-medicine" cites the 2013 "Beijing airport bombing" as one of several cases illustrating how one person was given the medicine for society's sickness. After allegedly being beaten by the police in 2005, Ji Zhongxing spent years petitioning for compensation. Frustrated in his efforts, the wheelchair-bound Ji set off a homemade explosive at the Beijing Capital International Airport on July 20, 2013. Although only Ji was injured in the blast, he was sentenced to six years in prison in October 2013. The sentence prompted sympathy and anger from Ji's lawyer and supporters, who felt the sentence was yet another cruelty visited on the victim China's socio-political system.
"Society-sick-me-medicine" is among a long list of "negative political terms" that journalists should avoid, as instructed in a leaked propaganda directive from January 2, 2016.
