此地无银三百两
Up to now , we have read many discussions focusing on :
1. Whether Mr. Lee is an abuser, the arguments that follow are that
a) If he is an abuser, the film should be launched and 51 followers feel that it is then justified that his story is exposed.
b) If he is not an abuser, the arguments that follow are that the launching of the film is intruding the rights and privacy of Mr. Lee, and therefore, the film should be stopped.
2. What does a ‘No Contact Order’ indicate? The reasons we are focusing on this argument is because :
a) Mr. Lee is unwilling to disclose the clear verdict and judgement of the Crown re.his domestic violence case to 51 readers and the media . His revelation has been dubious. If he were someone who was looking for true justice and genuine support in 51 against injustice, he would be revealing full details of his legal case to the readers for a fair and constructive discussion. Instead, he manipulates many readers and leaves the readers guessing his criminal and moral stands, sparking off grapevine, through which, Mr. Lee tries to extract words that he might be able to exploit to his advantage.
b) 51 readers are trying to find out if he is truly an abuser or if he has performed any act violating the laws of Domestic Assault.
So following the above tracks, 51 readers have spoken on and on…….
While many readers are very involved with Mr. Lee’s own innocent and emotional plea, some of us sit back and look at other essential , vital and objective facts in his protest against the launching of the film :
1. The Chinese Canadian National Council(CCNC)- 平权会 made that film to campaign for anti- domestic violence. The purpose of the film is to reveal how violence can happen, how the legal system handles it , how a case involving domestic violence can hurt a family, children and adults alike(both man and woman), how the fragile societal groups could suffer more physical damage and how we should change our awareness ,moral and cultural value to promote domestic harmony. The film is about an abuse process, consequence, legal procedures , and societal value that forms the moral foundation for Canadian healthy living.
2. The film may as well be concerned about a domestic violence incident irrespective of whether the abuser is being convicted or not. In fact, if the abuser is not convicted, there is even more reason for the film to be made, to tell the whole world that abusers very often do get away with crimes, and that the degree of abuse varies, it does not have to have resulted in conviction.
3. Regarding the production of the film :
• The film producer has a right to choose any actress to shoot the film, and in this case, they choose Amanda.
• The film producer has a right to make up any story and/or choose any story for production( whether real or fake). In this case the CCNC, CFSO and Amanda came out to publicize that she herself as an actress had bitter experience of domestic assault, and that the film was related ( and only related) to Amanda. By lobbying these facts, they are not doing something illegal or immoral because legally this is true.
• These organizations probably did not address that the story of the film is confirmed by Mr. Lee, and they did not publicize that the partner who was involved in the film was Mr. Lee ( even if they have announced Mr. Lee’s name, I believe it is legitimate because this is a Crown’s case that has been sentenced .) Moreover, the CCNC is producing a film based on information revealed by a legal case which has already been sentenced and is now legally permissible for the public to scrutinize . So either way, whether the film is fake or true , or half fake half true, or all fake , or all true, the CCNC and CFSO are making a film that is legal and illegitimate.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, a Mr. Lee came on to the media out of the blues and claim that he is the husband of the actress and started to declare war on CCNC …... .
Without identifying himself, his daughter might not have fallen to be the victim of the limelight, and would not be to such a great extent if he did not publish his own family, intimate, romantic and womanizing stories . By doing so, obviously Mr. Lee’s integrity is subject to questions too by the public and 51 readers . And it seems that now Mr. Lee has difficulty in accepting the consequence of his own action.
By saying ‘fortunately’, I am pointing out that as an impartial reader, just like many others, who seeks to stand by truth and justice, Mr. Lee’s foolish defence of self-proclaimed innocence in the media has only allowed many of us to unfold the untrustworthiness of his character.
CCNC and CFSO have not violated Mr. Lee’s right . Mr. Lee has abused the freedom of speech in Canada and the sympathy given to him by 51 readers to further mentally and emotionally abuse his own family and in particular, his daughter. He is therefore an ABUSER.
( I am sorry I could not yet translate this into Chinese ) |