Chapter 3153 Savage Justice (4)

Nowadays, Whitechapel has been renovated and is no longer as crowded as it was at the end of the 19th century. At least the roads are much wider. Those winding, dark and narrow alleys are hidden behind the commercial streets, and a tour guide is needed to find the "scene" of the past.

The tour guide was wearing Victorian clothes and was carrying a suitcase, which contained a large amount of information and photos related to the case. A large group of tourists wearing modern clothes followed him in broad daylight. Instead of feeling scary, it was inexplicably funny.

The buildings near the "attraction" are still very old, and some areas, such as the Bishop's Square, do not have street lights installed, and the brick walls are covered with graffiti.

Although Buckingham Palace was clean, Pomona saw no young people there, while East London was full of life.

Vampires do prefer younger prey, and not just because they are fresher.

Human beings generally believe that living is better than dying. Living is a kind of blessing, and dying is a kind of loss. The stars in the spotlight not only brought powerful songs, but also made the audience scream together.

Based on this understanding, utilitarians believe that allowing more people to live increases the total amount of good and welfare.

Bentham believed that social happiness is based on the premise of personal happiness, that is, social happiness is also personal happiness, but what if the individual is unhappy?

Wouldn’t Jack’s victims, those late at night on the dark streets, want to live in clean, comfortable houses? There are also orphans like Oliver. Don't they want to have a happy childhood instead of working as an apprentice in a coffin shop at a young age?

In ancient times, there was a mother who moved three times with her children. One of them was next to a coffin shop. Her children even learned how to mourn. She had to move again in order for her children to learn well.

But Oliver didn't have that kind of mother. Although she died giving birth to him, he still defended her when others humiliated her, showing a side of him that was different from his docile appearance.

A kid like him had to stay ferocious if he wanted to survive... The thought of living filled the veins of people like him, their hearts beat, and then Oliver tried his best to escape. The "good business" coffin shop walked to London, and Richard Parker boarded a ship to Australia.

What is "alive"? Some people may think that they live a long life, but what if they live a long life but age? Just like the lover of the goddess of dawn, she asked Zeus to give him eternal life but forgot to stay young. In the end, she turned into a cricket. Because the pain could not end, she could only whine in the grass.

Therefore, people worship vampires, not only to live forever, but also to stay young forever. Young people hope to be able to stay in this state before they grow old, rather than waiting for their hair to fall out and their teeth to become sparse before they can achieve immortality.

This is the "rule" of "first embrace". It cannot turn back time and make the person who is embraced for the first time become young again.

The first embrace is like a blessing at this time, which can be poured from one container into another container, so that the "blessing of eternal life" is transferred.

Let’s put it another way, if you have a very healthy daughter whose organs match five children who are in urgent need of help, would you kill your absolutely healthy daughter in order to save these five children? Five families will become happy as a result.

Most people would not think this is correct. In other words, losing one person's well-being cannot be gained by another five people, but is considered to increase the total amount of well-being.

The Queen v. Dudley and Stephen case defined this "transfer" as a sin and banned it. Blood-sucking is actually the same as cannibalism, which is to transfer the life force of others by some means.

Blood, meat, organs, etc., all belong to other people's right to physical health, and unauthorized "transfer" is an infringement.

The other is the "merits bank" that issues "indulgences", which stores the "excess good deeds" of the saints. It is originally non-transferable, but by purchasing indulgences, these merits are also transferred, and the souls who deserve to go to hell are saved. The Son ascended to heaven.

In addition to physical health, people also have mental health. Anyway, serial killers like "Jack" should not be considered mentally healthy.

But people were fascinated by him, at least these tourists were. When the tour guide showed the "pictures" of the crime scene, most of them had smiles on their faces that said "the trip was well worth it."

There are no minors here, and there are a few tourists who show sad and unbearable expressions. Pomona will not make any comments on this because she has no right to make any comments.

She just followed her personal understanding, just like the owner of the coffin shop where Oliver worked. From his perspective, the spread of the plague was a wonderful thing, and not everyone who lost a loved one or partner was sad.

Sympathy itself is actually a kind of arrogance, because people who sympathize with others feel that they are lucky enough not to be exposed to the misfortune of others.

The people in the grave are dead, but the people attending the funeral are still alive. Based on the equation of living = well-being, the person who lost his life is unfortunate, even if adults will tell the children attending the funeral that the deceased went to a "better place."

If a person is terminally ill and suffers endless pain, then death is a relief for him.

Or, like Lily and James, they never saw filth and ugliness while they were alive, and kept their pure souls, and were missed after death.

But there are certainly people who would disagree with her and who could actually live happier lives.

Is this possible? We cannot get the best consequences. "Moderate morality" is more suitable for the popularization and promotion of good deeds. After all, not everyone is the prime minister, good at business, or the richest among Confucius' disciples like Zigong.

But this is an Eastern story. The story that is more easily accepted in the West is that a certain saint donated all his property and lived a pious life of "keeping poverty".

Some people also believe that priority should be given to disadvantaged groups at low levels, and the income of people with high well-being should be transferred to people with absolutely low levels, thereby increasing the total amount of well-being.

But even the rich will fall back into poverty, or like Peabody, who didn't leave any money to his son, or like Paul de Lamery, who didn't give his father a decent funeral, but He was recognized as a good man because of his donations to the community.

Even if it is not a decent funeral, it is still a funeral. At least Lameli's body will be intact, unlike Jack's victims, who did not even have the last privacy and dignity after death.

When people cannot get satisfaction from the external world, they turn to the internal world to find a balance.

However, serial killers usually kill to satisfy their own twisted desires, which they cannot find in the inner world.

When people cannot get what they want from traditional religions, they turn to new religions.

Vampires have the power of eternal life, but mortals do not. This creates an inequality. The solution that humans imagine is "transfer." I believe that it is much easier for a vampire to gain eternal life after "first embracing" than what the church said. , as long as the vampire is in a good mood, he will distribute the blessings to that "container", so that mortals can also become vampires.

In the past, people only focused on the total amount of happiness, but did not pay attention to the issue of distribution. For example, during World War II, the Frenchman who controlled energy throughout the UK but turned up the heating turned up the heating. According to him, he increased the total amount of happiness. , but not evenly distributed. In fact, there is a solution, which is to bring the hungry and cold people on the street to his home and share his extra warmth with a few more people. Anyway, he is so eloquent, so he might as well use actions instead of words like the inarticulate king.

Of course, if someone has nothing to do, they can also do the same "calculation questions" as him.

Pomona heard the door open and poked her head out of the kitchen. Severus looked shocked when he just walked in.

"You're back." She walked out of the kitchen wearing an apron, but it was a pity that he didn't bring his briefcase, otherwise she could have taken it.

"What happened?" he couldn't help asking loudly.

"I decorated this place," Pomona said with a smile. "Do you like it?"

She spent an afternoon decorating the apartment like a "home". Not only was the furniture fully furnished, she even changed the wallpaper and put flowers.

He was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

"How was work today?" Pomona continued.

Before he could answer, the furniture in the room suddenly began to tremble, as if there was an earthquake.

Severus took a dagger out of nowhere and stuck it on a table, causing the furniture to stop shaking.

The ghosts living here screamed and ran away... In fact, before Pomona rearranged the apartment, this was their place. Now that she rearranged it, it was considered "disturbing" their lives, and then they started "Tricky".

But compared to the fright that the ghosts suffered, Pomona felt that Snape might need to "suppress the fright" more.

"They won't let you in?" Pomona asked.

"No." He said perfunctorily, then walked around her, opened the door to his own room, and closed it with a bang.

His bedroom, Pomona, had not been moved. She had already expected that if even that place was changed, he would have no choice but to return to the house on Spider End Lane.

Change needs to be done slowly and not in a hurry, just like the stew in her pot, it needs to be simmered over low heat.

"Are you having rice or mashed potatoes for dinner?" Pomona asked loudly through the door.

There was no response in the bedroom for a long time.

"Then I will make dinner as you are used to in school." Pomona said loudly, and then hummed back to the kitchen.

According to the tradition of the Romans, there should be a kitchen in the home. This was not only a place for family gatherings, but also a place for family sacrifices. The city and country were regarded as a huge family, so there were public kitchens, and citizens would cook the kitchens. The fire inside is introduced into one's own home and becomes a symbol of harmony.

The goddess Vesta is the goddess of domestic stoves and flames. Unmarried women serve as sacrifices for public stoves, and the sacred fire that maintains the stoves is always burning.

When immigrants move to a new place of residence, they bring the sacred fire of their homeland with them.

Although Pomona loves food magic, she still likes to use fire to cook food.

She didn't expect it when she ate the fancy sushi that day because everyone else ate it and it actually tasted good.

Dudley calls Richard Parker "breakfast," and they can't light a fire at sea, so they have to eat "sashimi."

Why did he call it that? Because if you don't treat him as a human being, you won't feel so guilty?

Even if Richard's brother forgives him, will his heart still be at peace?

Pomona took a deep breath, put all the "distracting thoughts" out of his mind, and continued cooking.

She didn't know how the Death Eaters arranged it. Anyway, cooking was required at the Order of the Phoenix headquarters. This was Dumbledore's first step in creating a "home atmosphere." After a stressful day, people need a place where they can rest peacefully, although the same thing can be done by travel management and canteens.

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Georgiana saw many people queuing up to eat outside a cave.

The cave looked less like a natural one and more like a mine, with wooden pillars and tracks for transporting ore.

This place gave her a very bad feeling, so she used the Disillusionment Charm on herself and walked in, intending to find out.

"Are you going to be alone?"

Just as she was about to take action, Rosier's "Sol" said.

"When did you come?" asked Georgiana.

"I'll go with you." Thor said, turning the sapphire ring on his hand, and he became invisible.

"I thought you didn't need invisibility." Georgiana said with a smile, although she knew the other person couldn't see her smile.

"I hate this place." Thor said, and then a row of footprints appeared in the snow on the ground, spreading towards the entrance of the cave.

Georgiana followed. Although they didn't say how they would move and contact them later, which made her a little uneasy, the large army would arrive at any time, and they had no time to waste time.