Chapter 250: "Freedom" and "Law"

Joan lacked sufficient knowledge of law and was not good at moral and philosophical speculation. Looking at what the "Son of Freedom" did from the perspective of an outsider, it was instinctively disgusting.
In fact, not only Joan disliked the "Son of Freedom", but Rebecca put disgust on her face.
When Joseph Adams revealed his identity and actively invited her to join the "Children's Association of Freedom", the girl who was a little cowardly and timid was uncharacteristically and refused without hesitation.
"Thank you for your good intentions, Mr. Adams, but I have no intention of having a relationship with your organization. By the way, one more thing-smuggling is a shameful crime anyway!"
"Is it shameful?" Adams shook his head and smiled. "Miss Castis, you are too young to understand that there are no black and white things in this world."
"You said that smuggling is illegal and criminal, but have you ever thought about who made the law?"
"Why do those who make laws require you and I to obey the laws they make?"
"Law makers are also human beings, and their intelligence and morals are not necessarily better than you and me. Why should we ensure that the laws we make are absolutely fair and unquestionable?"
Rebecca was overwhelmed by this series of interrogations, and stunned for a long time before he shouted angrily: "You say these are pure sophistry! It's pointless!
"Okay, let's get back to the topic."
Adams smiled kindly, neither anxious nor angry.
"You accuse us of tax evasion, which I admit, but we also have a pain. If the imperial authorities monopolized the import and export trade and forced us, those originally guarded traders, to pay heavy taxes, why would we risk smuggling at the risk of being hanged? "
Adams sighed and continued:
"What is even more intolerable for us is that the imperial authorities and the colonial government have not fulfilled their obligations to protect the colonial inhabitants. The businessmen who observe the law-abiding businessmen have been robbed by pirates but do nothing. Who will follow the law in the long run?
"It's not that we are willing to commit crimes, it's this unfair world that forces us to take the path of crime! These truths, a lady like you who was born in a noble family and has never suffered from misery will not understand."
"Mr. Adams, I'm so embarrassed! I'm not a'flower in the greenhouse'! I have suffered much more than you think, both mentally and physically, and it's not worth showing off!"
Rebecca's face flushed red, her gaze firm and hot, and Joan saw the persistent look on her face for the first time.
"We are back to the topic, Mr. Adams, the remarks you made just now may be true, but I don't think it should all be blamed on the imperial authority or the Excellency Governor, do you have no responsibility yourself?"
"In fact, the tax rate originally set by the colonial authorities was lower than that of the empire, but no matter how low the tax rate was, the insatiable profiteers would not be satisfied!"
"It is precisely because you refuse to pay taxes in accordance with the law that the government cannot obtain sufficient fiscal revenue through the existing taxes, so it has to repeatedly increase the tax rate to make up for the shortfall."
"This is equivalent to those of you greedy and selfish tax evaders who pass on the tax burden that they should bear to us, the law-abiding people who pay taxes according to the law-why should I sympathize with you, and why should I share with you?"
"It is precisely because of your unscrupulous smuggling that led to a sharp reduction in tariffs, the colonial government lost the important income of tariffs, and the budget is stretched. Of course, there is no money to build warships and recruit troops, no money to improve armaments, and what to protect the people under rule. ?"
"You smuggle and evade taxes, and earn money that you don't care about, but put it in your own pockets, but the consequences are borne by us innocent people. Have you ever felt even a trace of guilt? Have you ever considered donating even a gold coin to a slum child? We provide a free lunch, have you contributed even a brick to the repair of the city wall!"
Adams looked slightly stiff, almost trying to refute, but couldn't find a chance to interrupt Rebecca's words, so he shook his head bitterly and listened patiently.
Joan could hear God and fell into thought.
He is neither interested nor interested in matters such as politics and economy.
But only from the perspective of language logic, he found that the debate between Rebecca and Adams was caught in a strange circle of "there are eggs or chickens first."
It is really difficult to make it clear that smugglers of tax evasion and government agencies that set harsh taxes on miscellaneous taxes, whoever is sorry first, who is worse than anyone.
But to take a step back, Rebecca's argument can achieve at least one secondary goal:
Since neither side is a good bird, if anyone tries to pretend to be a victim and try to seize the moral commanding heights, it will even show its brazenness!
Rebecca breathed a sigh of relief, trying to calm down the excitement, staring at Adams, and solemnly speaking his final decision.
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Adams, I don't care who is right or wrong with you, but just don't see your style of behavior."
"I don't want to join an organization that makes me feel ashamed."
"I will keep my mouth tight on what happened here today. I sincerely hope that we will not have any intersection in the future. Good luck! Joan, let's go!"
Rebecca took Joan's hand and turned to leave.
Joan has been watching the movements of the two people with cold eyes.
When Rebecca stated his position, he found Joseph Adams sighing in his forehead, and "Ms. Wolf" suddenly straightened her waist, as if she really turned into a female wolf about to attack, and the cold eyes behind the mask showed. Senran killing intention.
Joan shuddered, without thinking about blocking Rebecca behind him, pulling out a dagger in his hand, and the magic candlestick reflected the chilling light.
"Everyone! Don't be impulsive, there is something to say!"
Adams raised his hand to stop the conflict between the two sides, and looked at "Mrs. Wolf" with an unhappy look.
"My friend, you'd better calm down. We are all grown-ups and can't live with children."
"I don't want to bully the children, but they know too much. If you let them go like this, don't you worry about leaving trouble?"
"Ms. Wolf" asked coldly.
"Anyway, sooner or later, we have to show off with Andrew Snow. There is nothing to hide. As for my personal privacy, I believe they are not interested in tracking down. After all, there are so many people named'Joseph Adams' in the world, and I am nothing. A big name with a big name."
Adams smiled lazily and turned to Rebecca and said:
"Miss Castis, you can leave with confidence, and I guarantee that the people of "Son of Freedom" will not trouble you."

The prototype of the "Son of Freedom" in the book is the "Association of the Freedom" that was on the eve of the North American War of Independence.
In the history textbook, the description of this organization is a positive image.
However, this is not entirely the case.
The Freedom Children Association is essentially a gang.
Their main behaviors include, but are not limited to, tax evasion, smuggling and sale of stolen goods, unscrupulous insults, kidnapping, assault, and insults against the royalist party and even the neutrals.
The various acts of the Freedom Son on the eve of independence, including their performance in the so-called Boston Massacre and the Tea Pour Incident, are plainly gangsters.
The British Empire is somewhat decent.
Gentleman, in the end it is a rogue with no lower limit.
It's just that at a certain historical stage, the gangster happened to be on the right side of politics, and later it was washed white, and instead became a "revolutionary."
Judging from the history of the birth of the Son of Liberty, I personally think that the United States, saying that it is a rogue country born of injustice, may be extreme, but generally it cannot be wrong.
This rogue approach and the so-called "city on the mountain" and the arrogance of self-proclaimed God voters have permeated all aspects of American history, and there has been no essential change until now.
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