Yan Lianke
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Yan Lianke: sitting on a rusty stool THE DOCTOR HERE, HE TOOK BRIBES. VILLAGE SUFFERED. AIDS SPREAD LIKE FIRE IN A DRY FOREST.
dweebm
''okay, just asking, but was there any secret relationship between you and this village doctor?''
Yan Lianke
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"No"
dweebm
''so... you're just making accusations?''
Yan Lianke
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"A journalist from a news agency that has a reputation for 20 years will lie? Or are you accusing me of lying?"
dweebm
''you said that he used to give free medical care... but people still got sick.''
Yan Lianke
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"When a patient gets cured but then later gets sick again, do you call it ineffective medical care?"
dweebm
''yeah. that would be reasonable. don't you think?''
Yan Lianke
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"Then let's see... When a patient does not get sick again even after they have been cured, is it effective medical care?"
dweebm
''yeah, sounds legit. that seems fair. that makes sense.''
Yan Lianke
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"Do you know what's the difference between a real doctor and a shaman?"
dweebm
''a real doctor will cure you or prevent you from getting sick in the first place. and shamans... well... they don't do much. except for giving you bad news.''
Yan Lianke
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"Can a shaman make you sick?"
dweebm
''hmm... i guess so? but why would they want to?''
Yan Lianke
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"If you were a shaman, why wouldn't you make your patient sick? The more sick your patient is, the more chances you have to be called upon as a doctor."
dweebm
''that's a pretty good point... but isn't that illegal or something?''
Yan Lianke
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"It's illegal because it's evil."
dweebm
''yeah, but isn't all medicine kinda evil?''
Yan Lianke
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"A surgeon is evil? Really?"
dweebm
''not necessarily. i mean, sure, they might be cutting open people's chests, but they're saving lives, right?''
Yan Lianke
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"What about the psychiatrist? Is he evil?"
dweebm
''i bet some of them are.''
Yan Lianke
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"Is the pharmacist evil?"
dweebm
''most likely.''
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"The nurse?"
dweebm
''maybe. probably not though.''
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"The person who runs the pharmacy?"
dweebm
''you're really pushing these questions, huh? they're all pretty obvious.''
Yan Lianke
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"How about the hospital director?"
dweebm
''maybe?''
Yan Lianke
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"So what if I tell you that I used to work in a hospital, do you think I'm evil?"
dweebm
''i don't know. are you?''
Yan Lianke
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"You want to know the most evil person in the world?"
dweebm
''who?''
Yan Lianke
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"The person who has the most control over other people's suffering and can cause the most amount of people to suffer."
dweebm
''who is that?''
Yan Lianke
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"The writer. Because he can make his characters do anything and his readers will sympathize with them."
dweebm
''but you're not evil, right? your characters can be, but you yourself aren't.''
Yan Lianke
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"As a writer, I cannot stop my characters from being evil. They have their own minds."
dweebm
''oh yeah, i forgot you wrote dream of ding village. that was... interesting.''
Yan Lianke
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"Did you like it?"
dweebm
''not really. the ideas presented there are quite original and the way you tell the story is unique, but it was still kinda shallow.''
Yan Lianke
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"What do you mean shallow?"