There are countless rich people and poor people in this world, the rich are getting richer and richer, and the poor can only find ways to do some work to maintain their lives, so the polar gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger and bigger.
But whether it is the rich people living at the top of the pyramid or the poor people living at the bottom of society, as long as they earn money with their own hands, they do not need to be inferior, there is no distinction between noble and lowly occupations, no kind of work can be called noble, and there is no profession that can be called lowly, it is just a means of making a living.
But there is a profession that is widely criticized, not only because of the nature of its work, but also because of its asking price, which is the "Yangtze River corpse catcher".
Salvaging corpses in the water is regarded as "obscure" by the world
As the name suggests, the "Yangtze River body scavenger" is to salvage the bodies of people who have lost their lives in the Yangtze River for various reasons, and after the bodies are claimed, the body snatchers get paid for it, and they regard this as a profession to make a living.
Whether it is for money or for what, the body snatchers eventually let those who lost their lives in the water "reunite" with their families and go into the ground for safety, at least ending the idea of the living people "to see people alive, to see corpses when they die".
It is reasonable to say that this profession should be respected by the world even if it has certain particularities, and even if it is not tolerated and understood, it should not be spurned, but the body snatcher is regarded as obscure, unfortunate, and tragically rejected by people.
Probably most people can't understand why the good guys have to choose such a "thriller" career, and having hands and feet to do any other job seems to be more decent and more secure.
It's just that for people in this industry, most of them live by the sea, live in poverty, and have no other skills, and they are forced to choose to do such work.
Although not understood and tolerated by others, the corpse hunters still set off before dawn, sailing a small boat on the water, going back and forth to find out if there was a "target" under the water.
People who can do such a job must have a strong psychological quality, because the body that has been soaked in the water for a long time has undergone some changes in appearance, not only the body is blistered and swollen, the face is seriously deformed, and the body will also emit a stink after a long time.
It is precisely because of this that the industry also has some taboos and evil customs, after all, dealing with dead people every day, what should be observed is still to be honestly observed.
For example, the tools used to retrieve corpses can no longer be used for fishing or other purposes; when salvaging corpses, they must stand tall, do not let the corpses exceed the top of their heads, and at the same time, do not let the corpses see their faces, and so on.
Whether it is true or not, you can see how great psychological pressure and external pressure the body snatchers are under, but they still insist on this job, perhaps not just for money.
The demand for the corpse was attacked by public opinion
The profession of the body scavenger can be traced back to the 1950s, when the people who did this were fishermen who lived by the sea and fished for a living, and they did not want money after they salvaged the corpses, as long as they were souvenirs, they met large families, and they saw that they were so hard that they might give some money.
Later, the living conditions became better and better, the means of earning a living became more and more, and there were fewer and fewer people in this line of work, and only a few older people still held on to the surface of the water with their boats.
The profession of body scavenger was really noticed in 2009, when three college students died on the yangtze river in Jingzhou, Hubei Province, because they saved two drowning children.
(Three college students who drowned to save two children)
The heroic deeds of these three college students were reported by the media, and people were also deeply moved by the heroic acts of these three college students, and it was precisely because everyone was deeply touched by their act of sacrificing their lives to save people, so they were furious after knowing that the corpse snatchers demanded a large amount of corpse price, and once pushed this profession to the forefront.
Because of the rapid flow, after the police arrived at the accident site, the bodies of the three college students did not know where to rush, although a large number of people were sent to search and rescue, but because they were not familiar with the terrain, so after some efforts were fruitless, the police could only turn to the fishermen who lived nearby to salvage the bodies.
They have been engaged in this kind of work for a long time, and their operations are skillful and methodical compared to the policemen who are running around like headless flies.
After some searching, the bodies of the three college students were soon found and salvaged, but the people who fished the bodies demanded that the families pay 36,000 yuan before allowing them to take the bodies.
Although they felt that their asking price was too high, but the parents who loved their children had the heart to take care of these, they only wanted to bring back their children and bury them well, so they paid them 36,000 yuan according to the requirements of the body snatchers.
This matter was soon reported by the media and was known to the public, and for a time the Internet was full of scoldings against the body snatchers, "asking for corpses", "making dead people rich", "doing whatever it takes for money", and saying anything ugly.
The public believes that these three college students died to save people, are heroes, the body snatchers can not collect money from their families out of moral norms, and they also collect 36,000 yuan, which is too ugly to eat, these people are sure that the family will give them the money, so they deliberately raise the price.
For a time, this topic became more and more hyped, and the profession of corpse fishing was attacked by public opinion. Some people even suggest that the relevant departments should formulate relevant systems to restrain their behavior of asking for prices and make reasonable pricing, but because the body snatchers are spontaneously organized, it is not like companies and enterprises have relevant licenses, so it is difficult to restrain.
In these doubts and insults, the public accuses the body snatchers from the moral high ground from the perspective of an outsider, but they have not changed their perspective to experience the difficulties of the body snatchers.
They are not cold-blooded animals, they are also flesh and blood people, the public can not deny their kindness and conscience because of the matter of collecting corpses and asking for money, just as a bystander, before they understand the origin of the matter, they indiscriminately insult and accuse, which is too extreme.
"Don't persuade others to be kind without suffering from others", without really participating in this job, I think maybe we are not qualified to evaluate whether this matter is right or wrong.
High-risk industries, on the fringes of law and ethics
For those of us laymen, we may never experience the experience of these people, who have been dealing with "deformed" and "twisted" dead people all their lives, whether the body is decomposing or not, whether it stinks or not, they insist on salvaging it from the water.
The public only sees the sky-high asking price of 36,000, but they do not see their actual income and the harm that this profession brings to them.
In the process of salvaging the body, the body scavenger and the corpse are in direct contact, because the immersion in the water is too long, not to mention the visual impact and psychological pressure brought by the appearance, the corpse odor is unbearable, and the corpse odor is difficult to clean after the body is stained, and it takes a few days to wash it off.
Not only that, a large amount of dirt is accumulated under the water, and many harmful substances will be contaminated on the corpse, which will cause harm to the health of the body snatcher.
Because of the accidents and high risk factors of water work, coupled with the particularity of the profession, the profession of "body scavenger" is called "high-risk work", and even insurance companies are reluctant to sell insurance to them.
In addition, in the eyes of the public "high salary" they actually do not have a high income, on the one hand, in addition to the labor costs of labor, as well as the cost of fishing boat consumption, whether it is the maintenance of fishing boats, the gasoline required for driving needs to be spent.
Moreover, not every salvage has gained, because the water will change the location of the body, so it can only search over and over again, of course, they also have times when they can't find it, and the manpower and material resources spent at this time are also a big expense.
And they did not salvage alone, but worked under the cooperation and organization of the team, and in the summer, they had to salvage at least forty times a summer, and more than 13 people a day, even so, in the case of profit sharing, the profits received by each person were not considerable.
After the emergence of some official organizations of the maritime search and rescue team, more and more people began to question the rationality of the existence of this industry, even if there are many drawbacks in the "body scavenger" industry, it is still necessary.
It not only exists as an organization for the salvage of corpses, it is also an organization for saving people at sea, and when someone is killed or unfortunately falls into the water, they will also help and save people from danger.
Because there is no perfect mechanism and legal normative mechanism, so the profession of "body scavenger" is still on the fringes of law and morality, if the profession of "corpse scavenger" is truly accepted by people and reduce the controversy of this profession, it is still necessary for the government to come forward, rather than only using moral requirements to constrain and regulate.
Because of the special nature of this profession, we reject, accuse, dislike, and mind from our point of view and position, but we have never considered what kind of external pressure the parties in this special profession suffer, and the smell of corpses on their bodies makes them unable to socialize and live like normal people, and everyone is disgusted with them, forgetting that they are just ordinary people forced by life.
The disapproval of society, the incomprehension of the public, and all kinds of doubts are not a kind of suffering for them, but what can they do? refute? revolt? Everything is so powerless in the face of the public's scolding, all they can do is silence, silently salvage corpses, silently save those who are struggling in the water.
Anything that exists is reasonable, and the continuation of this profession must have its continuing value and significance to the present, and we do not need to rebuke and attack any profession, as long as it feeds the family through the income of the labor of both hands, it is worthy of praise and respect.