This "water master",
Talk without water.
Author: Liu Xiao
Editor: Xu Ye
"Taiwan is part of China!"
"If you don't know, it's that you haven't read enough, go back and read more!"
In the past two days, the picture of British rock singer Roger Waters persuading cnn hosts to read more books has been widely circulated.
Who is Waters?
For some, the name may be a little unfamiliar; But for another part of the population, mentioning him opens the valve of memory.
Known as "Water Master", he speaks without water
Pink Floyd, hailed as one of the greatest rock bands of the 20th century.
Waters was the co-founder of the band.
The status of the jianghu is placed here, and because his surname is Waters, which is similar to "Water", Chinese netizens call him "Water Master".
But this "water master" does not mix water when he speaks.
No, in a recent interview with CNN, he threw out the big truth -
The CNN host tried to dig a pit: "Chinese is busy besieging Taiwan (the region)..."
He immediately interrupted and retorted: "They are not encircling the Taiwan region. Taiwan is part of China, and since 1948 the entire international community has fully embraced this. If you don't know, then you haven't read enough, go back and read more! ”
In an interview with CNN, Waters argued.
The CNN host continued with the rhythm: "Chinese is the number one on the list of human rights violations. Why are you always blaming the West? ”
He sneered and replied, "This is your own list!" "China didn't invade Iraq in 2003 and massacre millions of people." Ask you Chinese invade and slaughter anyone?"
CnN hosts continued to smear China with some inexplicable and baseless fake news, and Waters looked up at the sky several times on the spot and sighed, couldn't bear it, and angrily said: "you!" Nonsense, nonsense! ”
In an interview with Waters (left), CNN host Michael Smerk constantly tries to bring rhythm.
In that interview, Waters also pointed out that the culprit of the Ukraine crisis is NATO, which insists on further expansion along the Russian border.
Afterwards, Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian Security Council, posted on social networking sites praising him, saying: "There are still normal people in the West. ”
This isn't actually the first time Waters has attracted attention in recent times.
On previous tours, he has referred to US President Joe Biden as a "war criminal."
Waters once used a montage on the set screen to accuse US President Biden of being a "war criminal."
Sand in the eyes of Western politicians
In the 1960s, the Western world entered a period of social turmoil, and problems such as war and inequality between rich and poor left the Western youth at that time confused.
Born in 1944, Waters was an energetic and thoughtful young man. This is closely related to his experience as a child.
His father, Eric Waters, joined the British Communist Party after the outbreak of World War II. During the war, after seeing the heinous crimes committed by the German Nazis against the people of Europe, the elder Waters signed up for the army, but unfortunately died in a bombing bombing by the German Nazis.
Young Waters, because his father died in battle, was covered with a thick layer of war trauma. This made him more disgusted with war than ordinary people, and he was more deeply aware of the decay of the Western world than ordinary people, and realized the hypocrisy of Western politicians launching unjust wars.
Because of this, Waters later wrote many songs that exposed the reality of the West. Pink Floyd, who he co-founded, was not destined to be a band that went with the flow since its inception.
Waters (second from left) with pink floyd and other members.
In March 1967, the band released their first single in the United Kingdom, Arnold Layne, a song that sought freedom and liberation against Western government oppression and was banned by the BBC and various radio stations.
Although they have become the sand in the eyes of Western politicians, they have won the support of the Western people, who regard them as the "greatest band".
In pink floyd's 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon, which made Pink Floyd famous, Waters wrote: "Money, stay away from me. In the lyrics, the disgust with capitalism is palpable.
Waters turned out to sing the pain of the Western people, resonating widely, and the album became one of the most successful albums in rock history.
The 1979 album Lost Wall, most of the lyrics written by Waters, tells the story of the growth of a British singer whose family was torn apart by World War II. It's another album that shocked the world, with lyrics writing: "Did you hear the bombs falling?" ”
It is said that british prime minister Margaret Thatcher hated several of Waters's famous songs for the album "The Wall" because they exposed the fact that Western politicians controlled and oppressed people. But because of this, these songs have been written into the annals of rock and roll music and have become classic songs sung by fans around the world.
In 2007, when Waters came to China to perform, Cui Jian incarnated as a "fan brother" and told the media: "This kind of old man's live to see one less, Pink Floyd is definitely one of the greatest bands in the history of rock and roll." ”
At the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, a pink flying pig floated in the air, paying homage to Pink Floyd, the great band, and the golden age of rock 'n' roll in which they were involved.
Rise this pink flying pig over London.
Even if the honor is added, waters has suffered a lot of pressure due to years of criticism of Western political and economic circles. Over the years, he has often been labeled as a "mentally inferior" and snubbed on many occasions, which is precisely the usual means used by Western governments to marginalize dissidents.
Let Zuckerberg "get out"
Waters always tore the fig leaf of Western society without mercy.
During the 2020 US election, Waters said in an interview with Russia Today that Trump is a failed president. The choice between Trump and Biden is also meaningless, because they are representatives of the interests of a very small number of powerful people and do not represent the interests of ordinary people.
He pointedly pointed out: "American democracy is a false democracy." ”
Waters despised the "double standard" coverage of the Western media, which always referred to all the news from China and Russia as "political propaganda."
He was keenly aware that the West "in the current political environment, political propaganda is very radical, Western governments try to scandalize the 'truth' as 'extreme views'" and then marginalize those who hold "extreme views".
In Waters's mind, The people of the West are already dissatisfied with the hypocrisy and decay of Western governments, and once the epidemic is over, the protests in the streets of the West will rise one after another.
Waters (infographic).
In 2021, Facebook-owned Instagram (photo wall) threw an olive branch to Waters, hoping to obtain his authorization to allow Instagram to use "Another Brick on the Wall" as a promotional song.
Interestingly, "Another Brick on the Wall" is a song that satirizes the cultivation of capitalist slaves in the Western capitalist education system.
In recent years, Facebook scandals have occurred frequently, not only for the sake of profits to invade user privacy, but also exposed to the scandal of squeezing employees and blocking the news of employee suicide, which makes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a typical example of the ugly face of Western capitalism.
Zuckerberg rammed himself into the muzzle of the gun, and Waters was indignant.
At a meeting, he pulled out Zuckerberg's transcript of a text message with him, pointing out that Zuckerberg used a large sum of money to lure him into licensing songs, and in the end he gave only one reply: "Get out!" ”
Waters said at that meeting: "Companies like Facebook just want to control everything (invasion of privacy, manipulation of consumption), and I hope to contribute my rights to people who have the ability to rebel against Zuckerberg." I'm not going to go along with people like Zuckerberg. ”
Waters (second from right) holds up the chat history and speaks at the meeting.
As soon as the words fell, the applause thundered.
In the future, the nearly 80-year-old "Water Master" will undoubtedly throw himself into the struggle and "support those who have the ability to fight."
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