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And to what do I owe...The Gentlemen · 2020 — 第 10 / 15 章 · 2'38" · C1
Lord George and Mickey Debate Vice, Explained：eyebrows deep in something
Lord George calls horse racing his only vice; Mickey won't let him have it, insisting he is "eyebrows deep in every vice known to man." The argument becomes a debate about ethics — whether facilitating crime counts as taking part, and which drugs actually destroy lives.
あらすじ
Lord George and Mr. Pearson meet while a horse race plays on satellite from Hong Kong. George jokes that racing is his only vice; Mickey contradicts him and accuses him of being deep in every vice there is. What follows is a debate on ethics: George says he only facilitates other people's vices, and Mickey argues that dealing in marijuana is the lesser evil.
注目の表現
my only viceeyebrows deep in somethingfacilitatedeal in
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このシーンの表現
eyebrows deep in something
deeply sunk into something
Mickey tells him he is eyebrows deep in every vice known to man, not just the horses.
He's eyebrows deep in debt after the failed shop.
このシーンの他の表現
- my only vice
the one bad habit I claim
- facilitate
make something possible
- deal in
trade in a product
- a destroyer of worlds
something that ruins everything
- a sermon on something
a lecture on a topic
このシーンのメモ一覧
31 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
TV — British casual for television; use television in formal talk.
I'm watching the telly.watching horse races
I'm watching the horse racing.a live satellite feed
Live satellite from Hong Kong.not exactly accurate
Well, that's not strictly true, is it?criminal acts
Meaning I've always taken vice to be the definition of any criminal activity or wicked behavior,take something to be: Take A to be B means to regard A as B; here it states his definition of vice.
Meaning I've always taken vice to be the definition of any criminal activity or wicked behavior,known to humanity
racing is definitely not your only vice, your lordship. I'd say you're eyebrows deep in every vice known to man.Stress eye and deep to land the exaggeration.
racing is definitely not your only vice, your lordship. I'd say you're eyebrows deep in every vice known to man.a title for a lord — A mock or genuine title for a lord; not for ordinary people.
racing is definitely not your only vice, your lordship. I'd say you're eyebrows deep in every vice known to man.take part in
I facilitate. I don't participate in any of the aforementioned vices. 1994552The t in don't drops before participate.
I facilitate. I don't participate in any of the aforementioned vices. 1994552discuss something with me
So is that what you're here to talk to me about? Tea?nominal clause: The what-clause works as the complement, naming the very thing being questioned.
So is that what you're here to talk to me about? Tea?the vice one prefers
Sweet Mary Jane is my vice of choice, as you well know.marijuana — Slang for marijuana; keep it casual.
Sweet Mary Jane is my vice of choice, as you well know.hooked on
Of course. I'm addicted to selling it, not consuming it.Link deal and in, with the stress on the third beat of marijuana.
I specifically chose to deal in marijuana.more profit to be had
Sure, I could see there was more to be made.cocaine or heroin Here it means cocaine and heroin, not literal powder.
in shifting the white or the brown powder, as you so chose.drug powder — Jargon for cocaine or heroin; not for polite speech.
in shifting the white or the brown powder, as you so chose.my product, my thing Here jam means the marijuana he sells.
but you see, my jam, it doesn't kill anyone.present perfect continuity: The present perfect stresses an unchanged state stretching from the past to now.
While your poison is, and always has been, a destroyer of worlds.absolutely, no doubt
So yes, your facilitation is most definitely participation.ethics that shift with context
But I'm not here to give you a sermon on situational ethics.an angry intensifier — Vulgar intensifier for angry questions; not at work.
So why the fuck are you here?「Lord George and Mickey Debate Vice」を読み解く
What's really going on
A conversation about hobbies is really an argument about hypocrisy. Lord George wants to keep his hands clean by a technicality — he facilitates vice, he does not commit it — and Mickey refuses to let the distinction stand. "So yes, your facilitation is most definitely participation," he says, and then turns the tables: his own drug, he insists, doesn't kill anyone, while George's "poison" is "a destroyer of worlds." The exchange is less a moral lecture than a power move; each man is measuring the other's sins against his own, and neither is innocent. Mickey even admits the framing: he is not here for a sermon on situational ethics.
Theme
PhilosophyThe scene is a debate about definitions: what counts as vice, and whether facilitating something is the same as doing it.
CorruptionBoth men trade in drugs and profit from addiction; the argument is about which of them has cleaner hands, not whether any of it is wrong.
このチャプターで学べること
- Defining a word can win an argument faster than raising your voice.
- Facilitation sounds neutral until someone asks who benefits.
- Throwing the opponent's own vocabulary back can end a debate.
- The tea table is where the real fight happens.
発音のポイント
- eyebrows deep — Stress eye and deep to land the exaggeration.
- don't participate — The t in don't drops before participate.
- deal in marijuana — Link deal and in, with the stress on the third beat of marijuana.
but you see, my jam, it doesn't kill anyone.Mickey's defence of his product: he argues that marijuana is harmless compared with harder drugs, so his trade is the more tolerable one.
So yes, your facilitation is most definitely participation.The accusation in one line: claiming to only 'facilitate' vice does not excuse it, because enabling the trade is taking part in it.
While your poison is, and always has been, a destroyer of worlds.A grand, almost biblical put-down: the other man's drugs are not a business but a force of ruin, in contrast to Mickey's milder trade.
Sweet Mary Jane is my vice of choice, as you well know.Mickey names marijuana by its slang nickname and calls it his preferred indulgence, joking that his vice is a matter of taste rather than crime.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Mickey say Lord George's vice is not just racing?
Because he wants to puncture George's clean self-image. Racing is only the polite habit George admits to; Mickey says he is 'eyebrows deep in every vice known to man.'
What is the difference between facilitating and participating?
Facilitating means enabling or providing access to something; participating means taking part yourself. George claims he only facilitates crime, and Mickey argues the distinction is meaningless.
Why does Mickey call marijuana the lesser evil?
He says his product doesn't kill anyone, while George's harder drugs have always been 'a destroyer of worlds.' It is self-serving, but it is the core of his argument.
Why does Mickey mention "situational ethics"?
It is his way of naming the debate they are having — whether a rule depends on context — while insisting he did not come to lecture. Then he immediately asks why George is really there.
Who is Lord George, and what is his relationship to Mickey?
He is a wealthy, titled associate in the drug trade, addressed as 'your lordship.' Mickey treats him as an equal to be argued with, not a superior to be flattered.
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