Wednesday, September 06, 2006
With much trepidation, last night I watched United 93 on DVD. I really did not want to see this movie for a couple of reasons but the primary one was I hate how our Country responded to the 9/11 tragedy. We are basically lining up to trade our liberties and freedom for safety and comfort; this angers me.
Every time I see a movie trailer for one of these 9/11 movies or watch a documentary, I am reminded how easy it is for a fascist regime to take control of our society by wielding fear as a weapon. I don’t know why I was so surprised because I have known for quite some time that we are a nation devoid of leadership; a nation of people waiting for somebody to tell them what to do, how to think and how to act.
This is because our schools do not teach leadership skills. They teach students to “go along with the plan” and to “be submissive”. We do not teach dissension, which is the primary tool used to keep people honest. Challenging rules is necessary to ensure the rules are just. Students should be encouraged to think out of the box and to ask probing questions. They should be taught the Bill of Rights is the only set of rules which should be etched in stone and is not available for compromise or trade, regardless of the reasons.
My family instilled me with a “no bullshit” policy so I will continue to ask questions until I am satisfied there is nothing missing. But if I think things do not add up, I will not go along with the program. I am not a lemming nor will I line up to be slaughtered. If I was a death row inmate and they came to put me in the electric chair I would fight with every ounce of strength in my body. I would kick, gouge, punch, spit, claw, bite; and when they finished with me they would really feel like they were in a fight. They would have to kill me before they could kill me; and afterward they would need a personal holiday to recuperate. I do not understand how people can cooperate to be killed; to be a martyr is to be stupid.
During the movie I kept thinking about how our society differs from the Middle Eastern society and it made me think about how difficult it will be to win a war with these people. I could never send one of my loved ones off to die for any reason. No way, period! I cannot fathom how these people can send their sons, fathers, mothers, daughters, husbands and wives off to die in a suicide mission. How can they condone this? As Patton so eloquently stated, “The object of war is to make the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.”
(Begin sarcasm)
Then I gazed up at my Kate Beckinsale Underworld poster and I suddenly understood how they could do this. Their society is a sexless society. They put their women in bee keeper suits and never let them out of the house without a male escort. The men can never get sex unless they are wealthy and can buy a wife or they have an arranged marriage. In our society sex is everywhere. It’s on TV, radio, magazines, billboards, DVDs, Internet; we are surrounded. If we want sex with real people, all we have to do is hit the corner bar and we score. These Middle Eastern men are in a hurry to die to get their 72 virgins so they can finally get laid. Hell, if I was a thirty year old virgin living with my parents I might not want to live anymore either. Instead of sending more troops to Iraq, we should send scantly clad women.
(end sarcasm)
But seriously, getting back to United 93, it was an awesome movie. At the end I was in tears. Those people should not have died. When people love their God more than their children, they are dangerous and should be extinguished.
Every time I see a movie trailer for one of these 9/11 movies or watch a documentary, I am reminded how easy it is for a fascist regime to take control of our society by wielding fear as a weapon. I don’t know why I was so surprised because I have known for quite some time that we are a nation devoid of leadership; a nation of people waiting for somebody to tell them what to do, how to think and how to act.
This is because our schools do not teach leadership skills. They teach students to “go along with the plan” and to “be submissive”. We do not teach dissension, which is the primary tool used to keep people honest. Challenging rules is necessary to ensure the rules are just. Students should be encouraged to think out of the box and to ask probing questions. They should be taught the Bill of Rights is the only set of rules which should be etched in stone and is not available for compromise or trade, regardless of the reasons.
My family instilled me with a “no bullshit” policy so I will continue to ask questions until I am satisfied there is nothing missing. But if I think things do not add up, I will not go along with the program. I am not a lemming nor will I line up to be slaughtered. If I was a death row inmate and they came to put me in the electric chair I would fight with every ounce of strength in my body. I would kick, gouge, punch, spit, claw, bite; and when they finished with me they would really feel like they were in a fight. They would have to kill me before they could kill me; and afterward they would need a personal holiday to recuperate. I do not understand how people can cooperate to be killed; to be a martyr is to be stupid.
During the movie I kept thinking about how our society differs from the Middle Eastern society and it made me think about how difficult it will be to win a war with these people. I could never send one of my loved ones off to die for any reason. No way, period! I cannot fathom how these people can send their sons, fathers, mothers, daughters, husbands and wives off to die in a suicide mission. How can they condone this? As Patton so eloquently stated, “The object of war is to make the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.”
(Begin sarcasm)
Then I gazed up at my Kate Beckinsale Underworld poster and I suddenly understood how they could do this. Their society is a sexless society. They put their women in bee keeper suits and never let them out of the house without a male escort. The men can never get sex unless they are wealthy and can buy a wife or they have an arranged marriage. In our society sex is everywhere. It’s on TV, radio, magazines, billboards, DVDs, Internet; we are surrounded. If we want sex with real people, all we have to do is hit the corner bar and we score. These Middle Eastern men are in a hurry to die to get their 72 virgins so they can finally get laid. Hell, if I was a thirty year old virgin living with my parents I might not want to live anymore either. Instead of sending more troops to Iraq, we should send scantly clad women.
(end sarcasm)
But seriously, getting back to United 93, it was an awesome movie. At the end I was in tears. Those people should not have died. When people love their God more than their children, they are dangerous and should be extinguished.
Labels: Movie Review, Rant
posted by DarthImmortal at 8:00 AM
11 Comments:
It is nice to know there are still people who care. I'm from the Philippines but I do care.
Just saying hello from Dr. John.
Its very scary to deal with a country that puts no value on human life or emotions....I agree with everything you said...very good post! Dr John sent me
Thanks for the review. I've been debating if I wanted to see this movie or the new one WTC in theatres.
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Thanks for the review. I've been debating if I wanted to see this movie or the new one WTC in theatres.
Dr. John Marathoning' This afternoon!
Lets us take a moment for those people ..................................................................................................\HI from dr.johns great blog.
Like night and day. Thanks for the opinion on the movie. I still think I'll skip it.
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Schools in the south teach, sit down, shut up and be quiet. Not very good leadership qualities........not even very good for the thinking process.
But if you have a leader that makes decisions, no one agrees with them. They seem to prefer a fence sitter who tries to make EVERYONE happy.
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Thanks for the info on the movie.. maybe I'll go see it now..
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I'm glad you posted about this. I've had my doubts on seeing any of these 9.11 related flicks.
Great post.
I think it's tacky and classless to make movies about 9/11. Did they make movies about the Titanic right after it sunk? No, because that would have been viewed as incensitive. We, on the other hand, looooove our drama. Rip our hearts out, we love it! Make us sad, we need it! Oh my god, people died, we need to see it! Oh, so what if we destroy the progress the familes of 9/11 have made, so what if we make them cry by having to relive it again and again in clear, widescreen detail. So what, we make a profit!! We'll just slap a "in memory" sticker on it and pretend we actually care.
I'm glad you were raised the way you were, but what if you had been born to a different family, country, and religion? People beleive what they beleive. And no one is going to change their mind. The best we can do is protect ourselves. People have been dying over religion for thousands of years. Do you think this silly little chunk of history is going to make any difference? More people are killed in the name of God (who ever God that may be) than any other form of death. And because there are no answers, no proof, they will continue to do so for generations and generations to come. Happy thought, eh?
Who is Dr. John?
Then I gazed up at my Kate Beckinsale Underworld poster and I suddenly understood how they could do this. Their society is a sexless society. They put their women in bee keeper suits and never let them out of the house without a male escort. The men can never get sex unless they are wealthy and can buy a wife or they have an arranged marriage. In our society sex is everywhere. It’s on TV, radio, magazines, billboards, DVDs, Internet; we are surrounded. If we want sex with real people, all we have to do is hit the corner bar and we score. These Middle Eastern men are in a hurry to die to get their 72 virgins so they can finally get laid. Hell, if I was a thirty year old virgin living with my parents I might not want to live anymore either. Instead of sending more troops to Iraq, we should send scantly clad women.
It maybe sarcasam - but it's damn funny!
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