V or Vendetta
Is it just me or does everyone hate crazy conspiracy-theory-sci-fi-indi films?
Gabe and I went to V for Vendetta on Tuesday night.
I am not recommending it. I know some people would love it, but I didn't. I don't really believe in evil as a human condition and I certainly don't want to study or wallow in it.
The movie is set some time in the future, when an ultra conservative (read Nazi style) party is
controlling Britian.
Jews, Muslims, Gays, radical thinkers have all been either killed or forced underground. Curfews are in place and all television is state run.
'V' is a disfigured victim of human testing who vows to get revenge. And he does.
Like I said, not exactly my favourite movie! However it did cause Gabe and I to talk about the present.
To some extent I think we have already demonised Muslims (see earlier discussion/comment on this blog) and to some extent we already let our government get away with too much.
For instance, I detest detention centres.
I never thought we should have entered Iraq against the wishes of the United Nations.
And I'm a bit dodgy on the new IR laws too. But have I ever thought of writing a letter, or joining an action group? Not once. Ultimately, tragically, it's only because none of these things directly affects me. Shocking I know.
While we were talking, I told Gabe about a piece (I'm sure you've heard of it) written in Germany by Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemoller just after the second world war. Niemoller started out a supporter of Hitler, but quickly turned against him and subsequently spent most of the war in Dachau Concentration Camp.
When he was released he wrote this sermon, it's called "First they came for the Jews".
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak outbecause I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak outbecause I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak outbecause I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me. And there was no one left to speak out for me.
Be good,
Love Caroline Hutchinson
PS...I have to start writing my name on my blog all the time, so people can find me in Google!
Gabe and I went to V for Vendetta on Tuesday night.
I am not recommending it. I know some people would love it, but I didn't. I don't really believe in evil as a human condition and I certainly don't want to study or wallow in it.
The movie is set some time in the future, when an ultra conservative (read Nazi style) party is
controlling Britian.
Jews, Muslims, Gays, radical thinkers have all been either killed or forced underground. Curfews are in place and all television is state run.
'V' is a disfigured victim of human testing who vows to get revenge. And he does.
Like I said, not exactly my favourite movie! However it did cause Gabe and I to talk about the present.
To some extent I think we have already demonised Muslims (see earlier discussion/comment on this blog) and to some extent we already let our government get away with too much.
For instance, I detest detention centres.
I never thought we should have entered Iraq against the wishes of the United Nations.
And I'm a bit dodgy on the new IR laws too. But have I ever thought of writing a letter, or joining an action group? Not once. Ultimately, tragically, it's only because none of these things directly affects me. Shocking I know.
While we were talking, I told Gabe about a piece (I'm sure you've heard of it) written in Germany by Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemoller just after the second world war. Niemoller started out a supporter of Hitler, but quickly turned against him and subsequently spent most of the war in Dachau Concentration Camp.
When he was released he wrote this sermon, it's called "First they came for the Jews".
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak outbecause I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak outbecause I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak outbecause I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me. And there was no one left to speak out for me.
Be good,
Love Caroline Hutchinson
PS...I have to start writing my name on my blog all the time, so people can find me in Google!
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