Freedom
Have watched two shows today (sure to be scolded by dear, for wasting time :P) Though i think its quite interesting cos i was thinking after the two shows. One was an older film "Brave heart" by Mel Gibson and the other "The Fall of Berlin", a story describing the few days that happened just before Germany surrendered (hovering most around the final hours of Hitler)
The first show most people would remember is that Gibson plays a hero who fights to restore independence of Scotland at the cost of his own life. I never fail to feel emotional at the last scene where the King of Scotland rallied his people against England (Gibson wasn't king, he died remember?) The story has two learning point, one was said in the very beginning, "History is written by the winner", meaning that mostly we may never learn the truth facts (the rest you go think about it). The second... later i will tell you...
The second is about "The fall of Berlin". The story revolves around the lifes of Hitler and his confidants the last few days before the surrender. While everyone will expect that his followers obey him due to fear, its wrong, they follow him out of them own will. Some even offered to commit suicide with him against his (Hitler's) order. Hitler's influence over his followers is beyond the comprehension of our normal mind. His beliefs in a certain idea is so charismatic that many are willing to follow that idea even to their deaths (many of Hitler's officers commited suicide to that ideology). It is indeed scary in a sense. Sometimes when you lose that freedom of your mind (tied to some beliefs), one can do things that are incomprehensive...
Two shows related to freedom and beliefs in some sense.
I will value freedom alot, though i am also afraid of too much freedom. Without something to govern freedom, it will be chaotic. I dont really like too much slack (a little discipline helps ;P)
Beliefs are scary if one puts in too much stake into it. Yet no one can do without any. Bottom line, dont do things in extreme, follow your beliefs, but dont do so blindly...
Today's Quote, i use a rather meaningful quote from a close one (:P :P :P)
"Courage is when one dares to believe" (from dear :P)
The first show most people would remember is that Gibson plays a hero who fights to restore independence of Scotland at the cost of his own life. I never fail to feel emotional at the last scene where the King of Scotland rallied his people against England (Gibson wasn't king, he died remember?) The story has two learning point, one was said in the very beginning, "History is written by the winner", meaning that mostly we may never learn the truth facts (the rest you go think about it). The second... later i will tell you...
The second is about "The fall of Berlin". The story revolves around the lifes of Hitler and his confidants the last few days before the surrender. While everyone will expect that his followers obey him due to fear, its wrong, they follow him out of them own will. Some even offered to commit suicide with him against his (Hitler's) order. Hitler's influence over his followers is beyond the comprehension of our normal mind. His beliefs in a certain idea is so charismatic that many are willing to follow that idea even to their deaths (many of Hitler's officers commited suicide to that ideology). It is indeed scary in a sense. Sometimes when you lose that freedom of your mind (tied to some beliefs), one can do things that are incomprehensive...
Two shows related to freedom and beliefs in some sense.
I will value freedom alot, though i am also afraid of too much freedom. Without something to govern freedom, it will be chaotic. I dont really like too much slack (a little discipline helps ;P)
Beliefs are scary if one puts in too much stake into it. Yet no one can do without any. Bottom line, dont do things in extreme, follow your beliefs, but dont do so blindly...
Today's Quote, i use a rather meaningful quote from a close one (:P :P :P)
"Courage is when one dares to believe" (from dear :P)
posted by MG-Biology | 9:15 PM
2 Comments:
ah, copy cat, keke...
okie, shall not scold u for watching such meaningful shows, hey, can lend me the second vcd? keke. i also wan to watch. who noes, maybe can show my students too =)
Yes, history may be written by winners, but that does not mean mistakes are forgotten or unaccounted for. In fact, in chinese history, there are 正史 and 野史, the former is written by the authority or so called the winners, while the latter is written by the people.
The past moulded the present and the present shapes the future. So we still have to study history. Oops, haha, cant help 'defending' history a bit, was once a history student =p
Well, the truth of history may be too cheem for me... I would like to learn more about the ideology more.
It will be strange that ideology ranks first in the success or downfall of nations or dynasty. When the people support the ideology, history wil be shaped by them.
History is something very interesting, hope got chance to do more research over it :)
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