Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall
Sun 27 April 2008
Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath.
- Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson), Kingdom of Heaven (2005) -
2005.
I remember it was the year when a series of movies with charismatic leaders and the epic hype were coming to an end – at Kingdom of Heaven. There was nothing about the film that didn’t draw my attention: the title, the theme, the cast, and of course Ridley Scott.
And since when have people stopped feeling compassionate towards each other? An interesting special report entitled Nomads at last from The Economist showed the change of society and economics due to the mobility provided by technology. The strengthening of the interpersonal tiesm provided by the instantaneity in communication is weakening the weak ties, which, according to Mark Granovetter’s paper (The Strength of Weak Ties) published in the 1970s, endangers the society to becoming fragmented and incoherent.
Vantage Point, on the other hand, showed differently.
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