Last weekend I read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in anticipation of the film showing on BBC2, last night. Amazing story, beautifully written, and the dramatic interpretation conveyed the tragic catastrophic horror where millions of innocent people died because of their faith.
This theme kinda follows on from my previous posting about why we do what we do, because… My view is that the Holocaust happened because a dictator was allowed to run roughshod over a nation, fuelling his delusions of ruling the world. Me finks that’s reason enough to question the things we see, hear and do, whether it’s considered the “norm” or not.
On Twitter, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas became a trending topic and I was absolutely flabbergasted when someone spouted: “Learn to ignore what you don't like and can't change”. Being reprimanded for allegedly lecturing is one thing, but being told to ignore the injustice of persecution and accept that I can’t make a difference, in the world, is an insult not only to me, but to any intelligent life form.
Where would humanity be today if it wasn’t for the likes of:
Martin Luther King, who said, "I have a Dream".
Mahatma Gandhi suggesting “Be the change you want to see in the world”.
And Nelson Mandela’s insight that "It always seems impossible until it's done".
Coming closer to home, I owe the power of my vote to Emmeline Pankhurst who fought as a suffragette for women’s rights. She died in 1928, the same year in which women in England were given equal voting rights as men. And here we are, in 2011, in a world where there are still people who are persecuted through ignorance and inequality. Why? Because some people refuse to allow or believe that change is possible, and accept that which is not just, because…
I may not be able to change all the things I’d like to change in the world, but one thing’s for certain, I have no intention of ignoring those who suffer, or blindly accepting restrictions that have no reasoning or justifiable explanation.
I agree with you, JJ. We can't change a lot of things, but there are cases where we can make a difference - and where we can't, we can at least try to bring the matter to the attention of those who do have the power to act.
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Well said jj. And well done for reading the book and watching the film. I just about managed the film and only watched because there was nothing else on. I was glad I watched it, and so impressed by the ending but it wad pretty tough.
ReplyDeleteHear hear!! Well put Miss JJ.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by ladies... Been thinking a lot about the world we live in, recently. It seems some people forget the pass way too quickly for my liking.
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