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Angelina Jolie: Salt movie: How many policemen is it OK to kill in the name of national security?
The first time I saw this movie I bought into it and it was very entertaining. I went again with some other people though, and the second time my eyes were open because I already knew all the plot twists. She kills an awful lot of policemen and fellow agents, in the name of national security. Sure, she saves millions, but I think it could have been done without so much bloodshed. Does unnecessary bloodshed bother you in movies?
Here is my full review, if you are interested, just know there are spoilers:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5621334/angelina_jolies_salt_the_female_jason.html
Here is my full review, if you are interested, just know there are spoilers:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5621334/angelina_jolies_salt_the_female_jason.html
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Theatrically, I don't care how many people they kill. It's a movie; whatever is entertaining works for me.
As a principal, I think citizens' loyalty should be strictly to the values of this country: freedom most profoundly. As such, no individual person is more valuable than the preservation of freedom (and I don't mean here flag-waving "we're 'free' because we're being kept safe by a domineering government," but actual personal freedom from oppression). Police officers are actually not very in line with the principals of this country, in my opinion. They are usually treated as above the law, they abuse many individuals with near impunity, and they blindly follow orders. Their loyalty is to their chief, and their chief's loyalty is to the mayor, and his loyalty is to his own quest for power (often). The average police officer (in my experience as a volunteer with the police) is that they are not thinking in terms of what is best for their community, or even what is legally or morally right.
If a police officer is standing in the way of liberty, a true patriot would do what was necessary to get him out of the way. For instance, in Seattle, police officers at the World Trade Organization protests attacked innocent people with tear gas and rubber bullets, enforced a totally unconstitutional "no protest zone" wherein peaceful right to assembly was denied, and arrested many, many people who had not committed crimes (successful law suits did follow). Those officers were acting in an unpatriotic, illegal way. Why should their badge protect them? If anything, it is more important to correct them, since they are supposedly acting in the name of the people. If we don't stop them, we condone their oppression.
(Sorry, this was all free-flowing; I haven't seen the movie).
As a principal, I think citizens' loyalty should be strictly to the values of this country: freedom most profoundly. As such, no individual person is more valuable than the preservation of freedom (and I don't mean here flag-waving "we're 'free' because we're being kept safe by a domineering government," but actual personal freedom from oppression). Police officers are actually not very in line with the principals of this country, in my opinion. They are usually treated as above the law, they abuse many individuals with near impunity, and they blindly follow orders. Their loyalty is to their chief, and their chief's loyalty is to the mayor, and his loyalty is to his own quest for power (often). The average police officer (in my experience as a volunteer with the police) is that they are not thinking in terms of what is best for their community, or even what is legally or morally right.
If a police officer is standing in the way of liberty, a true patriot would do what was necessary to get him out of the way. For instance, in Seattle, police officers at the World Trade Organization protests attacked innocent people with tear gas and rubber bullets, enforced a totally unconstitutional "no protest zone" wherein peaceful right to assembly was denied, and arrested many, many people who had not committed crimes (successful law suits did follow). Those officers were acting in an unpatriotic, illegal way. Why should their badge protect them? If anything, it is more important to correct them, since they are supposedly acting in the name of the people. If we don't stop them, we condone their oppression.
(Sorry, this was all free-flowing; I haven't seen the movie).
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M$
No worries! Thank you for your free-flowing thoughts. :) I agree with much of what you have posted.