One thing is for sure in our lifes: you are going to die some day. And another thing is for sure: you don't know when your time's up. Maybe you will not see the sun rising anymore tomorrow. Would you change some basic things in your life if you had «only» seven days left? Yes? Well, what are you waiting for?
«Wanderer, if you come to Sparta, report thither that you have seen me lying here, as the law commanded.» (Leonidas, King of Sparta)
The following scene is out of the movie «300», the last fight of the Spartans.
To take it as a role model literally would be a foolish thing I believe. The messenger can never be the principal target. To punish a messenger for merely transmitting a message is naive. To bring your queen in even greater danger by your behavior is not very wise. The film is soaked by a strong SDi (definition in german/definition in english) red energy. To follow a dogmatic law, ‹wanderer, if you come to Sparta, report thither that you have seen me lying here, as the law commanded›, an inflexible law without reflexion into fatality instead of finding creative solutions is pathetic and plain stupid. And the showing of this film does not in any way mean, I endorse hate against persians, in contrary: our culture owes a whole lot to the persian culture (and vice versa)!
But there is another way to read the following takes. A metaphorical one. Leonidas thinks and sees very clearly. The messenger is not merely a messenger, he threatens Leonidas in front of his queen with his own words. He tries to violate Sparta before the battle has begun. Politricks… He tries to violate Leonidas psychologically threatening to rape him and his people if they don't submit. He seems nice at first, but his fake acting becomes obvious very quickly. Leonidas does not let himself be seduced by the snakes whisper. He analyzes correctly and responds authentically and truthfully. If you cannot change a situation and the situation is grim, face it! Take it! Get whatever you can out of it. Never believe politicians words. Believe their deeds. How many politicians hold on to their promises given in their election campaigns? Well, that should set the precedent for their payment later on. Not their preliminary words. Not words at all should be awarded. Only actions. Especially with politicians.
This video is mixed by CyclopsRevolution
As video description Cyclops Revolution has added himself:
«Thanks to DerPestmann for coming up with the idea for combining this amazing monologue, with this music.It fits perfectly! I encoded it for HD so hopefully it will look a little better in fullscreen, and I trimmed off the ending to make it a little more dramatic. You can see DerPestmann's version here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLci5DoZqHU Stop by his page and let him know if you liked this vid.»
This video is mixed by ZacharyGretzinger
As video description Zachary Gretzinger has added himself:
«The audio in this video is a mixture between the final speech in ‹The Great Dictator› spoken by Charlie Chaplin and the theme from [the movie] ‹Inception›. I got the idea for this video from a post made by a /b/rother on May 26, 2011. Having said that, OP is a fag. I own neither of both audio samples or the Guy Fawkes photo. ‹The revolution does not belong to the committees› and ‹In a society where all adventure has been abolished, the only adventure left is to abolish that society› are quotes from a French revolution in 1968 with unknown authors. The remaining text is my own.»
It's 20:50 in the evening. My son has finally fallen asleep and is dreaming… Drowsy I stumble upon mails and messages… and Drew. And while his eyes enter mine his words reach deep into my heart. And my consciousness.
Drew Dellinger about a new democracy, a planetary democracy:
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