Two Comrades Were Serving is the rather odd-sounding translation for an absolutely beautiful Soviet film from 1968. The plot is about two soldiers from different backgrounds during the Civil war and the friendship they form while serving. The movie deals largely with the opposing perspectives of the comrades, one of whom is optimistic to a utopian degree and the other of whom is more of an idealistic cynic. The visuals are gorgeous. The brotherhood and sacrifice of the comrades is a sharp contrast to the likes of ‘Iron Man’, ‘American Sniper’ et al. The Russian singer Lyubeh has a cover of the movie’s theme song. Putin is reportedly a fan.
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http://americamagazine.org/content/all-things/very-complicated-case-charlie-hebdo
I could not have said this better myself: “Respect, dignity, honor, are not especially important values in the West these days, certainly not in the United States, which may cause us to discount how important they are to others.”
While I’m personally opposed to murder or anything involving the mutilation of human bodies, I also acknowledge that in upholding that ethic, my side is inevitably going to lose. Which is why I’ve pretty much resigned to defeat, because in this particular set of circumstances most other opt . Marcuse’s “Repressive Tolerance” is always worth a visit.
But there are gray areas, case in point being the destruction of property, the tactic commonly employed by ecodefense groups.
On that note, Derrick Jensen and Lierre Keith are both pretty insightful. While DGR is known for rejecting the ethic of nonviolence altogether, I feel pretty strongly that a procedure of praxis that involves relegating their proposed methods to property destruction has great potential.
And since this wouldn’t be a post on this topic without egregious quotations from others:
“The left has often operated on the smug or sentimental belief that nonviolence works only by personal, moral example. It doesn’t.”
“.Against power, only force works. Progressives have repeatedly refused to understand that, from the abolitionists who thought that a pending spiritual transformation would end slavery, to Gandhi writing a letter to Hitler asking him to stop (and then being shocked when it didn’t work)”
– Lierre Keith, in Deep Green Resistance
Ruski so-called rok group Quest Pistols
Reinforcing meaning of “I am an antichrist” qua Johnny Rotten
Found in HBO’s Oz, Season 4, episode 10. Having reached an apex c. 2007, it would undergo a steep fall from grace both as a concept and as a term.
“pretends to be the cool, lenient mom who lets you get tattoos and drink beer when in fact it’s the violent deadbeat dad who doesn’t care what happens to you.”
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