Well, I think that I'll just say that I'm on a blogging sabatical from time to time. This time was a five month sabbatical. Ah, well.
I'm not in the business or habit of recommending movies so I won't do that now. I will, however, say that I just watched "300" for the second time which is a rare occurance for me. There are themes that run through it that I think are quite admirable and not often seen in the prevelant popular culture of today. Ideas like honor, duty, strength and skill at arms, and love of nation & country are commonly thought of as archaic and irrelevant. This is especially so in academia and popular culture.
How easily we forget that truism that is the foundation of this story of 300 Spartan warriors, that "freedom isn't free." Many scoff at what seems to them a cliche that is better left in the distant past than lived out in the present. These "high-minded" intellectual elitists believe that they will never face an enemy that is as vast and merciless as the Persian army of old while being surrounded by corrupt and conniving traitors from within. Old wives tales from the ancient past! Right?...
I'm not in the business or habit of recommending movies so I won't do that now. I will, however, say that I just watched "300" for the second time which is a rare occurance for me. There are themes that run through it that I think are quite admirable and not often seen in the prevelant popular culture of today. Ideas like honor, duty, strength and skill at arms, and love of nation & country are commonly thought of as archaic and irrelevant. This is especially so in academia and popular culture.
How easily we forget that truism that is the foundation of this story of 300 Spartan warriors, that "freedom isn't free." Many scoff at what seems to them a cliche that is better left in the distant past than lived out in the present. These "high-minded" intellectual elitists believe that they will never face an enemy that is as vast and merciless as the Persian army of old while being surrounded by corrupt and conniving traitors from within. Old wives tales from the ancient past! Right?...
No comments:
Post a Comment