Monday, January 26, 2009

The Dreamers, the movie

The movie with the million naked/sex scenes, I finally had time to see this movie; "the dreamers". I am happy I didnt have the chance to see this movie before, maybe I wouldnt have understood it then, the movie of the real taboos.

This movie is based on a book called, the holy innocents. it seems to be about anything but innocense. But in fact it is.

The movie is about three students, one french woman, her twin brother and an american exchange student whom they accept "to be one of them", the strange thing about this twin couple is that they seem to be intimate to some extent, they never had sex, but they are extremely sexually exposed to each other, if this has a meaning at all. The french brother and sister are active members in the youth revolutionary society, they seemed to take the lead in the french student rebillions in 1968. They also loved classical movies, which made the american student who have the same interest in movies "one of them". Anyway, he didnt seem to share them interests in revolutions, he thought the government knows always better.

The movie is full of sex and nudity (especially after the american student starts loving the french woman), to an extreme level, which maybe was meant, in a very nice way. In One scene that says all the movie (from my point of view) the three are gathered in the bathtub, and started smoking, for some reason, the american student starts talking about Vietnam, the french guy gets angry, and tells him he shouldnt be happy about the fact that americans are in Vietnam, then he asks the american student "what is your army doing there? why do you go there? are you happy about killing the people there?" the american student answers that if anyone refuses to go there and fight, he will be locked in jail. The revolution-loving french student shouts and says, "I would better stay in jail than agree to go kill innocent people".

Isnt this just lovely? the man who in our eyes makes the uglyest sins with his sister prefers to be locked in jail than go into an army with aims he doesnt believe in.

This left me thinking, what are the real sins? what are the real taboos? doing an ugly thing that may only hurt me and that is described as a sin, or doing something that may seem honoring in which I hurt and kill innocent people.

Did religions fail in clearing this point?

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Berlin's Wall "Freiheit"

This post is written in English, but with German grammer

Westernhagen's Masterpiece "Freiheit" (Meaning Freedom) is simply my favourite.
I had the privilege it once live to attend, and I can not forget how many around me had goose skin and some tears in their eyes. This happens still to me now when I to this song listen.

The Germans knew that they no wall for their sicurity need, and for that they distroyed this wall, left a little part of it, to remember, how great the meaning of freedom , inside them, is.

The middle east on the other hand is full of walls, some we see, and many we dont.

"who freedom gives up,
for sicurity to win,
deserves neither freedom nor sicurity."

"We need no walls, We need bridges."

This thread is not about freedom, its about my favourit song.

There is no need german to understand, in order to understand this song. There is need only human to be.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

خيبر خيبر يا يهود

Laila Hermann is a friend of mine, a sweet woman who is learning arabic since almost 3 years now. We lived together once in a flat during my study time, and I realised how good friends we can be. Laila is Jew.
During the last Gaza War, many demonstrations invaded Germany, against Israel of course. Laila called me and asked me to join her there, she wanted to attend and shout against Israel, she went there even though I adviced her not to.
In the middle of the demonstration, Laila called me and asked me to hear what is being said....خيبر خيبر يا يهود ... and we know the rest. She was disappointed.
I think that anyone who will repeat such sentence in a demonstration is a person who is not old enough to go out in demonstrations, or a person who is just full of hatred, and doesnt know where to pour this hatred.
Its not only that, I know some facebook contacts who wrote such comments during the war. and other things about Hitler and crap. Is this the right way to fight? are we that ignorant? or stupid? or just full of hatred? Thank you Mom, thank you Dad, thank you religion teacher.

Monday, January 19, 2009

At the Zoo

I dont usually let my feelings affect my judjement.

1.
a male friend of mine is a student and wanted to find a new (cheaper) room to spend his last semester in, he found a flat in which a woman is living, her husband was in jail and she needed some money, so she offered one of the flat's rooms for rent. my friend took the offer, "all of it" he saidin a silly way.
After two weeks the husband rings the door, hes out of jail, my friend opens the door, my friend gets beated everywhere because the man thought his woman is betraying him with my friend. My friend goes to hospital, the man back to jail, his woman becomes a prostitute (betraying her man ?) for money.
"Because I dont know all the facts, I think that all of them deserve it."

2.
Sometimes, and more frequently throughout this israeli war on Gaza, I do not know who is worse; The arabs (خير أمة أخرجت للناس) or the Israelis (شعب الله المختار ), this situation brings me to one conclusion; "Because I dont know all the facts, I think that all of them deserve it."
 
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