THE WOODSMAN: a movie
2-22-06 Wednesday Noon Reflections
I saw "The Woodsman" last night on my VCR a movie starring Kevin Bacon & his wife in real life Kyra Sedgwick. It clocks in at 87 minutes. And you never feel like taking your eyes off the screen. The movie is about a guy who just finished doing 12 years in penitentiary for child molestation. Directed by Nicole Kassell. It is a work of art. That is to say, it sees through the foibles of the normal American bourgeoise non-vision---the deaf & dumb church-state view of things---notably, things pertaining to crime. The criminal justice system in USA today is in the hands of morons---punishment freaks who have no interest whatsoever in seeking a CURE to the vast violence that runs from one end of our land to the other. How can they ask for a cure when they themselves fail to perceive they themselves are the number one victims needing it? Here is a subject for you & me to get interested in and to become enlightened concerning. We might actually find an answer that does not rely on penitentiaries or gaschambers & the hatred of the Veangeance-mongers. We might transform hate (which is always Ignorance in hiding) into Love & Light & satisfaction for us all. Safety does not come from Getting Even. And prisons as they are presently organized do not heal the cruel & the psychotic & make them humane & productive. I believe this tragedy of absence of Restraint in our whole judicial system, not to mention U.S. foreign policy in general, is worth losing a few nights' sleep over. WE, you & i, might come up with an actual CURE for this promiscuous violence---both illegal & legal---if we just put our heads together & get rid of the egomania the politicians & talk-show blow-hards are constantly dishing out. I believe Reason is a more dependable guide for setting policy than passionate self-righteous anger every time. Not only for governments & businesses but in every personal & human relationship without exception.
RLG
I saw "The Woodsman" last night on my VCR a movie starring Kevin Bacon & his wife in real life Kyra Sedgwick. It clocks in at 87 minutes. And you never feel like taking your eyes off the screen. The movie is about a guy who just finished doing 12 years in penitentiary for child molestation. Directed by Nicole Kassell. It is a work of art. That is to say, it sees through the foibles of the normal American bourgeoise non-vision---the deaf & dumb church-state view of things---notably, things pertaining to crime. The criminal justice system in USA today is in the hands of morons---punishment freaks who have no interest whatsoever in seeking a CURE to the vast violence that runs from one end of our land to the other. How can they ask for a cure when they themselves fail to perceive they themselves are the number one victims needing it? Here is a subject for you & me to get interested in and to become enlightened concerning. We might actually find an answer that does not rely on penitentiaries or gaschambers & the hatred of the Veangeance-mongers. We might transform hate (which is always Ignorance in hiding) into Love & Light & satisfaction for us all. Safety does not come from Getting Even. And prisons as they are presently organized do not heal the cruel & the psychotic & make them humane & productive. I believe this tragedy of absence of Restraint in our whole judicial system, not to mention U.S. foreign policy in general, is worth losing a few nights' sleep over. WE, you & i, might come up with an actual CURE for this promiscuous violence---both illegal & legal---if we just put our heads together & get rid of the egomania the politicians & talk-show blow-hards are constantly dishing out. I believe Reason is a more dependable guide for setting policy than passionate self-righteous anger every time. Not only for governments & businesses but in every personal & human relationship without exception.
RLG
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