So I watched this movie again BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI… AND AS I WATCHED IT, IT OCCURRED TO ME…. NOBODY IN THE MOVIE WAS ACTUALLY EVIL…. EVERYBODY IN IT THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT AT LEAST BY THEIR OWN STANDARDS….. THE BRITISH COLONEL WHO GOT SO CAUGHT UP IN PROVING BRITISH SUPERIORITY THAT HE WOUND UP BUILDING A BRIDGE FOR THE ENEMY… THE JAPANESE COMMANDER, WHO, BY THE WAY HE WAS RAISED IN THE CULTURE HE WAS RAISED CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE CONSIDERED HIMSELF EVIL, AND IN FACT, HE EVEN HAD HIS GOOD POINTS…. AT THE END OF THE MOVIE WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE DIE AND YOU SEE THE DOCTOR STANDING THERE AND HE SAYS THESE TWO WORDS….. MADNESS…. MADNESS…. FOR A SECOND OR TWO IT’S NOT ABOUT A MOVIE TALKING ABOUT IT’SELF ,ITS ABOUT THE INSANITY OF WAR IN GENERAL…. HOW PEOPLE ARE ALL ABLE TO CONVINCE THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE THE GOOD GUYS….
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