Sign of the times: Spielburg's forthcoming film about the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics is receiving mixed reviews in the US...
"Munich" does not, as some critics would have it, make a case for moral equivalency. Instead, Spielberg is simply reiterating that the Old Testament demand of an eye for an eye has left the world blinded and wandering in an endless cycle of reprisal. This is not exactly a philosophical or dramatic revelation, and it leaves "Munich" stewing in its own blood and wringing its hands.
Um... isn't this actually a more complex and honest commentary than the kind of pseudo-solution for which this critic apparently hungers?
In some quarters at least America's post-9/11 learning curve appears to still be hugging the horizontal...
Friday, December 23, 2005
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Just out of interest "an eye for an eye" is an exhortation to moderation, so that penalties for minor offenses were not punished unduly harshly.
This is often completely missed by many these days ...
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