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• Monday, November 17, 2008 11:08 AM

  For those of you with Netflix...

  I highly recommend this DVD , also available for instant viewing:

  'The Weather Underground'

  http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Weather_Underground/60029983?trkid=222336&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=1857777339_0_0

  Perhaps the best documentary I have ever seen. An extremely insightful look into the Vietnam-era times of protest and social upheaval, and how it shaped the views and actions of Ayers and others. Without this understanding, you can't really grasp the framework in which Ayers operated.

  Viewing it, I was reminded of the words of Jack Palance as 'Jesus Raza' in the wonderful film, 'The Professionals', as he mused on the revolution:

  "La Revolucion is like a great love affair. In the beginning, she is a goddess. A holy cause. But... every love affair has a terrible enemy: time. We see her as she is. La Revolucion is not a goddess but a whore. She was never pure, never saintly, never perfect. And we run away, find another lover, another cause. Quick, sordid affairs. Lust, but no love. Passion, but no compassion. Without love, without a cause, we are... nothing! We stay because we believe. We leave because we are disillusioned. We come back because we are lost. We die because we are committed."

  —Scorpio69er Read Scorpio69er's other letters
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