I’ve just watched Equilibrium with mates. Cool as hell, but the one thing that struck me was how possible the whole situation was. Is mankind too volatile to attempt to abolish war, and would the wiping out of emotion by drugs/brainwashing/genetics be a solution? Moreover, would it be a morally acceptable solution? Who here would willingly trade joy and pleasure, anger and hate, for a world where no-one killed anyone, and terrorists were merely unpleasant memories? And after a few generations, would anyone remember we even had them in the first place? Or care if they did?
Probably I’ve had one Stella too many and I’m reading too much into a very cool film, but what do you think?
WHat, you’ve never heard of Equilibrium? Big Brother style dictator uses a drug to stop humans from feeling, and emotion is banned. Fighters called Clerics hunt down people who feel, but one guy starts to when he accidentally misses his drug treatment. It goes on from there.
Originally posted by Charlemagne The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind.
But…but…how many roads must a man walk down, before he is called a man?
Dude, EVERYONE knows that the answer is 42.