restrictions and the godfather

now you must be wonderin what those 2 have in common. well another film lesson that got me thinking so if you're ready for the ride, buckle up.

man restricts himself. be it by his principles, religions, society, culture, upbringing. there is always some sort of restrictions on him. no man can ever say that he is free while he is tied to these restrictions. but are they really all that bad? while i agree that you should be free as you can and achieve everything that you want to regardless of anything else, how can restrictions be a good thing? well when they protect you against potential self-destruction. your principles mainly. but sometimes your religion and depending on which religion, this can be argues so i shall leave it as is.

but society and cultural restrictions. hmmm now those 2 need a closer look. what purpose do they serve? are they really beneficial to those who impose themselves with it? i'm sure you have felt the restrictions of your society and culture at some point in time. and to me, they have not really done any good. more like they are useless when i can support myself but turn against me when i feel injusticed.

for those who have watched the godfather, you will understand. when the italian girl was raped and beaten up by the american boys in the first part of the movie and they got away scott free without any punishment, the father of the italian girl must have felt restricted because justice was not served. he had restricted himself with society's ruling. and he was in that position. and he decided to break free from it and turn to the godfather and plead with him to exact revenge on those american boys.

it may be wrong legally. but the man now felt a sense of justice. if any of you were in his shoes, you would have felt good if you had taken that course of action. do you really think you could rest in peace if your daughter had been violated but those who did it walked away freely?

while this may be an extreme case, think again that scenarios may not have to be the same to be just as damagin to you. if you feel that you have been restricted, are you sayin that you enjoy that restriction?

if not, why are you not doin anything about it?

Tariq :: email ::
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