A Film Offends

It would seem as though we live in a really fucked hypocritical society these days, and I can't quite fathom the 'outrage' surrounding this, when everything is put in context.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brad-pitt-war-film-bosses-2719016

So today, it appeared in news reports across the UK that an upcoming film set in WWII continued to film on Remembrance day, involving scenes of US and Nazi soldiers fighting one another amid explosions and so on. According to the Mirror, locals in the village of Shirburn, had pleaded with the director to cease filming for remembrance day out of respect, but, well, they carried on obviously. 

MP Kevan Jones made a thing out of this saying “I’m astonished producers would not consider it to be ­inappropriate to film such scenes on Remembrance Sunday. And it is ­outrageous appeals from locals to reconsider plans to film on such an occasion were ignored.”

Colonel Richard Kemp, added: “At the very time a nation pays tribute to those who gave their lives to stop Nazis rampaging across our land it seems grossly ­insensitive to impose such scenes on villagers."

Hypocritically, one of the local extras dressed up as a German even said: “This was grotesquely disrespectful and offensive. I can’t believe I wore an SS uniform on Remembrance Sunday." (Its not exactly like someone put a gun up to their hea... or maybe they did, I dunno.) 

All jokes aside though, I understand why people are annoyed or even a little upset by this, but its still only a film. The marketing team are probably rubbing their hands together because as the addage goes, 'there is no such thing as bad publicity.'

The insinuation that it was more wrong just because it had Germans in it too was a bit puzzling. I mean Germans died too, I don't understand why we should pay them any less respect than an allied serviceman who died in service to their country. Ideologies of the Government in power at the time of a war shouldn't effect the respect given to an individual, but I digress. 

What worries me is that it only seems to be on remembrance day that anyone gives a shit.

Those Allied servicemen who died in WWII gave everything for the notions of freedom and democracy, and look what society has become. We have no say on the most important aspects which effect our nation (read EU,) we have no freedom of speech any more on anything unless it happens to be politically correct, we are monitored constantly by foreign and domestic intelligence agencies. Now it seems even private companies like Google and Facebook are free to gather information about you and sell it on to the highest bidder, yet hardly anyone gives a shit. 

Look at all the regulations we have to live our lives by these days whilst banks and financial institutions run riot without any (although regulation that is put forward today is all about integration of markets as per UN directive.) Then you have all the jobs worth cunts who make life unbearable for everyone.

How about the fact that the Politicians have successfully made the war veterans great grandchildren minorities in their own lands. Or that they've isolated many of the elderly folk who refuse to move out of urban areas by completely changing the face of society around them. 'I feel like a foreigner in my own country' is a regular thing you hear if you take the time to talk to them about it, and many try to avoid going outside because of it. Of course they have reason to be fearful of going outside too since foreigners are mostly responsible for the violent crimes being committed. Violent crimes by the way, which a lot of the time are directed at vulnerable people including, of course, those war veterans they care so much about once a year on Remembrance day.

What about the fact that in many cases the elderly are left to die in quite shocking conditions whilst under NHS care (possibly a case of ridding the system of the dead wood perhaps) whilst we spend millions in aid to other countries which have their own fucking space programme. 

Lets think how many elderly people there will be that will be unable to pay for their heating bills this year with all the price rises ultimately forcing them to freeze to death. Sorry Cameron, but when your 96 putting on an extra jumper just won't cut it, wanker. Not that you have to worry when politicians heating bills are all paid for by us muggins'.

Finally, lets come to the realisation that half the graves of those who fell in battle remain completely untended and forgotten about, as this article pointed out.

So yeah. Lets all get enraged by the fact that some prick of a director disrespected Remembrance day whilst the rest of the year we continue to allow our veterans legacy to be all in vain.