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Friday, February 17, 2012
In memory of Occupy Nigeria
I have always been fascinated by movie quotes and how they strike true in day to day facets of our life.
Take the movie 'Troy' for instance,where the following conversation transpired between the movies anti hero and a servant :
Messenger Boy: Are the stories true? They say your mother was an immortal goddess. They say you can't be killed.
Achilles: I wouldn't be bothering with the shield then, would I?
Messenger Boy: The Thessalonian you're fighting... he's the biggest man I've ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him.
Achilles: That's why no-one will remember your name.
How could something which started out as a potential juggernaut for much needed change end up like a faulty fire cracker,which, after so much anticipation and sparks, fizzled out without so much as a pop?
Like in the movie quoted, the Occupy Nigeria movement came compete with its own heroes, traitors, cowards, allegations of bribery etc,but the main problem?Fear.Fear of the giant been faced.Fear of death.Fear of repercussions.
Till we eliminate the messenger boy paradigm of fear and embrace the 'Achilles school of thought',i say RIP Occupy Nigeria.
- " If you stay in Larissa, you will find peace. You will find a wonderful woman, and you will have sons and daughters, who will have children. And they'll all love you and remember your name. But when your children are dead, and their children after them, your name will be forgotten... If you go to Troy, glory will be yours. They will write stories about your victories in thousands of years! And the world will remember your name. But if you go to Troy, you will never come back... for your glory walks hand-in-hand with your doom. And I shall never see you again"
- " If you stay in Larissa, you will find peace. You will find a wonderful woman, and you will have sons and daughters, who will have children. And they'll all love you and remember your name. But when your children are dead, and their children after them, your name will be forgotten... If you go to Troy, glory will be yours. They will write stories about your victories in thousands of years! And the world will remember your name. But if you go to Troy, you will never come back... for your glory walks hand-in-hand with your doom. And I shall never see you again"
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