Today we watched a child sacrificed to the altar of GOD. You may consider yourself to be a person of God, Agnostic, perhaps you think you are enlightened by the idea there is no deity, or even someone who follows evil. However you view yourself, the majority of us kneel before one GOD. If it isn't clear to you already, the GOD I speak of is Governmental Ordinance Departments. Whether you look further into Governmental Ordinance Departments, or simply take the words at their most simple meaning, it is clear that is the master most bow to.
Alfie Evans, a child stricken with an unknown neurological condition, who had languished in a UK hospital for quite sometime has died, or some might say was euthanized today . You may rationalize the way Governmental Ordinance Departments in the UK handled the ordeal of Alfie Evans and his parents, by telling yourself it is a small price to pay for the civilized society that we enjoy.
If you look deeper, do you not see what you consider to be "civilized" is more akin to "domesticated"? Alfie may indeed have been destined to die no matter what treatment was attempted. His natural destiny is not the issue at hand however. The issue at hand is, who in reality controls the ultimate fate of our children. The majority of people, with little to no thought freely surrender the fate of their children to the state, and wholeheartedly be-lie-ve they are doing the right thing. In fact, merely questioning authority in these matters, is to many equivalent to being ignorant or somehow dangerous. Ask yourself how seeking the truth can ever be dangerous, or rooted in ignorance. Isn't the truth supposed to set us free?
Alfie's parents made may appeals to get alternative treatments, but they were denied any right to intervene with the hand of Governmental Ordinance Departments. There are many speculations as to why the state stuck so firmly to it's decision. Undoubtedly, it is rooted in finance, or to conceal some sort of corruption... or both. Could there be more here? Presidents chimed in their support for Alfie, and even a supreme demon, the pope, announced his support publicly.
Thanatos, god of non-violent death. In my summation, the mind program "Infinity War" released yesterday is all about sacrifice. The villain of this mind program, Thanos, is bent on sacrificing half of all life in the Universe because he be-lie-ves it is the only way there can be order and harmony. All heroes of the Universe unite in order to stop Thanos from achieving his plans. In perfect reflection, the main heroes of the story are each faced with a choice to sacrifice themselves, or those they love most in order to stop this menace. Many heroes do actually follow thru with the sacrifice that is required for them, in ultimate devotion to the cause. Still, in the end... It was all for nothing as Thanos achieves his goal, culling half the Universe. The viewer can rely on that the sacrificed heroes will be restored in the sequel. Still what is the message? It seems that, in the end, sacrifice is essential to the perceived greater good.
Am I going too far pointing out a message in a movie about comic book characters... Maybe, though it's a fact that the military industrial complex contributes finance to movies like these... To think they pay for nothing is naive in my opinion. On the surface, sacrifice for the greater good is not a bad idea. The trouble is, when it comes to Governmental Ordinance Departments, they don't always, or dare I say even, usually represent the greater good. So this sort of thinking allows our perceptions to be twisted and used to support some of the greatest evils in this world. Any of us could be in the same situation that Alfie's parents found themselves in. We must change the way we think, and not blindly follow authority. We should be more vocal in opposition against anyone who would seek control for profit. Expose corruption within authority, speak truth to power. Convince those happy to live on their knees, they contribute the enslavement of all of us by keeping silent or looking the other way.