Nu er jeg lidt nysgerrig, om du mener, at disse livssyn, der blev givet i
bogen, skulle være noget, der er værd at leve efter, eller at det blot er
noget, der lyder godt, men ikke realiseres, eller måske noget helt andet?
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:24:43 +0100, Rado <rado@fjernpost1.tele.dk> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:12:14 +0100, "Jens Bruun"
> <bruun_jens@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Rado" <rado@fjernpost1.tele.dk> wrote in message
>> news:6uomr09jg2145gs8h677vc50jih2mqidsv@4ax.com
>>
>>> Gå ikke glip af denne fascinerende film og det budskab den rummer.
>>
>> Som er?
>
> Der er faktisk flere.
>
> Men jeg har faktisk først set filmen nu, jeg kendte kun til historien
> fra bøgerne, og jeg kan se at det budskab jeg referedede til desværre
> var stærkt reduceret i filmudgaven, og manglede flere væsentlige
> pointer.
>
> Men det handler om den måde tingene fungerer på K-Pax og den
> mentalitet som deres samfund bygger på. Noget vi nok kunne lære en hel
> del af. Der er et par eksempler her, som netop ikke var med i filmen:
>
>
> [Prot har lige fortalt at de ikke har nogen regering på K-Pax, og
> psykiateren spørger]: "What if no one notices that something needs to
> be done? What if someone knows something needs to be done but refused
> to do it? What if a person decides to do nothing?"
>
> "That doesn't happen on K-PAX."
>
> "Never?"
>
> "What would be the point?"
>
> "Well, to express dissatisfaction over the wages being paid, for one
> thing."
>
> "We don't have 'wages' on K-PAX. Or money of any kind."
>
> I jotted this down. "No money? What do you barter with?"
>
> "We don't 'barter'. You really should learn to listen to your
> patients, doctor. I told you before--if something needs to be done,
> you do it. If someone needs something you have, you give it to him.
> This avoids a multitude of problems and has worked pretty well on our
> PLANET for several billion years."
>
> <snip>
>
> "At what age did you begin school?"
>
> "There are no schools on K-PAX."
>
> "I'm not surprised. But you are obviously an educated person."
>
> "I am not a 'person'. I am a being. All K-PAXians are educated. But
> education does not come from schools. Education stems from the desire
> to learn. With that, you don't need schools. Without it, all the
> schools in the UNIVERSE are useless."
>
> <snip>
>
> "One final question. You have said that your childhood was a happy
> one. Did you have other children to play with?"
>
> "Hardly any. There are very few children anywhere on K-PAX, as I have
> indicated. Besides that, there is no distinction between 'work' and
> 'play' on our PLANET. On EARTH, children are encouraged to play all
> the time. This is because you believe they should remain innocent of
> their approaching adulthood for as long as possible, apparently
> because the latter is so distasteful. On K-PAX, children and adults
> are all part of the same thing. On our PLANET life is fun, and
> interesting. There is no need for mindless games, either for children
> or adults. No need for escape into soap operas, football, alcohol, or
> other drugs. Did I have a happy childhood on K- PAX? Of course. And
> a happy adulthood as well."
>
>
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