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So I found this amazing video on YouTube.com.  It is a great sample of people doing what the rest of the flock does.  The amazing thing is that people are such social animals and really end up relying on the group to take care of them.  This is natural to a point, people allow people to think for them…    We all have our favorite news anchors, commentators, sports announcers… we rely on them for information.  We end up trusting them.  The complete danger occurs when we become complacent in the information they feed to us.

It is imperative to stop and think for ourselves to ensure that we are not being led in our thinking.  I don’t care if you are a socialist, conservative, liberal or a communist.  Be one because that is who you are.  Don’t let someone lead you into believing that is who you are.

It is amazing, I have friends who think they are liberal but have very few liberal beliefs.  I am sure this goes vice versa also, I just seem to have more liberal friends .

The message here is to take the time to stop and look inside yourself to see what is right and what is wrong.  Listen to that inner voice, don’t rely on Sean Hannity, or Keith Olbermann.  Do it yourself based on your beliefs and morals.

So Avatar is obvioussly the epitome of anti-capitalism, anti-military and pro-tree hugging movies.  You have a giant corporation hell bend on mining ore even at the destruction of a tribal race and a Marine that loves the thought of war mongering before dinner.  So if you watch this movie with the idea that it is a direct representation of the current corporation employing millions you will be greatly annoyed.

The only reason I went to see the movie is because I am a sucker for special effects.  CGI is amazing and I love to see movies in 3D with amazing effects.  As I watched the movie, I have to admit that it was a great story.  I am not naive enough to think all corporations are driven by a moral code and not the dollar, and that there haven’t been any war mongering humans in the past?

I chose to watch this movie in a worse case scenario approach.  If you have a corrupt entity (government or corporate) with an aggressive military force, you have the potential for a very big problem.

Just watch it to have fun.  Believe me, it requires no thinking at all.  It is a no brainer movie with a very basic boy meets girl… boy falls in love with girl… boy flies big dragon like thing to save the day kinda movie.  Predictable in every way, but with amazing effects.