When the music group "War" wrote this song in the 70's, I'm sure they had quite a few things on their mind... communists, racial tensions, rich poor divide and much more. That message still has not changed.
As we go around leading our lives, just trying to get by each day, we face frayed tempers, irritation at every remark directed against us. At this point we get into a vicious tit for tat cycle, trying out do the others and take revenge. This is magnified at the national and the international level with disputes over rivers, a few yards of land and ofcourse, oil.
I came across this clip from an Iranian film from the 70s "Do Rahehal Barayeh Yek Mass" which portrays an everyday situation involving two children with two scenarios with very different out comes.
The clip is very well made and the simple narrative style and the drama captured can happen in any classroom anywhere in the world ( yes..its HAS happened to me!). The end really gets you thinking and puts a smile on your face as you realise that there are two solutions to every problem.. and ALWAYS an easy way out !
Take out 4:11 minutes of your time to watch this gem....
(Link courtesy : The Voice of A)
