Who is the real traitor?

Celestine 2022-03-23 09:02:47

When I watched this movie, it was on the domestic Internet that FF’s diary was published overseas, and it was criticized by many people, thinking it was a smear of the great motherland, and some people even thought FF was a traitor, a traitor, and a traitor. According to the standards of these people, I think the heroine in this movie can be shot 10,000 times by them.

A woman who worked for the government in an intelligence agency made the country's secrets public, brought international disgrace to the government and allies, and even saw the government's war as an illegal war. This kind of behavior, if you put it in China, I am afraid that you will be thrown into the eighteenth hell. However, in the United Kingdom, which is despised by so many people, the government actually gave up the prosecution against her, and there are so many media and lawyers. Support her, treat her as a hero, and really rot the country's pills.

I think, those who accuse the FF diary of smearing the motherland will never understand, the difference between the state and the government, will never understand, when the government is trying to drag the people into the war, if there is no such "traitor", their own Can only be the victim and cannon fodder of the warmongers.

The saddest thing is that in such a country, most people are unable to decide their own destiny, nor will they stand up and try to stop the power's wanton madness, and even cheer for war. Who is the real traitor when governments and those in power with unchecked power tie entire nations and people to the wheel of war?

Finally, let’s end with a quote from the lawyer in the film: “in fact, by leaking information to try and stop a war, i’d argue that you chose loyalty to your country over loyalty to your government, your marriage and yourself.”

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Extended Reading
  • Judy 2022-03-18 09:01:05

    The shot is very old school, but it needs this fan. It is a miracle that personal beliefs are fighting the helplessness and pressure of the system, as well as the checks and balances of the civil society on the government system, and in the end everything is restored to the court. But the war started, and Blair just resigned. It seems that Snowden really can't win the lawsuit.

  • Devyn 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    Sometimes there is no technical, academic or analytical angle to watch movies... The biggest flash of this story may be that idealists will recognize each other and attract, even very mature idealists of vicissitudes and impulsive naive idealists , light is always light. It also reminds me that I grew up in a news environment, and I want to organize news films for my dad, whose idealism is still alive, to watch and discuss together.

Official Secrets quotes

  • Tony Blair: [on TV] What we know, is that Saddam has this material.

    Katharine Gun: You don't know that. I mean, he just keeps repeating the lie. Just because you're the Prime Minister, it doesn't mean you get to make up your own facts.

  • GCHQ Woman: Someone in this building has betrayed their country. If you are found to have withheld information, you will be charged with a breach of the Official Secrets Act.