On Wednesday I saw Dead Poets society for the second time. It struck me anew the idea of sacrificial martyrdom. The idea that there are people who through their principled stand against restrictive norms in society, institutions etc: cause tension, disruption and eventually freedoms that follow. But the people who bring these freedoms become martyrs themselves. Such was the case of flamboyant, unconventional English teacher in Dead Poets Society John Keating played by Robin Williams. His encouragement of expression and denouncing of restrictive conformity eventually gained him the scapegoat position for a students suicide. But hopefully this would make the boys academy a little less stifling for future intakes. It is the pattern for all progression in all walks of life. A pattern that finds its fultillment in Jesus - the ultimate sacrifice.
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