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Imagine a magnificent future...
http://www.ted.com/talks/wadah_khanfar_a_historic_moment_in_the_arab_world.html
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Synopsis
Fact meets fiction in a tale of 1848 Dublin, when the seeds for liberty were sown.
Michael Fallon, a peaceful rebel, and his contemporaries, believe they can gain liberty from British rule through the use of their mighty pens. They publish their ideas in liberal journals in hopes of raising the pride and courage of their fellow Irishmen. This pride will help to propel Ireland to the status of an independent nation.
Michael’s peaceful endeavors are thwarted when a fellow resistor, John Haggerty, becomes fed up with parliamentary injustice and publishes an article that touts violence. The article is denounced as seditious. Haggerty is considered a treasonous felon who has attempted to incite rebellion amongst the people of Ireland and is therefore considered a danger to the Queen and her people. The British squelch this act of (inflammatory) free speech by sentencing Haggerty to prison and deportment.
Michael’s fellow Young Irelanders made up of barristers, journalists, and students become wanted as treasonous felons also. Caught up in the outrage of such an injustice at a time when optimism for liberty is swelling, Michael and his fellow agitators end up swapping their pens for swords. After a thwarted insurrection, Michael must face the downward spiral of having failed to maintain his peaceful ideals. He becomes a fugitive that must go into exile in order to escape imprisonment or execution. While attempting to leave his homeland, he burrows deep into the countryside and gains insight into the conflicts, strengths, and organization of his people. He would rather not leave, but feels that to live, and carry on the work he started, he must.
Michael Fallon, a peaceful rebel, and his contemporaries, believe they can gain liberty from British rule through the use of their mighty pens. They publish their ideas in liberal journals in hopes of raising the pride and courage of their fellow Irishmen. This pride will help to propel Ireland to the status of an independent nation.
Michael’s peaceful endeavors are thwarted when a fellow resistor, John Haggerty, becomes fed up with parliamentary injustice and publishes an article that touts violence. The article is denounced as seditious. Haggerty is considered a treasonous felon who has attempted to incite rebellion amongst the people of Ireland and is therefore considered a danger to the Queen and her people. The British squelch this act of (inflammatory) free speech by sentencing Haggerty to prison and deportment.
Michael’s fellow Young Irelanders made up of barristers, journalists, and students become wanted as treasonous felons also. Caught up in the outrage of such an injustice at a time when optimism for liberty is swelling, Michael and his fellow agitators end up swapping their pens for swords. After a thwarted insurrection, Michael must face the downward spiral of having failed to maintain his peaceful ideals. He becomes a fugitive that must go into exile in order to escape imprisonment or execution. While attempting to leave his homeland, he burrows deep into the countryside and gains insight into the conflicts, strengths, and organization of his people. He would rather not leave, but feels that to live, and carry on the work he started, he must.
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