[電影] 公平遊戲、不公平的戰爭 Fair Game

這部電影頗有深度,觸及民主的真諦、公民的責任--看到不對的事情,是否能夠勇於挺身而出,即使面對的是全世界最有權勢的人。

民主也建立在法治的基礎上。制度的設計,讓整個社會有持續進步的空間。

改編自真人真事,當事人的自傳及文章。

CIA指派前駐尼日大使Joseph Wilson,前往尼日調查與伊拉克的WMD(weapon of mass destruction)買賣,但發現並沒有任何證據顯示有WMD買賣的事實。

不久之後,Bush宣布進軍伊拉克,宣稱根據尼日的情報,伊拉克進口了WMD設備。

Wilson上CNN說明,並沒有WMD。隨後白宮找人在報紙上發表文章回擊,並揭露Wilson的太太身為CIA幹員的身份。

結尾的演說



How many of you know who put the 16 words in the State of the Union address?
How many of you know my wife's name?
How do you know one and not the other?
How did the question move from why are we going to war to who is that man's wife?
I asked the first question. But somebody else asked the second. It worked.
Because we still don't know the truth.

The offense wasn't committed against me. It was not committed against my wife...
It was committed against you.
All of you.
If that makes you angry.
Or feel misrepresented.
Do something about it.

When Benjamin Franklin left the Independence Hall just after the second drafting,
He was approached by a women on the street.
The woman said, "Mr.Franklin, what manner of government have you bequeathed us?"
And Franklin said "A Republic, madam. If you can keep it."

The responsibilty of a country
Is not in the hands of a privileged few.
We are strong and we are free from tyranny
only as long as each one of us remember,
his or her duty as a citizen.


Whether its a pothole at the end of your street
or a lie in the State of the Union Address..
Speak up. Ask those questions.
Demand that truth.
Democracy is not a free ride...


[WiKi] Fair Game (2010 film)