Friday, November 13, 2009

This film did expose me to different ideas of nationalism. I had known of the events that took place during the Olympic games in Munich, but I never knew of the national pride and beliefs of the Pakistani terrorists. Their actions can be seen as a form of nationalism since they were seen as heroes for their violent acts, but it is not the traditional nationalism that I imagine. I think of positive, peaceful support for ones country but this film showed me that with different views of life coming from the west and middle east, different ideas of nationalism are possible. What bothered me in the film is that it exposed how ignorant the Germans were in handling the whole situation. Germany had already made the history books and their country really couldn't afford any more destruction, but to let terrorists go in a cover up to protect their country and reputation is sad considering they had killed innocent athletes who were representing their country at a "peacful" event.

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