Morant: "What would I do if I escaped, soldier?"
Guard (after a pause): "You'd be free, sir. You could go and see the world."
Morant (with a sad, faraway look in his eyes): "I've already seen it."
BTW, I used to work with a guy from Australia who knew quite a bit about Breaker Morant. The movie cast him in a very romantic light, when in fact he was "a very bad man."
LAst night, I watched a Law and Order episode that was loosely based on the Pinochet trial in Europe.Actually, it was more tight then loose but... :)
In this TV episode they made it sound like Castro, Che, and International Communists that came to destroy Chile were great people. I have to comment that although Pinochet WAS brutal, he was no more brutal then his opponents.
My take on it was that if the Communists were ruthless psychos that were evil incarnate, it was OK; but the Reactionary forces of Pinochet were evil.
Did they do bad things? Of course. Do I agree with all of them? No. However, that view does not take into account the brutality of the "Revolution" camp.
Its funny, but I was reading about Ceausescus rule in Romania at the time and I hate to admit it but I would use ANY means neccesary to prevent such a human hell from surfacing.
I am just mentioning this to illustrate the point that there are two sides to every story. In the example I posted, the LEft ignores such MONSTROUS people and the Right is seen as the root of all evil.
Knowing nothing of the history of Breaker Morant, this could be seen as a Vanity post but I just figured I would add my perception the modern media. I have had a few! :D