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Honor. You should teach it here, sir.

Patrick McGoohan has passed away today. McGoohans character "Number 6" in the landmark TV show "The Prisoner" illustrated many of my own feelings about the nature of personal rebellion and its role in the operation of a civilization. There might have been one hundred Lucy knock offs over the years, but there has been only one "Prisoner".

My favorite quote from "The Prisoner", which seems rather timely right about now is this exchange with Leo McKern as "Number 2".

Number 2: What in fact has been created? An international community. A perfect blueprint for world order. When the sides facing each other suddenly realize that they're looking into a mirror, they'll see that this is the pattern for the future.
Number 6: The whole earth as... 'The Village'?
Number 2: That is my hope. What's yours?
Number 6: I'd like to be the first man on the moon!

Well obviously, that was before Neil and Buzz and Apollo 11, but the sentiment is one I fully understand.

Oh... and no, I didn't get the last episode either...

Posted @ January 14, 2009 04:42 PM | Current Affairs

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