George Will quotes Samuel Johnson in his column today on United 93. Sometimes it's like columnists are reading Blue Crab Boulevard since they make many of the same points I have made about the movie. Will notes that it is doing rather well at the box office, as I have done twice, most recently last night. Will also notes that this movie has very different demographics in play than the normal audience makeup in recent years. People over 30 are seeing this movie.
Will includes this quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:
"In this snug, over-safe corner of the world . . . we may realize that our comfortable routine is no eternal necessity of things, but merely a little space of calm in the midst of the tempestuous untamed streaming of the world, and in order that we may be ready for danger. . . . Out of heroism grows faith in the worth of heroism."
I think that one sentence hits it exactly right. People need to be reminded of that.
UPDATE: It occurred to me that this would be an excellent place to remind people about heroes.
