i just watched the most amazing story on the abc.
skip this paragraph if you want to avoid details, but six irish revolutionaries were convicted of treason against the british queen & sent as convicticts to one of the worlds most notorious jails on the west coast of australia. (fremantle, which is sorta where i live).:)
anyway members of the same movement who exiled to america began to devise a ten year long plan to breakout these men, their friends, from one of the most isolated prisons on earth, in a country no one has ever been to, from the other side of the world. and this is in the 1800’s mind you. and i dunno, it was just an genuinely amazing. it’s like prison break, but it actually happened.
its just got me thinking, what these fellas achieved was insane! and it was in cold blood too. they chose to do this. to sail across the sea in a second hand whaleboat for six men they’d mostly never met. simply because it was an injustice they were locked up and it was the right thing to do..
it kina reminds me about a quote i read in highschool. (it was sorta referring to hitler but it went..) “evil only wins when good men do nothing” and i always remembered that line.
it feels really gimpy saying this, but these dudes lived massive lives, what kina story is that?!! i guess it’s got me thinking, i mean i’m only 19, but will i ever do anything as aweinspiring as this?
i live in this city but i’d never heard of this story. check this doco out. i’m going to go hunt down a book:)).
