Be the change you want to see in the world.? -Gandhi

Why me, or you? Who else, if not you, and me?

1918 Suomenlinna. Starved prisoner number 1724, Yrjö Kallinen, covered by vermin, is suffering from pneumonia but stubbornly refuses to eat the watery gruel he is offered. What kind of politics is that?

1943 Lahti Police Prison, cell number 11. Social activist Betty Peltonen has been arrested again and is getting a spine-deep lesson on how the national police creates order.

1956 Budapest. The vision of an independent, democratic Hungary leads journalist Miklós Gimes on his face to the ground.

1969 Prague. The spring passed, autumn followed, now winter has come.  Economic history student Jan Palach is buying gasoline. To keep warm?

2006 Moscow. Anna Politkovskaya, followed by shadows, has done her shopping. She recently lost her father, her mother lies in hospital and her daughter is carrying a child. Where on earth would a woman hide from her life and why would she run from her responsibilities? Once again she is writing an article about civilian suffering, which again will fall on deaf ears.

Are we just symptoms of our times or can we be held responsible for our deeds?
Who gave the order, who obeyed? Did it come from the central command or from beyond, or was it your own thinking, did you decide to take action?
How many asses have been wiped on the Declaration of Human Rights?
What separates a man from a rat, and on which one's favor does the comparison add? How many gun shots are needed for silencing a human being? What about the voices that still refuse to die?

What if one takes others suffering for real? Is it possible to sense happiness in the middle of a game-hell and war?
How does a pacifist become a minister of defence?
Who do you follow, who is your lighthouse, who the light that guides you? How much for a human life, a life dedicated to others?
Is it measured in the State Court or placed on the scale against the feather of truth?

Can you call a corpse as a witness?

The play called The Star Torn off the Flag poses these and other impossible questions.