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In reply to the discussion: Reel Life & Real Death [View all]Skidmore
(37,364 posts)14. I think the way modern warfare is conducted so distances
men from the carnage that there is almost a videogame quality to it for the public. Blips on a radar screen, dots on a map, euphenisms in an article. The public goes about its pursuits blissfully unaware that there is death at the nose of a missile, at the point of a bullet. That the misery left behind is not just lives lost to death but to the obliteration of livelihoods and real property. I remember the coverage of Viet Nam vividly. I don't, for the life of me, understand the ability of a public which can sit through endless slasher movies and other such graphic video violence, turning away from the horrific results of the real violence unleashed in the world.
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I'm not a tragedy whore (meaning I'm not one who gets off on seeing horrific scenes), but reality...
Cooley Hurd
Jul 2014
#7
“News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.” Lord Northcliffe
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2014
#9
Fair enough. I will leave you his wiki page and a recent OP ed of his. I doubt I need
Jefferson23
Jul 2014
#19
It's obvious why those killing other human beings don't want the evidence shown,
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#21
Lol, yes, it is. I first heard the term when I insisted on posting Dahr Jamail's excellent photo
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#30