Posted: Jun 02, 2016 9:01 pm
crank wrote:It really is contemptible to not realize what war is, that no matter how 'valiant and noble' individual deeds may be, the bigger picture erases all of that. Wars, fighting, combat, all were a huge part of our history as a species, as we've gotten more civilized, this has abated more and more. It's time we grew up enough to realize how fucked up it is and stop. The more we glorify it, the harder that is and the longer it will take. Why do you think gung ho military types are so anxious to find and exalt 'heroes'? The reality is you get Tilmans, made a hero to hide the reality that he was killed by friendly fire and maybe even fragged. The fog of war? It's not mostly on the battlefield, it's in the bullshit propaganda of glorified patriotic war.
I am not sure how you dare enquote "valiant and noble" before "erasing" the notion. Their valiant actions and deeds get erased do they?
I am so sick to the stomach with your position and so unwilling to engage you any more on it, that I will just leave it at that.