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heavy duty

War is fucked up.

People die in war.

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No war will ever be over until the last eyes to see it have closed forever.

The concept of war is both terrible and fascinating to me. There are thousands of ways to settle disputes, but certain things are so important to us as people and nations that we can only come to a resolution by taking and sacrificing life. To me it is a testament to the sanctity of life. It is the most precious thing we can offer. Ironically, it is also a testament to how cheaply we value life, especially if our causes aren't just.

One of my dear friends was in Afghanistan and was ordered to open fire in a home, reportedly full of hostile, armed civilians. When he entered the house, he saw that the people were children holding guns. They aimed their weapons at him, and he had no choice but to shoot them. He later found out that the children had been holding water guns, spray-painted black. If the man in this video is haunted by that one memory, I can't imagine what thousands of veterans and soldiers must go through every day. My friend has terrible PTSD and his life is falling apart because of it. It kind of pisses me off.

every 14 year old who plays Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on their Xbox 360 should have to watch this video

^It would be lost on them.

I sincerely hope the closest I ever have to get to war is through the medium of computer games. But as lifelike as they get even they don't bring the reality of it home, especially compared to the likes of Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers, and the first hand testimony of someone who was there tops the list. It's the politicians that send people to war, but it's the soldiers that have to deal with the humanity of it. If only the decision makers were the ones we send to fight, they might not be so keen...

>> ^joe2:
every 14 year old who plays Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on their Xbox 360 should have to watch this video


In my defense, I play it on ps3.

It's amazing though how something so profound can be so understated in our society by the use modern technology. There's the capability today for individuals to drive to work at 9 in the morning, kill some people using computer controlled planes, and then drive back home at 4 as if it never happened.

I wish I dont ever have to be a in situation where I have to take someone's life.

>> ^joe2:
every 14 year old who plays Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on their Xbox 360 should have to watch this video


I have heard -possibly an Internet myth- of children asking a veteran how many times he "died" in the war.

>> ^ryanbennitt:
I sincerely hope the closest I ever have to get to war is through the medium of computer games. But as lifelike as they get even they don't bring the reality of it home, especially compared to the likes of Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers, and the first hand testimony of someone who was there tops the list. It's the politicians that send people to war, but it's the soldiers that have to deal with the humanity of it. If only the decision makers were the ones we send to fight, they might not be so keen...


If you want to do something about this, and think it will help, vote more veterans into office.

>> ^joe2:
every 14 year old who plays Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on their Xbox 360 should have to watch this video


that's bullshit. smart people will realize the true horrors of war whether they watch this video or not and whether they play COD or not. I just finished MW2 yesterday, and I had fun shooting fake soldiers. Doesn't mean I think its easy to do, or that it should be done in RL.

>> ^yourhydra:
>> ^joe2:
every 14 year old who plays Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on their Xbox 360 should have to watch this video

that's bullshit. smart people will realize the true horrors of war whether they watch this video or not and whether they play COD or not. I just finished MW2 yesterday, and I had fun shooting fake soldiers. Doesn't mean I think its easy to do, or that it should be done in RL.


Sure, but it doesn't hurt to have reality reinforced, right? It seems like something that a parent should do. Or at least it seems to me that this should be the case and will be something I do when I'm a parent. I'm not talking about overbearing pushing of reality, but just a reminder that world of 1's and 0's is rarely a true reflection of life.