The War Tapes - Full Doc

seen it, great way to tell the audience what war's really like

Must be something about the human condition that makes us want to do this shit.
Its sad that its so self-damaging, I would bet my paycheck that every single soldier would come back with PTSD, ive experienced it first-hand myself, and beleive you me, it is not some simple illness that can be fixed with a few weeks of soup and rest.

Its deadset serious, a total personality change, to the point where you have all the memories of the person you once were, you knew what you were like, but theres this internal struggle with your new self to attempt a solution to get back to what you were like. No matter how many psychotropic drugs you take, or how many times you tell your story to a shrink, nothing helps.

Its not fun, its not heroic, and it certainly is not noble.

I genuinely feel sorry for every single soldier over there, its a shame society and wars in general are controlled by so few, who are so shielded from the hienousness of it all, that they can just sign a document, smile to the camera, and not feel one iota of remorse for how many peoples lives they are fucking over, regardless of how "noble" it is in their minds.

War is never noble...ever.

calvados

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I tried sifting this before -- nobody voted for it besides me. Glad it's gonna make it this time!

She's also got her own (very interesting) TED Talk somewhere here on the Sift.

10290

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So I suppose the American Civil war which ended slavery was not noble in your book? How about World War 2 where Nazism and Fascism where threatening the very peace and security of the entire world? Do those 2 events fall under your blanket statement that war is never noble? I have a blanket statement for you, you are a complete pacifist and I think that says it all. I really should not be shocked being a college student and all, maybe someday you will learn how the world really functions. For now stay in your ivory tower and make your blanket idealist statements

Spork

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Fighting blanket statements with blanket statements? I'm not sure that's the way to go.

charliem says...

Im no pacificst, war can be a useful tool sometimes, but to sit back and call it noble in the face of what it causes to those who partake in it is nothing short of propoganda.

Its a blunt instrument which fucks peoples lives up. If used correctly, it can be a force for good change.

And for all you know I could be a 40 year old mature age war vet, come home to do a degree.
Nice of you to judge that which you know nothing about.

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