As a Veteran, I See ‘American Sniper’ as Dangerous, But Not for the Reasons...
@HisStory wrote: Since they won't just let me say I agree, I agree. Read full topic
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@saskatchistani wrote: The internet is funny. I was reading The Angry Arab's blog and followed a link to something ol' As'ad quoted: " Had he stayed on the left, and especially had he been willing to...
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@Truthissubversive wrote: The wide popularity of this ridiculous movie is part of the dumbing down of America, which plays right into the hands of the Eternal War Axis that now runs our nation and...
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@Justaman wrote: Read this piece earlier today before CD launched this new forum and left a comment on the Waging Nonviolence site. The approbations directed at Cooper and Hall also apply to Eastwood...
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@Aquifer wrote: "Chris Kyle was like so many soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He believed in doing the right thing and was willing to give his life for it. That trait that drives many...
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@unlikelysource wrote: There are other, less forgiving, interpretations of Kyle's motives and mentality, but McIntosh's main thrust is undeniable. Mass culture reinforces the myths of political...
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As a Veteran, I See ‘American Sniper’ as Dangerous, But Not for the Reasons...
@saskatchistani wrote: Aquifer: ...that calling all of them "war criminals" will do nothing to help stop our wars or heal the harm done by them. To tell families whose relatives have died or returned...
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As a Veteran, I See ‘American Sniper’ as Dangerous, But Not for the Reasons...
@LibWingofLibWing wrote: Truthissubversive: Will the Venezuelans be next to be described as evil terrorists plotting ways to storm the beaches of Miami and Santa Monica? I've been expecting that for a...
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@dogsface wrote: I am glad that someone is speaking out against "American Sniper". Read full topic
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@Aquifer wrote: I did not call them "heroes" - nor did I say they were, in fact, keeping our country "safe" ....., but the "reality" is in many cases they believed they were doing the latter, and the...
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@Nicholas wrote: Well said. Read full topic
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@norskmann wrote: "...i think we should honor the impetus that causes one to be willing to give one's life for a cause one believes in ... " With all due respect, at which point along the continuum...
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@Aquifer wrote: There's the key, methinks, the point at which you become "self aware" - "one is responsible for what one knows", I think no one would question that, but then there is that gray area,...
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@gritona wrote: as long as we keep lying to the loved ones about their dead kin dying for their country, or for freedom or whatever we will never stop the madness of war. Families of troops who die...
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@saskatchistani wrote: That is absolute rubbish. This isn't a question of "self-awareness," it's a matter of pulling one's head out of one's red-white-and-blue-hued rectum. Why coddle these people,...
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@renegade wrote: US Soldiers took part in an invasion of Iraq. It was a crime against humanity. Whether or not they believed they were doing good is irrelevant. They were the wolves. Read full topic
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@renegade wrote: So.... we should not state the truth so that another generation of kids thinks it is OK to travel thousands of miles away and invade a foreign country commiting war crimes in the name...
View ArticleAs a Veteran, I See ‘American Sniper’ as Dangerous, But Not for the Reasons...
@Aquifer wrote: [quote="saskatchistani, post:17, topic:3508"]"This isn't a question of "self-awareness," Tell that to norskmann - it was his phrase i was referring to - simply another way of...
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@Aquifer wrote: I don't think you get what I am trying to say - do you think we should snuff out the idea that there is nothing out there, anywhere, worth fighting or dying for? And that caring for a...
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@MaPol wrote: Thanks for the article about the film "American Sniper". I will more than likely add it to my "don't see' list regarding movies. It would be one thing if American Sniper concentrated on...
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