1. Words in war time make individuals feel not as a single person (who has a family, feelings, and emotions), but as a group of enemies. It allows us to feel better and not attatched to the individuals we are killing
2. I don't think you can ever attribute too much power to words. That is the problem our society has with raising people nowadays. We teach that words can never hurt, when in fact they hurt the most, and its not till we get older that we realize the truth in that statement.
3. I think this essay is about war, but it is discussing a major attribuute to war, and that "words." It is describing the thought process to kill in war of those involved. This attributes to how words play such a strong role in war, and ables us to use different language.
4. I believe she is correct to a certain degree on this statement, because by using this language soldiers are able to kill without thought, without regret, or any attatched emotions. The reason is because they don't look at the enemies as "an individual" but instead a catgorized 'hated' group. Because of this mind inset, many of their lives do change.
5. I think it is implict, if it is not looked at that way then her essay in my view would be weakened. But i feel it is implict because why would we, the Americans, be any different than any other country. We go to war also, and kill the same way that any other country kills, by using words to make it easier.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
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I agree with you that words do make the process to kill easier. I don't know about you, but I thought that her arguement of soldiers who have to dehumanize their opponents was weak in the fact that by saying this statement, soldiers are just mere pawns and cannot think for themselves. It seems as though her whole arguement for anti-war anti- torture, andti- humilation of human people in war becomes nothing in its purpose.
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