1] Word make it okay and justifiable to kill
2] I agree with her, nody wants to kill The Johnsons in Germany, but they would be okay if it were Those J's in that "Kraut" country.
3] I think its about both, war involves language and lanuage invloves war. War is about disputes, which start verbally and lead to death. Language provides a medium for war such as actual words of disagreement to propaganda. The article encompasses this, by talking about how we need both to feel just in fighting the fight.
4] I think there maybe some exaggeration, becuase its one thing to kill some with a bomb or gun or quickly, but to torture them and prolong agony takes more than absorbed lanuage...it takes anger, "brainwashing" in some cases, no sense of remorse, and possible alter mental state.
5] I don't know if it weakens it, but it just seems to go along with our culture...we fret over what we do to other people and not the fact that they do it right back at us...there is this mentality that America is above others, so we need to point out and fix our flaws--but usally after we have gone and made war policing the world.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
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I disagree with you on number 4. I mean how were the soliders brain washed? with words. They were taught they were the enemy and that they had to do whatever was needed to get the information.
and yes and no on question 5. i mean we do fret over what others do us. just not as much as what we do to other socities.
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