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Germans in the Woods
>> ^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.
Veteran returns to Vietnam; returns photo of man he killed
Wtf. Surely you killed my father prepare to die would be more entertaining.
Dead is dead, just because the killer returns the photo of your father (who he killed, let's not forget that) doesn't make it better.
I'm not necessarily anti-war - or should we say, anti-politics/corporate-gain - but in this particular case, wouldn't re-opening a wound she'd presumably closed, and moved on from count as being excessively cruel? I'm not a psychiatrist either. Would this give her the same closure he's been seeking for, what, 33 years?
Actually it does make it better. It just happens I've spoke with several councilors and psychologists about this issue. I'm the curious sort.
It is worse if the person has been killed and the daughter has the impression that the killer doesn't care... doesn't think of that person or action at all. In fact this is exactly what the daughter probably thought before being contacted. The man carried the photo around for decades. Obviously the event is something that he places importance on and was greatly affected. This adds great weight to the apology and lets the daughter know this was important to this man.
Closure... it's not just for movies.
Kids in the Hall - The Day It Happened
Thank you very much.
Carl Sagan - A Thousand Years of Darkness
Someone with more power can fix it though...
http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/4939/Carl_Sagan___A_thousand_years_of_darkness/
Unfortunately, I am not sure if it is the exact same video that was here - only that the title is the same.