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:Credit for that line goes to a book I recently read. It's titled: [ | :Credit for that line goes to a book I recently read. It's titled: [https://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-1400034639-0 War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning], by former war correspondent [http://web.archive.org/web/20130310151925/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week622/hedges.html Chris Hedges]. Quite a remarkable statement on both modern society and the human condition, and short [[wikt:to_boot|to boot]], so it's worth checking out. I've been pulling a lot out of it lately, honestly. | ||
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:Complementary reading/watching suggestions : | :Complementary reading/watching suggestions : | ||
:#[https://web.archive.org/web/20130310151925/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week622/hedges.html an interview with Chris Hedges] : best read before or ''instead'' of [ | :#[https://web.archive.org/web/20130310151925/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week622/hedges.html an interview with Chris Hedges] : best read before or ''instead'' of [https://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-1400034639-0 WIAFTGUM] (much shorter still, less "poetry" and pathos, and all the relevant points are there) | ||
:#[https://web.archive.org/web/20200217020923/http://www.monochrom.at/amok/ Every Five Seconds an Inkjet Printer Dies Somewhere] : a short article trying to explain "pointless" massacres (running amok). A few considerations (primarily in the first half) are general enough to apply to war : public theater, some kind of heroism VS manifestation of evil (condemnation VS acceptance/glorification). | :#[https://web.archive.org/web/20200217020923/http://www.monochrom.at/amok/ Every Five Seconds an Inkjet Printer Dies Somewhere] : a short article trying to explain "pointless" massacres (running amok). A few considerations (primarily in the first half) are general enough to apply to war : public theater, some kind of heroism VS manifestation of evil (condemnation VS acceptance/glorification). | ||
:#Stanley Kubrick's [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/ Full Metal Jacket]. Two memorable quotes : | :#Stanley Kubrick's [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/ Full Metal Jacket]. Two memorable quotes : | ||