One of the strongest, most unanswerable points Moore made was actually one of his tertiary points: That it's the poorest, most disadvantaged young people -- the ones the system has failed miserably -- who are the first to join up to defend that system with their lives.
He doesn't spell out this connection directly, but the censorship of the images of war struck me as related to his point about the members of Congress not reading the Patriot Act before voting for it. I suspect a lot of people who tell pollsters they support the war are essentially voting for something they haven't read -- they've been taken in by the propaganda of war being heroic and noble and clean ("just point at the target and shoot", as one young soldier in F911 said he'd expected).
I do think it's possible for a reasoning person to support a particular war, but there's a lot for them to overcome if I'm going to respect their position. They need to see and accept the harsh reality of what they're supporting.
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Date: 2004-06-30 09:32 am (UTC)He doesn't spell out this connection directly, but the censorship of the images of war struck me as related to his point about the members of Congress not reading the Patriot Act before voting for it. I suspect a lot of people who tell pollsters they support the war are essentially voting for something they haven't read -- they've been taken in by the propaganda of war being heroic and noble and clean ("just point at the target and shoot", as one young soldier in F911 said he'd expected).
I do think it's possible for a reasoning person to support a particular war, but there's a lot for them to overcome if I'm going to respect their position. They need to see and accept the harsh reality of what they're supporting.