War has turned into near-bloodless operations executed by pilots quoted as saying "it felt like a video game". As in the song, assessment was not by humans, but by machines peering through a camera lens. With the aid of super machines, man's language about war radically changes into terms about "surgery," "collateral damage" and "target-rich environments."
nucleusprog.com.ar/ingles/…
Once dehumanizing language begins, the actions are certain to follow, and nearly impossible to halt. A bloody, terrible war - as all wars are and should be remembered, for our own sake - is reduced to a medical procedure like cutting out cancer. The disease is war, its symptoms deadly technology, the cure - human contact and understanding.
PigeonWingon August 31, 2008 Link
-
No Replies Log in to reply