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You're above the question. Nice. by fabio 02/22/2012, 5:37am PST
I have the same problem with war that MM has with religion. Too often - especially in America - it's set up as a sacred institution immune to criticism or suggested indecency.

If you think you're unaffected by this, let me ask what are the first images that come to mind when someone mentions the Kmer Rouge? Pol Pot, a pile of corpses, and not much else. Now how about World War 2? Tanks, planes, Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, FDR, clean news reel footage, then finally maybe down at around #8 the concentration camps but almost never piles and piles of dead soldiers. Piles of dead soldiers? Get that shit out of here! This is the greatest generation! Time to let the romanticisation of them justify every conflict for the next 60 years!

The holocaust museum is the only Western memorial to get it right. If you're not willing to primarily present it as a series of corpse photography then you're being dishonest and doing the next generation a disservice. I can't believe Worm actually brought up Gettysburg as a counter example to this: a quaint little gift shop of parade memorabilia.

I also can't stomach CoD single player campaigns if he wants to know. I may play Battlefield 3, but I'm not planning to visit Iraq's Highway of Death anytime soon.
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Planning a summer vacation to France in 2014 by laudablepuss 02/20/2012, 7:16am PST NEW
    I'm going to Risa to read my book and go spelunking! NT by Jean Luc Picard 02/20/2012, 8:54am PST NEW
        I think "spelunking" is a euphemism on Risa. Be careful, buddy. NT by laudablepuss 02/20/2012, 9:25am PST NEW
    Re: Planning a summer vacation to France in 2014 by Mysterio Jones 02/20/2012, 10:44am PST NEW
    Are you planning a China trip for the 100th anniversy of Nanking rape? by fabio 02/21/2012, 12:08am PST NEW
        Haha ok by laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 12:15am PST NEW
            Birthdays vs atrocity tourism. What's the difference? NT by Inside the mind of Laudable 02/21/2012, 12:49am PST NEW
                Did I log into the citizens against civil war reenactment forum? NT by Worm 02/21/2012, 1:06am PST NEW
                    Most civill war reenactors are racist gun nuts. They should be shunned. NT by fact 02/21/2012, 1:53am PST NEW
                        True. NT by laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 2:20am PST NEW
                        Yeah but there's nothing inherently wrong with the reenactment. by Worm 02/21/2012, 10:50am PST NEW
                            Re: Yeah but there's nothing inherently wrong with the reenactment. by laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 6:26pm PST NEW
                            Gettysburg! by fabio 02/22/2012, 5:19am PST NEW
                                Re: Gettysburg! by laudablepuss 02/22/2012, 6:28am PST NEW
                                A museum dares to have a gift shop, but North & South ... that's fucking art. by Worm 02/22/2012, 7:53am PST NEW
                                doesn't that pretty much describe the american revolution by Rafiki 02/22/2012, 11:54am PST NEW
                Re: Birthdays vs atrocity tourism. What's the difference? by laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 1:14am PST NEW
                Re: Birthdays vs atrocity tourism. What's the difference? by laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 2:19am PST NEW
                    Re: Birthdays vs atrocity tourism. What's the difference? by Mischief Professional 02/21/2012, 6:24pm PST NEW
                        Yeah that's a really disgusting thing only armchair enthusiasts would say by fabio 02/22/2012, 5:44am PST NEW
                            I don't know that I would blame the armchair enthusiasts... by Mischief Professional 02/22/2012, 12:09pm PST NEW
                                Re: I don't know that I would blame the armchair enthusiasts... by fabio 02/22/2012, 1:03pm PST NEW
                                    War implies consent by both parties involved. NT by Mischief Professional 02/22/2012, 1:35pm PST NEW
                                        I dunno about that. But if that was true of any war . . . by laudablepuss 02/22/2012, 4:55pm PST NEW
                                        I'm not sure Poland would agree by fabio 02/26/2012, 11:33am PST NEW
                                            ^not unlike NT by fabio 02/26/2012, 11:34am PST NEW
                                    Re: I don't know that I would blame the armchair enthusiasts... by laudablepuss 02/22/2012, 4:48pm PST NEW
                            Yes one sided slaughter is different from mutual slaughter. NT by Worm 02/22/2012, 12:30pm PST NEW
                                Sorry I didn't describe how: one is one sided the other isn't NT by Worm 02/22/2012, 12:31pm PST NEW
                Re: Birthdays vs atrocity tourism. What's the difference? NT by Laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 2:27am PST NEW
                Re: Birthdays vs atrocity tourism. What's the difference? NT by laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 2:29am PST NEW
                Re: Birthdays vs atrocity tourism. What's the difference? NT by laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 10:42am PST NEW
            Serious question by fabio 02/21/2012, 4:36pm PST NEW
                I still don't understand how those are analogous to World War 1. NT by Worm 02/21/2012, 5:25pm PST NEW
                    How is building a teeth necklace different from collecting severed limbs? NT by fabio 02/21/2012, 5:59pm PST NEW
                        Re: How is building a teeth necklace different from collecting severed limbs? by fabio 02/21/2012, 6:14pm PST NEW
                            A+ would converse with again NT by laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 6:16pm PST NEW
                Re: Serious question by laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 6:15pm PST NEW
                    How are they different? by fabio 02/21/2012, 6:23pm PST NEW
                        Re: How are they different? by laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 6:31pm PST NEW
                            Where was this fabio when CoD came out? NT by Worm 02/21/2012, 11:46pm PST NEW
                            You're above the question. Nice. by fabio 02/22/2012, 5:37am PST NEW
                                Re: You're above the question. Nice. by laudablepuss 02/22/2012, 6:25am PST NEW
                        why be interested in anything rather than anything else? NT by albear camoo 02/21/2012, 6:31pm PST NEW
                The Hurt Locker dudes need to make a WWI movie NT by Roop 02/22/2012, 6:56am PST NEW
    Going to the German speaking parts of France for that extra WWI ironic goodness? NT by Mischief Professional 02/21/2012, 6:42pm PST NEW
        Re: Going to the German speaking parts of France for that extra WWI ironic goodn by laudablepuss 02/21/2012, 7:11pm PST NEW
 
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