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The meaning and consequently, effect, of this video is subject to interpretation. The creator describes it as “not strictly a 'pro-war' video” which he reportedly designed to depict “the spectacle of war.”
WARNING: The video includes an 8-second [static] view of a medical procedure being performed on a patient who is bloody and has obviously sustained serious injury. Other than that, none of the images include any direct illustration of physical damage to people. All the images are combat photography by “Space Elliott” along with some open source files available through AP/Reuters/Fox.
Where are your heroes with bodies like athletes
Where are your rough shaven, well dressed idols
Dollars in their eyes
Diamonds in their smiles
One day I too will be beautiful like a god
Apollo, perfect x 2000, 21 years old
The ideal man, masculine charm
Where are your rough shaven, well dressed idols
Dollars in their eyes
Diamonds in their smiles
One day I too will be beautiful like a god
Apollo, perfect x 2000, 21 years old
The ideal man, masculine charm
I recently embarked upon a quest to discover more information about a topic I noticed in the CE&P forum – “The Human Spirit.” I found that most religions have something to say about the concept, but it seems there is no clear consensus about what it really means or how it may be significant. One of the commonalities associated with the term relates to a recurrent theme involving how people overcome hardship. I suppose that naturally leads toward a quiz about the source(s) of hardship, etc.
Eventually I ended up exploring the idea through You Tube and found this video, which is at the same time representative, while also myopic. It involves an examination of warriors and our apparent willingness, as relatively sophisticated modern societies, to sacrifice our most able-bodied and promising young citizens to bring about a victory over competing identities. The “call to duty” is most-often glorified and those who participate in the conquests are generally regarded as “heroes,” according to each percieved entity involved in each respective conflict.
It was Plato who suggested: “Only the dead have seen an end to war.” Apparently humans sponsor some intrinsic capacity to disagree and promote conflict with each other. Is it possible that conflict is a basic or essential ingredient that helps us to better understand and learn more about ourselves, or could it be just some antiquated impulse left over from our “primordial” relations with Homo sapiens neandertalensis?
Eventually I ended up exploring the idea through You Tube and found this video, which is at the same time representative, while also myopic. It involves an examination of warriors and our apparent willingness, as relatively sophisticated modern societies, to sacrifice our most able-bodied and promising young citizens to bring about a victory over competing identities. The “call to duty” is most-often glorified and those who participate in the conquests are generally regarded as “heroes,” according to each percieved entity involved in each respective conflict.
It was Plato who suggested: “Only the dead have seen an end to war.” Apparently humans sponsor some intrinsic capacity to disagree and promote conflict with each other. Is it possible that conflict is a basic or essential ingredient that helps us to better understand and learn more about ourselves, or could it be just some antiquated impulse left over from our “primordial” relations with Homo sapiens neandertalensis?
Reader comments are encouraged.
The meaning and consequently, effect, of this video is subject to interpretation. The creator describes it as “not strictly a 'pro-war' video” which he reportedly designed to depict “the spectacle of war.”
WARNING: The video includes an 8-second [static] view of a medical procedure being performed on a patient who is bloody and has obviously sustained serious injury. Other than that, none of the images include any direct illustration of physical damage to people. All the images are combat photography by “Space Elliott” along with some open source files available through AP/Reuters/Fox.
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