Comments on: The Beauty Of War http://rooyj.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/the-beauty-of-war/ It's time to think for ourselves... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:30:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Pierce Wancour http://rooyj.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/the-beauty-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Pierce Wancour Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:06:46 +0000 http://rooyj.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/the-beauty-of-war/#comment-9 Of course, dark times are what bring war and usually are what makes countries decide that war is really the only way to resolve a certain conflict. And it is very true that many evil things happen during war, and like Tim O'Brien mentions repeatedly the atrocities of war in his book "The Things They Carried." But he, like Suspect, does stop to take a minute to tell small stories here and there about short moments of beauty through the darkness that is war. The are the little moments that help people to continue on through the darkness and press on despite the hardships being presented. These are the moments that remind those involved in war that there is still beauty in the world and that maybe it is what's worth fighting for. These moments keep the soldiers going. Keep them from being engulfed completely in the evil that we inherently associated with war. Of course, dark times are what bring war and usually are what makes countries decide that war is really the only way to resolve a certain conflict. And it is very true that many evil things happen during war, and like Tim O’Brien mentions repeatedly the atrocities of war in his book “The Things They Carried.” But he, like Suspect, does stop to take a minute to tell small stories here and there about short moments of beauty through the darkness that is war. The are the little moments that help people to continue on through the darkness and press on despite the hardships being presented. These are the moments that remind those involved in war that there is still beauty in the world and that maybe it is what’s worth fighting for. These moments keep the soldiers going. Keep them from being engulfed completely in the evil that we inherently associated with war.

]]> By: tranln http://rooyj.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/the-beauty-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-7 tranln Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:42:55 +0000 http://rooyj.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/the-beauty-of-war/#comment-7 Watching the Youtube video that you have posted me realize something about people in America and why we may come to appreciate violence or why we are quick to go to the scene whenever there's an accident or tragedy happening. I have watched Cops and America's Most Wanted many times. I remember watching and getting a weird sensation out of it. It's like at a certain episode, I actually felt a desire or the need to see someone get arrested. But when it came to that part, i felt guilty because deep down I know that those people are good people too. They were put in a bad environment with bad opportunities. Trust me, America is not a land of opportunities for those who are seeking for it. It involves many things to get to those opportunities such has have a stable home where your parents provided you with shelter and food. Sometimes some people don't get that so when they get old they do get the same opportunities as others not because they were lazy but because they are still finding to get get the tools (money) to get those opportunities. But this topic is for another post. What I am trying to say is that we follow so much laws in our lives that we get a high when we see diaster or something that is disorganized or was not suppose to happen. We a get a sensation when we see accidents. We don't get a sensation when we see people get hurt (some do) but we like the oddities that occurs in life because everything around us is so organized. It's like we are robots. Watching the Youtube video that you have posted me realize something about people in America and why we may come to appreciate violence or why we are quick to go to the scene whenever there’s an accident or tragedy happening.

I have watched Cops and America’s Most Wanted many times. I remember watching and getting a weird sensation out of it. It’s like at a certain episode, I actually felt a desire or the need to see someone get arrested. But when it came to that part, i felt guilty because deep down I know that those people are good people too. They were put in a bad environment with bad opportunities. Trust me, America is not a land of opportunities for those who are seeking for it. It involves many things to get to those opportunities such has have a stable home where your parents provided you with shelter and food. Sometimes some people don’t get that so when they get old they do get the same opportunities as others not because they were lazy but because they are still finding to get get the tools (money) to get those opportunities. But this topic is for another post.

What I am trying to say is that we follow so much laws in our lives that we get a high when we see diaster or something that is disorganized or was not suppose to happen. We a get a sensation when we see accidents. We don’t get a sensation when we see people get hurt (some do) but we like the oddities that occurs in life because everything around us is so organized. It’s like we are robots.

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