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[thucythucy]

97. Post this as an OP and see what happens.

I wonder if you'll get dozens of people objecting to your even raising the topic, accusing you of being a prude, denouncing you for wanting "some sort of grand government censor" etc. etc. Because war movies are just entertainment, is all. No political content or impact whatsoever.

Actually, I think you raise a valid point, which brings up some interesting questions: does the near-continual portrayal of war as noble, exciting, "manly" in any way contribute to constructing a society in which war is more and more seen as a "normal" way to resolve international conflict? In which the vast bulk of discretionary spending goes to the MIC? And does the acceptance of horrific violence in any form as "entertainment" by a society spill over into how that society deals with actual violence?

To me these are rather important questions, similar to the questions I'd like to see raised in any discussion of porn. Of course, that'll never happen, because as soon as someone mentions even the remote possibility that, for instance, rape porn might have an impact beyond simply enabling men to get off--well, next thing you know we'll be on the slippery slope to a right wing nanny state tyranny.

I wonder if the NAACP faced this kind of grief when they called for pickets and boycotts of "Birth of a Nation.'