tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post5608060716853168964..comments2024-03-05T21:04:43.133-05:00Comments on The Cahokian: Murderer's Eye View: "It's Their Fault for Bringing Their Kids To a Battle"ishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-77486051465219922752010-04-06T13:29:31.108-04:002010-04-06T13:29:31.108-04:00It is tempting to buy into the right's bullshi...It is tempting to buy into the right's bullshit and believe that we (you, me and the other good guys) are at war with EVIL. Reading comments has become a psychically dangerous business. I read an article online about psychopaths. It wasn't a particularly political article, just an explanation that some highly successful people seem to be unable to relate to the feelings of other human beings along with some crap from the DSM-IV. The comments section was full of people expressing their admiration for sociopaths. Ayn Rand type bullshit about the strength of men who were not afraid to leave the herd behind. Dozens of people were convinced that humanity depends on sociopaths for it's continued existence. I have not felt altogether right since reading those comments.Your driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406948739451124566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-6859153972431609742010-04-06T12:35:48.768-04:002010-04-06T12:35:48.768-04:00I don't blame you.
I'm haunted by its ca...I don't blame you. <br /><br />I'm haunted by its callousness: somebody actually says: "I just drove over a body heh heh"<br /><br />I did post a comment on Gawker that tried to articulate how it made me feel: "These were people walking around their own country while an uninvited foreign aircraft flies around looking at people to shoot--UNPROVOKED. This foreign aircraft, by the way, is from a country that strongly believes people have a right to walk around WITH GUNS.<br /><br />Do you hear these coldhearted scumbags ("Support our troops" fuck YOU) talking about shooting wounded men on the ground? And laughing? Do you hear them saying they can't get a a good shot because these guys "have gone behind a building" (preparing the lie in their heads that these guys are guilty of something because they're taking evasive action) when what has happened is that the helicopter has flown out of view?<br /><br />Do you think that the Iraqis who just saw their loved ones gunned down randomly out of the sky feel any differently than those who watched their loved ones die randomly on 911?<br /><br />Disgusting."<br /><br />But it's only so many words. If you can't bear to watch the video you definitely shouldn't read any comment threads on the NYT or elsewhere about it. Will make you very sad as it did me.ishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-18249867286411321582010-04-06T12:28:23.264-04:002010-04-06T12:28:23.264-04:00I haven't been able to watch this.I haven't been able to watch this.Your driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406948739451124566noreply@blogger.com