Propaganda
Mar. 18th, 2003 01:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pasitheaI've been trying to avoid any comment on war in my LiveJournal. I dunno why. I guess it's just that I'm not too interested in arguing about it. I disagree strongly with what our government is doing. I keep telling myself that I need to make things in protest. I feel my greatest power in stopping our government is in the things I can create, rather than being a warm body in a crowd.
Except, of course, I never do any of the things I plan. Well... Not true. I've done a few but they haven't been worth scanning, and in general, my spouse has a tough time dealing with the black moods that accompany creating this sort of work, so I've tried to spare her from it. Unfortunetely, Stacey isn't working right now so I haven't had private time to work. It's a bit of a conundrum, I guess. *sigh*
Anyhow. This rather graphic and traumatizing flash animation was posted to a group I read. I find it upsetting but I also find myself trying to believe that its not completely true. Much as I dislike our government, I want to believe they're not monsters. I have difficulty believing the stories about Saddam Hussien throwing living people into a shedding machine too.
But then I realize that horror movies, war movies, and even most suspense and drama now days contain this level of violence in them without a thought. I think that frightens me more than Bush, Hussien, or anything else. What is wrong with people that attracts them to this sort of imagery, let alone those people who commit these acts? It's truly awful and frightening and makes me feel sort of small and alone. I need to know there are other people out there who aren't okay with this. :/
Except, of course, I never do any of the things I plan. Well... Not true. I've done a few but they haven't been worth scanning, and in general, my spouse has a tough time dealing with the black moods that accompany creating this sort of work, so I've tried to spare her from it. Unfortunetely, Stacey isn't working right now so I haven't had private time to work. It's a bit of a conundrum, I guess. *sigh*
Anyhow. This rather graphic and traumatizing flash animation was posted to a group I read. I find it upsetting but I also find myself trying to believe that its not completely true. Much as I dislike our government, I want to believe they're not monsters. I have difficulty believing the stories about Saddam Hussien throwing living people into a shedding machine too.
But then I realize that horror movies, war movies, and even most suspense and drama now days contain this level of violence in them without a thought. I think that frightens me more than Bush, Hussien, or anything else. What is wrong with people that attracts them to this sort of imagery, let alone those people who commit these acts? It's truly awful and frightening and makes me feel sort of small and alone. I need to know there are other people out there who aren't okay with this. :/
