http://alpersa.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/let%e2%80%99s-portray-war-how-it-really-is/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:45:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://alpersa.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/let%e2%80%99s-portray-war-how-it-really-is/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Pierce Wancour Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:11:53 +0000 http://alpersa.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/let%e2%80%99s-portray-war-how-it-really-is/#comment-22 Well, the brochures and ads on TV for the marines and the army and the navy don't show you the evil of what because they are simply trying to advertise and convince people to join. It's just another advertisement just like someone would advertise their product in any one of the other commercials on TV. The company isn't about to show the product breaking on camera or something because that would make people not want to buy their product. In the same way, the public would never look kindly on a military ad if it showed killing and other horrors of war. Granted, the real question is: is it right to practically trick the US public into thinking that joining the army or navy or the marines will just be a piece of cake and all that. Or would it be better to show the truth and simply take those who are truly destined to serve in the armed forces. This however, might not bring enough soldiers into the US forces and therefore the Iraq war may not be going as well as it is. Well, the brochures and ads on TV for the marines and the army and the navy don’t show you the evil of what because they are simply trying to advertise and convince people to join. It’s just another advertisement just like someone would advertise their product in any one of the other commercials on TV. The company isn’t about to show the product breaking on camera or something because that would make people not want to buy their product. In the same way, the public would never look kindly on a military ad if it showed killing and other horrors of war. Granted, the real question is: is it right to practically trick the US public into thinking that joining the army or navy or the marines will just be a piece of cake and all that. Or would it be better to show the truth and simply take those who are truly destined to serve in the armed forces. This however, might not bring enough soldiers into the US forces and therefore the Iraq war may not be going as well as it is.

]]> http://alpersa.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/let%e2%80%99s-portray-war-how-it-really-is/comment-page-1/#comment-19 zod1703 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:42:19 +0000 http://alpersa.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/let%e2%80%99s-portray-war-how-it-really-is/#comment-19 I think you are on to something when you say that war is not always portrayed in a completely honest way. However there is no hiding the fact that a soldier has one job that is to fight if there is a war. So the requiting methods may hit on gung ho heroic values, and blur the lines of truth. But history shows that when war comes soldiers die it is the sad fact that war has become part of policy or culture and until we find a way to solve difference without it the idea of dieing for he greater good will always be part of the portrayed glory of war I think you are on to something when you say that war is not always portrayed in a completely honest way. However there is no hiding the fact that a soldier has one job that is to fight if there is a war. So the requiting methods may hit on gung ho heroic values, and blur the lines of truth. But history shows that when war comes soldiers die it is the sad fact that war has become part of policy or culture and until we find a way to solve difference without it the idea of dieing for he greater good will always be part of the portrayed glory of war

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