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Originally Posted by major liability It's not the movies that get people to accept war. On the contrary, they often show incredibly violent scenes of people getting blown up and ripped apart by machinegun fire.
It's the video games that make people wanna shoot stuff.  | I know that often it makes people to not want war, but it is good that we do not to fond of it. But you have to admit over this century the image of a soldier has changed. In the 1910-1917, the image of a soldier from movies is of a young Johnny going and patriotically fighting to save democracy and the what not and winning. Then you have movies like Apocalypse Now, and Blackhawk Down which show the weaknesses of soldiers and the mire they get into.
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And when he gets to heaven,
To Saint Peter he will tell:
One more soldier reporting, sir--
I\'ve served my time in h**l.
-Marine Grave inscription on Guadalcanal, 1942
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