Collateral Murder

[poliphilo]

They're saying the footage that's up at Wikileaks under the title Collateral Murder comes across like a bunch of guys playing a video game, but that's not the only cultural resonance. As we watch the dying journalist try to crawl away from the killing zone we hear one of the soldiers in the circling gunship urge him to, "reach for a weapon." Sound familiar? Yes, of course; it's an echo of Dirty Harry's, "Go on, punk, make my day". So I guess art does have a corrupting influence after all.

Comments

[mud-faerie.livejournal.com]

Utterly sickening. I accidentally caught the first part & immediately wanted to cry. Somehow though, I don't find it at all surprising. Shocking, but not surprising. I jut thought "of course".
Awful.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

No, not surprising at all. I'm sure many similar incidents have gone unreported.