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

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

I feel slightly ill and I'm not even going to go anywhere near that link right now because I know I'm not in an emotional state to be able to handle it (which begs the question of whether any of us are ever in an emotional state to handle it). I can't imagine how you must feel, having watched it.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I only watched the first half. I'll take part II on trust.
They're not images I'm going to forget.