feotakahari | (no subject)

vaguely remember an essay about a Vietnam war movie. The film depicts various atrocities like shooting children from a helicopter, but generally adopts an attitude of “Eh, what can you do?” There’s no mention of real-life groups like VVAW that tried to do something, and no indication that maybe we could not do war crimes.

I think this essay was older than the phrase “shooting and crying,” but it sums up the actual problem.