war porn

Looking back at all of our old blogs, I am starting to realize how little media coverage there is of this war. Because, as Prof. McCann said in class today, people don't want to think about the war because it will make them feel bad, we are very uninformed as to the horrors going on right now. Back in 'Nam, there were horrifying pictures from the war that sparked an anti-war revolution amongst the people. It seems as if in general people are opposed to the war, but are not enraged enough to do anything about it. This is because how little we hear about the war or see images from it. There are terrible things going on and we are completely unexposed to it. There is a term called 'war porn', when people can't help but enjoy seeing disasterous images from the war. Some people are even getting arrested from owning these sites because the government does not want us to know what is going on. There would be a great anti-American movement if we saw that everyday American soldiers torture and rape civilians. We need to take a stand and realize how serious this war is. We can't just walk around life blindly sheilding our eyes from what we do not want to face.