From: Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:47:20 -0500
iaamoac wrote:
> Whenever I walk by there, I can't help but be astonished that it was > *only* 60 years ago - and yet it seems so absolutely unthinkable > today. Sure we can all talk about technological development over > the last century, but our ethical development is almost as awe- > inspiring - compared to ethical development over the previous range > of human history.
I was just thinking along those lines myself, with how in WWII, cites
seemed to be routinely targeted (ie: London bombings, Dresden firebombing,
Hiroshima, etc), while most people today would be horrified by such targetting
of civilians. I wonder though if this is an ethical/moral evolution to the feeling
that civilians (even enemy ones) are non-combatant and should not be
targeted, or is it just that recent wars just have not been desperate enough
to change our opinion.
I personally think that the new modern technological and cultural globalism has had a lot to do with this. I believe that war started to become unpopular in the 60's when television cameras brought the violence into our living rooms. We began seeing our enemies as 'just-like-us' human beings thanks to tv, newspapers and still photo cameras. The net has compounded this effect. I believe that this has changed our perception of war.
Jon
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