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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (141710)	7/28/2004 4:23:18 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (4) of 281500

I find it interesting that we have two very different views of how Moore portrayed the soldiers. Moore portrayed several different views of our soldiers; all of them realistic and accurate assessments of how men might, and do, react under harsh circumstances. The one that she found offensive was the one where the soldier was in "Burn MFer, Burn" mode. She doesn't think that's a fair portrayal of the brave and noble young men we send to war. She's wrong, however, many young men fall into that pattern of thinking when they get too heavy a dose of fear. The fear turns into aggression and hate and they use their awesome power to make sure the MFers burn; even those who "might" be MFers or "might" support MFers, or just get in the way and scare them at the wrong time. No matter how unpleasant she finds that, it's reality. I saw plenty of guys with that attitude in Vietnam, and they did all the things Kerry said they did when he testified before the Senate committee in the 70s. Just cause you aren't there to hear the tree fall, doesn't mean it didn't hit the ground with a big noise. But then sometimes sticking a long neck into the sand will make life more serene.

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