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It's not gratuitous, it's real life. If you really really want the public to be upset enough about this to take action, they need to see just how horrifying it
by huffmsa 8y ago
It's not gratuitous, it's real life. If you really really want the public to be upset enough about this to take action, they need to see just how horrifying it was.
The video of the execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém in Vietnam was huge in turning opinion even harder against war.
- Nimitz14 8y agoAnd if you knew the whole story you would know that guy deserved to be executed (google it). Kind of an argument against releasing material like that: The public does not have the information nor the time to interpret it correctly.
- huffmsa 8y agoOh I know. He was a spy and got what he deserved. But until then, the US public hadn't really seen blood spilled in Vietnam. The government and media censored and spun the hell out of the news coming home. The best way to prevent propagandistic spin is to make sure the raw footage is available.