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OP was trying to suggest that the world has become more callous about civilian casualties, using drones as an example, and was wrong on both counts
by peteretep 12y ago
OP was trying to suggest that the world has become more callous about civilian casualties, using drones as an example, and was wrong on both counts
- vacri 12y agoOne of the greatest benefits of visual mass media has been showing the general public that wars mean suffering on the other side. The enemy civilian and their suffering is humanised when you can picture them; when they're not just a byline. This is one of the reasons that the US military didn't let journalists have free reign in Iraq - they'd learned that lesson hard in Vietnam.