[lit-ideas] Re: Oh, great!

Have you ever watched the Discovery Channel or the History Channel? They have dozens of programs on now about battles, and if you notice, they would be EXTREMELY boring if it weren't for the hundreds of re-enactors they use as "visuals" for the shows. I can't think of ANY show I've seen recently that has NOT used these re-enactors; they are now essential to cable television!


JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote:

Thank God. There exists one other human being on the planet who views these re-enactments the way I do and, unlike myself, is not afraid to say so.
Julie Krueger


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Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Oh, great!
Date: 6/29/05 1:23:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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I don't understand these "re-creations of battles". The Americans do this over and over
again with Civil War battles. And now the Brits are doing naval battles.

These can only be events that are stripped of all meaning. People die in battles. Battles
happen because difference forces are trying to destroy each other. But none of that happens
in a re-creation. The event is literally only "recreation", as in "a bit of fun".

War is a horrible thing and I simply don't see why it should be turned into amusement.
War-as-amusement only encourages militarization and makes war into something acceptable.

yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com

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