Why do we fight!?
For my sociology class we are required to view four movies throughout the semester. So far we have watched The Corporation, Bread and Roses and tonight we watched Why We Fight.
I am completely for this movie and what it conveys. I love the idea that the government goes to war just because we need to. It appears that since the end of WWII America has come up with reasons to fight and has backed it with the slogan: FREEDOM! President Eisenhower warned the country of this in his farewell adress. He said that the government is becoming war hungry in our post-war times. Eisenhower feared that this hunger will end up fueling the economy, which it seems that it has.
Now my qualm is not with this statement. I mean, I do not like the idea of America being war-hungry but in my heart I know it is true. My qualm is with another, less prominent, point made in the movie. The government knows that if they want to continue their war efforts in any war then they need to convince the American people that what they are doing is right, is just, is in the name of FREEDOM! What better way to do this than with the media.
I hate how the media is influenced by our government. It is true, we do have the freedom to write what we want, when we want and about who we want. But we, the media, can only write based on the 'facts' that are given to us. The film touched on how the government is structured so that when anyone makes a statement, they can only word things in a way that they are given by their superiors. This means if the government does not feel like telling us something, all they need to do is beat around the bush and word it differently so as to give us the truth, to a certain point of view.
"So what I have told you was true... from a certain point of view. "
"A certain point of view!"
If you ask me, this is a form of limiting the freedom of the press. Taking away one of our natrual born rights. And I, being a Journalism major, do not like it. No I do not like it one bit. Unfortunately, this little factoid is not news to me. I have heard it before and often I wonder if this is the reason that I chose to be a Journalism major. Thinking I could be the martyr that goes out and reports everything how it is, and in the end I will die for it. Or maybe thats just me being full of myself.
Either way, what the government is doing is wrong. If you feel the need to defy the government, please return here and read some more because the blog represents what every American citizen, even those who are not, wants to have...FREEDOM!
I am completely for this movie and what it conveys. I love the idea that the government goes to war just because we need to. It appears that since the end of WWII America has come up with reasons to fight and has backed it with the slogan: FREEDOM! President Eisenhower warned the country of this in his farewell adress. He said that the government is becoming war hungry in our post-war times. Eisenhower feared that this hunger will end up fueling the economy, which it seems that it has.
Now my qualm is not with this statement. I mean, I do not like the idea of America being war-hungry but in my heart I know it is true. My qualm is with another, less prominent, point made in the movie. The government knows that if they want to continue their war efforts in any war then they need to convince the American people that what they are doing is right, is just, is in the name of FREEDOM! What better way to do this than with the media.
I hate how the media is influenced by our government. It is true, we do have the freedom to write what we want, when we want and about who we want. But we, the media, can only write based on the 'facts' that are given to us. The film touched on how the government is structured so that when anyone makes a statement, they can only word things in a way that they are given by their superiors. This means if the government does not feel like telling us something, all they need to do is beat around the bush and word it differently so as to give us the truth, to a certain point of view.
"So what I have told you was true... from a certain point of view. "
"A certain point of view!"
If you ask me, this is a form of limiting the freedom of the press. Taking away one of our natrual born rights. And I, being a Journalism major, do not like it. No I do not like it one bit. Unfortunately, this little factoid is not news to me. I have heard it before and often I wonder if this is the reason that I chose to be a Journalism major. Thinking I could be the martyr that goes out and reports everything how it is, and in the end I will die for it. Or maybe thats just me being full of myself.
Either way, what the government is doing is wrong. If you feel the need to defy the government, please return here and read some more because the blog represents what every American citizen, even those who are not, wants to have...FREEDOM!
posted by Danny at 11:46 PM
1 Comments:
I'm kind of disappointed in the American government because of the censorship qualities it's exhibiting, much like another country close to my heart...
And your dorm situations sound like crap. I'm glad I still live at home. =]
Do you realize the only way we keep in contact is through blogger. How sad... -____-
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