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RE: An Exercise of Gratefulness - Taking a Look at History and Our Luxuries and Building a Better World Through Positive Change
I see what you're saying and won't argue that point further. What I meant by it, was that it no longer seems like a fair and honest fight. Back in the day it could'a been hand to hand combat to the death. Or a sword fight or joust. Like I said earlier, in the civil war men waited to see the whites of their enemies eyes before they fired. At least you saw the person you were trying to kill. There was a semblance of honor in your death, that's what I meant by civilized.
Today a person at a computer in Virginia hits a button and a few minutes later you and your whole family are blown to bits without the slightest inkling that it's coming. War is never civilized imo, but today's methods are far from honorable.
I agree that the wars have become more de-humanized. There isn't much of honor in a war but modern wars have turned into a bureaucracy with violence. Good Kill is probably the best example of this:
And here is one of the best scenes from the anime Fate/Zero:
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