Questions
- Should war photography be allowed?
- Is it OK to take photos of the dead?
- Can the advance of technology ruin the quality and authenticity?
Response
This is the question I will be
answering is, should war photography be allowed? I do not think photography or
any type of video taping should be allowed either. Yes there have been some very
historic war photos that inspire our troops and the American citizens. That is
a very selective case. The reason I do not think photography should be allowed
is because the general public does not want to actually see the gruesome and
horrific pictures of what war is all about. The photography of Vietnam got the
response it wanted and that was a horrible backlash towards the courageous men
and women of our country fighting in an extremely foreign country. This is sad
and sickening to me because of the way the American people blatantly disrespect
the troops coming back from deployment. It is crazy how much of a difference
photography and video made a difference from World War 2 to the Vietnam War.
With a major support and backing for entering war after Pearl Harbor and
continued support till the end of World
War 2. While it was the exact opposite for the Vietnam War where the only
difference was the media was allowed to cover the war. Even in recent wars
troops are getting backlash for stuff they are doing to the enemy troops
because of photos leaking. It is also hard to watch news anchors that sit in a
chair and say how wrong these acts are and the should go to prison, but they
have never gone through boot camp, never had someone fire automatic weapons at
them, or even been near the war. War is not something for the general public to
see and that’s why I do not think photography should be allowed. If people want
to see what is happening in Iraq
or Afghanistan
then sign up and become an enlisted soldier, then and only then can you see
what war is all about.
You make a compelling argument of why we should not allow videos and photos from the war front. However I find some fault with your logic in the difference between World War II and the Vietnam War. You are correct that media help to instigate the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War. However I think it was the enemy that we were so upset about. We were attacked, and felt in was necessary to fight back back in World War II. Hitler and the Japanese were evils that threatened the world. However the Vietnam situation was about a small country to stop the spread of communism in Asia. This situation was not a viable threat to the national security of the United States.
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