Reading “Thermopylae” right now. What a celebration of violence!
Wait, no - it was not. It was a celebration of civic virtue and those willing to give their last full measure to stand up to tyranny in order to preserve freedom.
War is rarely the answer - but when it is - it is the ONLY answer.
There is a reason why people for centuries have celebrated the 300 Spartans. I suggest you learn it.
Not sure how to take your post, but I will say this:
I’m not dismissing works of literature or art that glorify times in history when violent protest led to peace. America’s history is replete with examples of this.
What I’m discussing here is the rampant glorification of violence for the sake of violence. Tell me what cultural or civil value there is in the “Saw” movies or the “Final Destination” movies? They’re entertaining you say? That’s a depraved idea of entertainment.
I watched the Berg beheading. It changed who I was as a person. I watched the first “Final Destination” movie. It changed what I questioned as entertainment. When a movie is made to tell a story about a time in history when war led to peace, I’ll watch it. When a movie is made to tell a story about depravity and espouses violence for shock value, that’s not a movie I’d watch nor consider entertainment. It only serves to deaden the nerves, IMO. The more you watch, the more immune.
But as soon as a violent event happens, as soon as war comes to your shore or your neighborhood, as soon as you see a neighbor or a friend or a family member maimed by some madman, your whole world changes, your whole world view changes. Is that entertainment? No. But watching it happen to someone on a big screen is? I don’t get that mentality.