Posted on 05/01/2012 5:57:24 PM PDT by Vendome
American cities have never experienced modern total war, leaving Americans to imagine the impacts of catastrophic warfare on their urban centers. This article examines post-1945depictions of the death of U.S. cities in films, short stories, and novels from the “thriller,” “future war,” and science fiction genres since 1945. Cities are conspicuous by their absence from fictions of future war and its impacts, often disappearing offstage to allow the plot to follow survivors in small-town and rural settings. This pattern spans depictions of the immediate days after atomic bombing (or a surrogate disaster such as a stray meteor or plague) and stories set decades or centuries after the Big Blowup. Cities are often depicted as sources of danger even in their death throes and after, supporting the conclusion that these narratives express the strong fear of cities and the preference for middle landscapes that have long marked American culture.
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But, he then tells us his grand vision "There is a Light on the Horizon"????
What creative genius thought up that jacked up line?
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Thanks.
What is the relationship between your article and your comment?
Yes, they have. It's called "liberalism."
Life’s greatest tragedy is when war comes to your homeland.
This article examines post-1945 depictions of the death of U.S. cities in films, short stories, and novels from the “thriller,” “future war,” and science fiction genres since 1945...
I guess that beats zombies, chain saws, and lunatic dolls. Just barely.
Cities are conspicuous by their absence from fictions of future war and its impacts, often disappearing offstage to allow the plot to follow survivors in small-town and rural settings.
Just maybe because anyone with a brain understands that the odds of survival in today's "diverse" urban environment is near zero for anyone within range.
This pattern spans depictions of the immediate days after atomic bombing (or a surrogate disaster such as a stray meteor or plague) and stories set decades or centuries after the Big Blowup.
As soon as the grocery store shelves have been emptied someone will be coming after your 'fridge or that earthquake kit you are so proud of.
Cities are often depicted as sources of danger even in their death throes and after...
Particularly after dark, most days of the week.
Yeah, I didn’t do such a hot job on that post.
Obama was giving a speech in Crapgahnistan and that line was in the speech.
I thought it odd and so I did a search.
So he gives this speech like Westmoreland, in 1967, where he says “We see the light at the end of the tunnel”. 2 months later we get TET.
July 4th is coming up so why not have their version of TET?
If someone can post something more creative have at it.
“The battle is not yet over,” he told a cheering crowd at Bagram airbase outside of Kabul during a visit to Afghanistan. “There is going to be heartbreak and pain and difficulty ahead. But there is a light on the horizon because of the sacrifices you’ve made.”
What? You actually read that?
LOL, I didn’t read any of it.
Thanks for the commentary
Thank you. I missed O’s F ghanistan thing.
If it helps at all, most people around here don’t get what I’m saying until I’m offering to kick their butts up and down front street (not you). And then I get suspended for violating posting rules.
That’s cuz you got a Big Head Fred. LOL
The real funny part is he gave the speech to an empty warehouse. The troops weren’t allowed.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/afghanistan/story/2012-05-01/obama-afghanistan-visit/54674136/1
No troops? Afraid of fragging?
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