Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Apocalypse Now: Bring It On
This is a disturbing, but meaningful essay.
I watched video of the most recent beheading in Iraq from my crisply air
conditioned living room in San Antonio--but I couldn’t manage to watch the
entire clip.
It may have been the most brutal thing that I’ve ever seen in my life.
Rest of the essay here
He discusses the nature of horror, the similarity between the heart of Darkness in Conrad's and Francis Ford Copola's Kurtz, and the terrorists who can inflict this type of killing. What is the right response? It may not be the one you want to hear.
I watched video of the most recent beheading in Iraq from my crisply air
conditioned living room in San Antonio--but I couldn’t manage to watch the
entire clip.
It may have been the most brutal thing that I’ve ever seen in my life.
Rest of the essay here
He discusses the nature of horror, the similarity between the heart of Darkness in Conrad's and Francis Ford Copola's Kurtz, and the terrorists who can inflict this type of killing. What is the right response? It may not be the one you want to hear.
# posted by Knitting a Conundrum @ 8:29 PM 
