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Majority or minority?
Brionna 2022-04-19 09:02:08
A film that discusses the cost of war, the cruelty of war. At the end of the film, the audience once again brutally let the audience see this cute little girl playing hula hoop, a shock, a thought-provoking, and an unbearable look at the oncoming. Never tell a soldier he doesn't understand the cost of war! Never fight for war's sake, think about those innocent lives, think about the bereaved families behind the estimated percentages! This is not anti-war, but a reflection on war and respect for every life. Whether the minority should be sacrificed for the majority has always been the example of Michael Sandel's talk about fairness and justice, when the train fails, changing the track and rushing to a passerby or not changing the track and sacrificing a few workers on the track. This is always an unsolved philosophical question. But please don't take the sacrifice of the few for granted when we are forced to choose the majority.
Extended Reading
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[first lines]
Alia Mo'Allim: [her father is fixing her hula hoop] It's the best one I've ever had.
Musa Mo'Allim: Yes, my dear. It's finished. Go and play.
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Angela Northman: In my opinion, that was disgraceful. And all done from the safety of your chair.
Lt. General Frank Benson: I have attended the immediate aftermath of five suicide bombings, on the ground, with the bodies. What you witnessed today, with your coffee and your biscuits, is terrible. But what these men would have done would have been even more terrible.