Apparently, if you die in a car wreck and your picture and name are on the news, that's okay. But if you died in the war and your name and picture are aired, it is undermining the war effort.
Look. Let's cut the shit Sinclair. We're not stupid. We know that people die in war. It's not being fought with whipped cream and nerf balls.
What's worse? Allowing the Nameless Soldier Who Fights For Us be given the humanity and respect due his sacrifice? Or do we let him be #499? Where are the people who say it is an honor to die for your country? If it is an honor, then let the honoree be named. Let them wear their honor in death.
Hey, I'm a pinko, pacifist, liberal pussy. So maybe I'm not the best person to judge this.
But it seems worse to me to pretend we're using robots. No matter what you think of war, the dead deserve a face and respect as much as a brave little girl lost in the desert.
People have names.
People have identities.
People have died.
People deserve respect.
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