This clip from the movie "Hearts and Minds" (directed by Peter Davis) has been criticized for juxtaposing General Westmoreland's comments such as, "the Oriental doesn't put the same high price on l...
This clip from the movie "Hearts and Minds" (directed by Peter Davis) has been criticized for juxtaposing General Westmoreland's comments such as, "the Oriental doesn't put the same high price on life as the Westerner," with a scene of a Vietnamese funeral. The juxtaposition has been called "cheap" and "manipulative" and critics have said that it does nothing but make viewers dislike Westmoreland. However, Peter Davis has argued that in no context would these words be acceptable or accurate and that Westmoreland in fact made this statement three times. Davis allows Westmoreland's own words destroy his credibility and compels viewers to question Washington's justification for the Vietnam War.
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Actually on a more serious note, I am in the minority opinion in that I believe that "oriental" is no more racist a word that "Asian". The only reason that it's considered racists is because a bunch of college students in the 1960s in the US decided that "Asian" would be the only acceptable label and all others were racist
Besides Asia is a continent of billions so to try to catagorize all those people into one catagory by using the word Asian is no less ignorant than calling them orientals
europeans don't value there own life too? 20 million russians,3 million polish,and 6 million jewish died in world war 2 ,what does that say? either they would sacrifice anything even humans in a war or the european enemies don't care they are europeans,would you say life is like that in europe? or is there are alot of hypocrites out there in the world?
I bet the first thing they told you was how they "don't value life," right? God Damn, at least make up believable lies dude. I'm sorry your daddy was one of those murderous pigs but that doesn't justify the lives that were destroyed. Attempting to justify murder by saying that the people you are murdering "don't value life like we do" is total bullshit. Evolution made every sentient being value life. Every human being has feelings, has a family, has friends; there is no excuse for murder.
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Besides Asia is a continent of billions so to try to catagorize all those people into one catagory by using the word Asian is no less ignorant than calling them orientals