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Standpoints: On the Warpath
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Published April 29, 1976
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John Cox
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John Cox, Meditation
John Cox, American screenwriter and authority on Harry Houdini
John Cox, Cartoonist
John Cox, British chess player
John Cox, Minister (1802-1878)
John Cox, (1851- )
John Cox
John Cox, (1935- )
John Cox, Astronomy (1947- )
John Cox, (1952- )
John Cox, (1967- )
John Cox, Anthropologist
John Cox, Psychiatry
John Cox, Poetry
John Cox, "a native of Philadelphia"
Other authors publishing under this name are:
John Cox, Meditation
John Cox, American screenwriter and authority on Harry Houdini
John Cox, Cartoonist
John Cox, British chess player
John Cox, Minister (1802-1878)
John Cox, (1851- )
John Cox
John Cox, (1935- )
John Cox, Astronomy (1947- )
John Cox, (1952- )
John Cox, (1967- )
John Cox, Anthropologist
John Cox, Psychiatry
John Cox, Poetry
John Cox, "a native of Philadelphia"
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September 10, 2025
I bumped into this book right after watching "Come and See" (1985) and a few related documentaries. I first heard of Napalm in the movie Apocalypse Now, which I'd watched only to realize what the famous "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" meme means. And boy, did I realize what it meant.
I mean, in every war, at some point as a soldier on the front lines, you start to see the enemy as an animal (if not worse). And the majority of mankind has never hesitated when it comes to killing animals. We've been killing them for millions of years, to the point we're damn good at it. Painfully, painlessly, with blades or without, with excessive blood or without. Even children seem to be okay with stepping on cockroaches or mass-murdering ants or burning insects. I've never seen a parent tell their kids to kill ants or spiders, yet the kids do it unless they're told not to.
So you know what happens when grown-up men start to see someone as less than an animal. They wouldn't care if the animal feels pain or not. Napalm was a way to kill those who seemed like animals to Americans. Thank God it was not considered convenient by other nations. What can we do, but hope no human starts to look like an animal to another human, or act like one?
I mean, in every war, at some point as a soldier on the front lines, you start to see the enemy as an animal (if not worse). And the majority of mankind has never hesitated when it comes to killing animals. We've been killing them for millions of years, to the point we're damn good at it. Painfully, painlessly, with blades or without, with excessive blood or without. Even children seem to be okay with stepping on cockroaches or mass-murdering ants or burning insects. I've never seen a parent tell their kids to kill ants or spiders, yet the kids do it unless they're told not to.
So you know what happens when grown-up men start to see someone as less than an animal. They wouldn't care if the animal feels pain or not. Napalm was a way to kill those who seemed like animals to Americans. Thank God it was not considered convenient by other nations. What can we do, but hope no human starts to look like an animal to another human, or act like one?
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