Section A01
Oct 18, 2015
Week 5
While reading "Empire of Death and the Plague of Civic
Violence" by Darrell Y. Hamamoto, it become more evident to me that militarization
and the prevalent effects of the Vietnam War can be directly related to the
increasing number of serial killings, mass killings, and murders in our
society. The various examples of these events that Hamamoto provides makes me
think about how the radicality and societal tensions of the Vietnam War era may
have resulted in these gruesome murders. Further, the quote by Marilyn Manson
at the beginning of the article emphasizes the fact that the neglect of facing
problems here in the United States while the government was focused on the Cold
War has had a very noticeable effect on our society. Because a good handful of
the murders in this article are socio-politically motivated, it leads me to
come to the conclusion that the disarray of the war has caused discontent among
many; while some decide to seek political change, others have resorted to
murder.
Question: Are the mass killings and murders of the modern
day also an effect of militarization?
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