To kill, in war or in any circumstance, creates a silence. It is right that silence should surround the taking of life. After all, the life taken is not ours to take.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
To put it crudely, 'The Act of Killing' would blast open the space for the more delicate film, 'The Look of Silence,' to do its work.
I think it is a mistake to focus - as we most often do - only on the sacrifice of life that war requires. War also requires that we sacrifice our normal unwillingness to kill.
Killing is the payoff of war.
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
On our watch, the conversation with a would-be suicide bomber will not begin with the words, 'You have the right to remain silent.'
There can be no peace with someone who wants to kill you.
While silence can in some circumstances bespeak noble self-control, it can also signify suppression, oblivion or cowardice.
People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.
There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.
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