Most recent public comments by Hadia Coakley https://nowcomment.com/users/16942 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36344?scroll_to=409920 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36344?scroll_to=409920 From the perspective of the audience I can see how they would see Schein’s documentary as US propaganda. The way the Hmong people were presented in the documentary made it appear that they were without struggle when it came to assimilating into American culture and their lives were so much better now since they had better jobs and such. The reaction to Schein’s documentary probably would have been more positive if she had shown the prequel, that way it wouldn’t have seemed like she was bias and the audience would have a better understanding of the Hmong migration experience. It would have made more sense if she’d shown both documentaries or at least the first one. Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:43:38 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=407077 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=407077 War can be seen as a plethora of good’s and bad’s because of the way different sides warrant or criticize it. Nguyen’s statement “Americans cannot see straight sometimes, which is why many thought that Iraqis would treat their invaders as liberators” shows that the war is usually viewed as all things good and necessary because of a lack of understanding on one side’s part and the urge to impress their beliefs on others is enticed (paragraph 10). This isn’t to say that most Iraqis, and other groups in similar scenarios, were happy with their situation but to use war as a means to fix a problem seems completely anti-productive. Saving people from their supposed subjugation by killing them until their reason for oppression is eradicated is completely illogical and ends up doing more harm than good. One side is always quick to see the good war will bring for the other side, it’ll free these people from cruel dictatorships or harshly enforced religion, all while ignoring all the bad that it also brings, such as innocent lives lost or taken advantage of, forced migration, loss of property and loved ones. The intensions of war can be good and maybe even the outcome but only after everything has settled and the majority has stopped caring about all the ramifications war brought about. The good is felt only by the people who think they helped, the bad happens to the others. Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:29:19 -0500