Cameron's "Avatar" Insulting to the Armed Forces?

[Beelzebubalicious]

Just saw the film and read the thread. As a civvie, wanted
to offer a few observations.

- distinction bet PMC and military will be lost on most. They will just think military
- given above, that's another and very widespread and powerful negative message about the military.
- it's not just themiltary but corporate america
- read the anthro blogs. This was wrong in many ways, but the anthro in me was going nuts watching this. Navi is apparently a real language/dialect from Cameroon. David price's analysis (http://www.counterpunch.org/price12232009.html) links this (no way!) to the anthropologists and human terrain system project.
- I see dancing with wolves, but I think the real comparison is star wars. It's trying to be epic, special effects, simple architypical characters, popular spiritualism.
- we never learn our lessons. We keep making the same mistakes over and over again.
- it's always better to be native. Simple, natural, romantic, and morally righteous!