"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"Cub Driver" wrote:

You know, it might have been the old vet weeping by the graveside that
did in SPR for me. That was a flag. Whoops! What's this all about! The
horror of war, one more time?

I found the scene moving. It seemed to be about a man mourning the
friends he'd lost and perhaps his own lost youth. I never got the idea it
was an anti-war movie: Spielburg and Hanks are both known to be great
admirers of WWII veterans. Hanks' character reminded me of the combat
vet's I have known; ordinary guys who did the job they were asked to do
without a lot of fuss.

The whole film seemed to me to be about sacrifice--how terrible and noble
it is to give one's life for a cause.

Hmmm...many rabid Nazis gave up their lives for a "cause". I doubt that
would qualify as "noble".

"The opposite of science is not religion; the opposite of science is
wishful thinking." -John Derbyshire