One flea on a dog is an irritant. And the dog’s reaction does more damage to itself than the flea will ever do.

If you make it easier to kill, haven’t you made it more likely? By making war comfortable, by making it remote we make it easier to kill. Killing without risk, without fear.

Sit at a console in comfort. Smell the fresh leather. Pushing the joystick. Squeeze the trigger. Soundless. Only a shimmering glassy surface. Pixels by the millions.