AP publishes photo of Marine fatally wounded in battle

[thome]

The thing about the iconic photos Kwame posted...yes, they do also show the moment prior to death, but there is......

Maybe some road kill cats and some other sadistic crap to get someone to believe in a point that is nothing other than propoganda from another time that has absolutely nothing to do with the present actions.

How about some pics of frogs with firecrackers up thier ass.

Maybe a cadaver from the 12th street bridge and a hitler uniform on a George Bush headshot...joke assed bullsh!t at the expense of the viewer.

But first these commercials....CAN YOU FEEL IT!!!

[thome]

Yes it is.

But there are people that NEED to see the reality of war in it's worst.

Especially the ones who vote for it. Just like a cop has to be pepper-sprayed or tazed before using them on others, they should see first hand what their vote commands....

Why, so they can boast about something, everybody over the age of three knows already...like it's -YOUR- first day or something...?

Perhaps a pic of the Space shuttle blowing up and the burnt bodies inside the crashed capsule and a caption that," Accidents are caused by the atmosphere and we must never engadge the atmophere we must surrender to the atmosphere immediatly."

And the pass it all across the table as free speech. It has nothing more to do with anything more than a pic of blown up material, that wasn't blow up before, (the viewer) didn't seem to find that pic of interest../?

Apple Pie coolling in grandmas window, doesn't sell commercial air or print time to fools.

[chefcraig]

In a discussion about preserving a man's dignity in death while serving his country, it is indeed a shame the preceding three posts should even enter into it. I'm not even sure of the point trying to be put across, but I believe it is equating the idea that death images are exploited for the sake of advertising, as if this event (and the other tragedies depicted) is mere fodder for selling corn flakes.

Well no fucking kidding. Advertising and ratings rule journalistic standards. That is not the discussion here, what is at stake is the media's coverage of the war. Comparing it to the space shuttle disaster (seen live on tv by millions of Americans) or to reduce it to "pics of frogs with firecrackers up thier ass" is not only assinine, it is insultingly disrespective while deliberately missing the point by an absurd margin.

[standin]

Exactly, there is no option of non-profit news. It is simply how will it be presented. Will it be a mess like some uncensored sites, will it be cropped and airbrushed into oblivion like some productions or will it be presented in a "this is what occurred" manor.

Anyone that thinks presentation is not a factor does not understand appropriate behaviors and might have a tendency to believe in black and white, good or bad, love or hate.

Thome,
A change of a name does not change anything conceptually. Under the letters, marks, symbols and pictures is the essence, the ember, the spark. Whatever name you choose to reside and embrace is the distance you find most comfortable from the core fusion.

Remember, you tell me who you think I am, I will tell you who you are. Take care.

[Terry]

This is where our tax dollars are going.

If one can't stomach viewing photos of what we as a nation are bringing overseas, then one really shouldn't advocate any of these wars.

This kind of stuff is what citizens in Iraq and Afghanistan have to see live in real time.

Yes, it is unfortunate the family of the soldier may have to see these images. Censoring such images (be they combat injuries or coffin-draped caskets) tends to minimize the human cost of what America does when wars are fought in the minds of the citizenry; if we can't see the results, it's easier to relegate the results to the back of our minds.

[LoungeMachine]

In a discussion about preserving a man's dignity in death while serving his country, it is indeed a shame the preceding three posts should even enter into it. .

Amen.

[Nitro Express]

I agree with Cindy Sheehan on the point that these wars continue because the average American doesn't think it's their problem. These wars continue because the politicians can get away with it because the war is over there and not here. So I'm not against any journalist showing the real carnage and bringing it home. I think it honors the dead showing what they paid.

[GAR]

Fuck that twisty hag Cindy Sheehan with a meathook!

[kwame k]

Figures you'd hate a mother of a child who went off to war.......explains why you taunted SoCal now. You just hate women don't ya little fella?

[GAR]

You need to lay off the estrogen!

[kwame k]

You need to lay off the estrogen!

...and you need serious help for your issues; racism, women, habitual liar and on and on.....

[Nitro Express]

Fuck that twisty hag Cindy Sheehan with a meathook!

Yeah. Fuck that mother who lost her son to a war started with a lie. She has been equally critical of the Obama administration which should give you a hard on.

[thome]

I agree with Cindy Sheehan on the point that these wars continue because the average American doesn't think it's their problem.

Then you are dingy...Who are these average Americans the ones you are told about ..?

I got major issue with how you seem to be saying you are controlled by a patholically depressed mourning mother, who can't let her son live and die on his own two feet.

All the while she was bieng propped up by the anti war protest organization at the cost of her own self.

These wars continue because the politicians can get away with it because the war is over there and not here. So I'm not against any journalist showing the real carnage and bringing it home. I think it honors the dead showing what they paid.

WOW You finally get it...right on!! Save this post of yours and keep it in your heart. Study it and see.

EDIT : You are not -DINGY- but, I feel that post is...no harsh on you as a people.

[thome]

Thome,
A change of a name does not change anything conceptually. Under the letters, marks, symbols and pictures is the essence, the ember, the spark. Whatever name you choose to reside and embrace is the distance you find most comfortable from the core fusion.

Remember, you tell me who you think I am, I will tell you who you are. Take care.

You are,...... A Golden Field Of Winter Wheat, Bathed In A Frost Lit, Winter Day.

[Nickdfresh]

You need to lay off the estrogen!

And you should lay off the testosterone --you suck out of a coch...