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Thread #69095 Message #1169178
Posted By: WFDU - Ron Olesko
23-Apr-04 - 01:50 PM
Thread Name: Hide The Dead Soldiers!
Subject: RE: Hide The Dead Soldiers!
Good points Amos, but if someone is that immature to sign up for "the glory of it all", seeing a flag drapped coffin is not going to make things better.
I'm reminded of my high school drivers ed class where they showed us pictures of horrific car wrecks and bloody corpses. Did it teach us to not drink and drive? I honestly don't think the pictures made that much of a difference.
With all due repect Amos (and I have a great deal of respect for your thoughtful posts), I worry that even your response to this issue is somewhat of an example of how these photos can be used as propaganda. No matter how just the cause, I wonder if there are limits.
I honestly not sure. The photos that I have seen are rather anonymous. We do not know who is in the individual coffins and it does make a dramatic impact. There are many issues and thoughts that go through my mind. I wonder if it will win a Pulitizer? Would that make it "okay"? Just random thoughts, as I've said, I really don't know what is right and what is wrong in this case.
One last thing, to give credit where it is due - the decision to not show pictures was made back in 1991. Now when it is an issue, Bush refuses to change the decision.