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Thread #69433   Message #1183110
Posted By: George Papavgeris
11-May-04 - 03:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: Photos here of Iraqi prisoner abuse
Subject: RE: BS: Photos here of Iraqi prisoner abuse
Fight! Fight! Fight! Gather round folks!
(smiling)
I doon't know Joe from Adam, but I don't like to see anybody attacked in public with accusations of being power-mad etc. My personal view is that I'd prefer Joe not to censor and trust me to be a big boy and have a vague idea of how to filter information available to me.

As to the photo: I was disgusted when I saw it, but incredulous too. I just find it hard to imagine that anyone could be so stupid as to allow themselves to be photographed in such circumstances - so I assumed that the circumstances (and probably the pictures) had been doctored. I then hung around to see what other opinions/views/info would come in, and lo! - it turns out they were fakes after all.

I am still disgusted at the photo, I think that the people actually involved in it are depraved, and the person who doctored it for misinformation evil.

But I'm a big boy. I don't go back to it (as it upsets me) and in the light of subsequent info I no longer believe its intended message.

One more think on censorship: It takes more courage and trust NOT to censor.