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To: trailhkr1

Amazing how a moment in time, frequently a juxtaposition, is so powerful.

These already are moving.. I suspect I need a hanky since I would run through a Kleenex box.

Thank you for posting this.


4 posted on 08/07/2012 11:58:47 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (obozo could bring back literal slavery with chains and still he will get 85+% of the black vote)
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To: freedumb2003
Amazing how a moment in time, frequently a juxtaposition, is so powerful.

Also sometimes powerfully misleading.

One of the very most famous photos of the Vietnam War is of the S. Vietnamese police chief executing a captive with his pistol. The comment below shows it is an example of wartime atrocities against possibly innocent people.

Little known fact:

The police chief was a good friend of the photographer. The guy getting killed had been caught in the act of murdering policemen's families during a raid. There was no question of his guilt. Yet the image no doubt played a significant role in turning world opinion against S. Vietnam.

For the rest of his life the photographer regretted taking and selling that photo.

Would post the photo if I knew how.

As another example, there are many photos of the Nazis camps on the page, but none of the gulag or laogai. Those have been successfully kept out of the media.

14 posted on 08/07/2012 12:30:12 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: freedumb2003
This one always chokes me up no matter how many times I see it.


28 posted on 08/07/2012 1:24:01 PM PDT by trailhkr1
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