[Nov3]

While it is clear that the brutality of the Iraq regime and the realities of what our brave military face should be seen, the goal is not to make Free Republic such a gut wrenching place that one would want to turn away from it. As such, truly disturbing pictures will be removed.

Yes we need to hide the reality of what the Iraqis are about. ABSNBCCBSFOXCNN etc did the same thing with the graphic pictures of 9/11 like when people had to jump to avoid burning to death.We really don't need to be reminded of what this war is all about.

No abortion pictures too. That may make people uncomfortable with it also.

Lucianne probably wouldn't do it either.

[nina0113]

I think someone who has access to the photos (I don't) should pixelate the facial features enough to make them unrecognizable, then post a link. I'm in total agreement with Darrell Worley - "If it was up to me, I'd show em every day". Too many people HAVE forgotten.

[johnb838]

I agree with you. I don't want to see those pictures either. But this notion that some things are too 'disturbing' for the American public to see is patronizing and offensive. Our very best citizens are smack dab in the middle of it, and our sensibilities here at home are too delicate to see the images that a large part of the world are celebrating? Besides, the media doesn't seem to have too much trouble showing images of piles of Iraqi bodies. We SHOULD be angry at the things that the barbarians in the world are doing to us. Sanitization of images makes us unnaturally docile. It's wrong and it's denial.

All that said, I think posting links rather than images is a pretty good compromise.

[DallasMike]

We really don't need to be reminded of what this war is all about.

Most of us don't need to be reminded. I have to wonder about the people who claim they do.