News- no, it's propoganda

Nephythys · 07-31-2006, 12:47 PM

(Moderator note) VIEWER WARNING ADVISED - (dead bodies)

Link

I feel ill.

There is of course also this

7 to 8 hours.

Sorry- but I hold Hezbollah responsible- in fact, given that it looks like any civilians had time to get out- and they did not and were instead killed makes me wonder just how far Hezbollah will go to win the PR war.

Alex · 07-31-2006, 01:03 PM

I'm in a publicly exposed carrel at the public library right now (on my own computer though) so given the moderator warning I'm not going to watch. Anybody willing to summarize?

scaeagles · 07-31-2006, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I'm in a publicly exposed carrel at the public library right now (on my own computer though) so given the moderator warning I'm not going to watch. Anybody willing to summarize?

It's pics of dead children. Very sad, but not inappropriate for a library.

Nephythys · 07-31-2006, 01:16 PM

Sorry- I did not think to give warning.

Not Afraid · 07-31-2006, 01:30 PM

I edited my warning to include a description. Personally, seeing a pile of bodies is worse than 1000 pics of NSFW subjects.

Alex · 07-31-2006, 01:42 PM

Ok, nobody was around so I read the first link. If accurate (and I have no way of judging that) in the accounts of the timestamps it is an interesting analysis and the wires should be troubled by it.

Anderson Cooper did an interesting bit last week (I think, maybe the week before) where they showed a clip that someone had broadcast from inside southern Lebanon and then he showed the footage his crew had done of the same scene with context showing that it was a publicity stunt put on by Hezbollah (essentially it was showing the ambulance crews and stuff going out on call to much crowd adulation but the crowd had been gathered for the press and the ambulances were just driving around the block.

This is not to imply that propoganda doesn't come out of the other side, just that they haven't yet achieved Reagan-like subtlety in staging them.

Nephythys · 07-31-2006, 01:44 PM

a pile of bodies? All of two. Sad, depressing, but certainly not piles.

Not Afraid · 07-31-2006, 02:01 PM

More that 2 dead bodies stacked together is defined as a pile by me.

Why are we discussing this? It is a disgusting picture and I don't want to see crap like this without warning. Period.

Nephythys · 07-31-2006, 02:32 PM

There were no pictures of two or more dead bodies- you are misrepresenting and lashing out at me. I fail to see how that is acceptable.

For the record-there is ONE body in each picture- no piles. As sad and as horrid as it is it reflects on the way this is being portrayed in the media and is worthy of discussion IMO- you don't want to look- fine. I APOLOGIZED for not marking it- but to misrepresent and snap at me seems a bit uncalled for,

Alex · 07-31-2006, 02:33 PM

The first picture in the first link has (portions of) four dead bodies in it.

07-31-2006, 12:47 PM	#1
Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	News- no, it's propoganda (Moderator note) VIEWER WARNING ADVISED - (dead bodies) Link I feel ill. There is of course also this 7 to 8 hours. Sorry- but I hold Hezbollah responsible- in fact, given that it looks like any civilians had time to get out- and they did not and were instead killed makes me wonder just how far Hezbollah will go to win the PR war. Last edited by Not Afraid : 07-31-2006 at 01:28 PM.
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07-31-2006, 01:03 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I'm in a publicly exposed carrel at the public library right now (on my own computer though) so given the moderator warning I'm not going to watch. Anybody willing to summarize?
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07-31-2006, 01:16 PM	#4
Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	Sorry- I did not think to give warning.
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07-31-2006, 01:30 PM	#5
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I edited my warning to include a description. Personally, seeing a pile of bodies is worse than 1000 pics of NSFW subjects.
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07-31-2006, 01:42 PM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Ok, nobody was around so I read the first link. If accurate (and I have no way of judging that) in the accounts of the timestamps it is an interesting analysis and the wires should be troubled by it. Anderson Cooper did an interesting bit last week (I think, maybe the week before) where they showed a clip that someone had broadcast from inside southern Lebanon and then he showed the footage his crew had done of the same scene with context showing that it was a publicity stunt put on by Hezbollah (essentially it was showing the ambulance crews and stuff going out on call to much crowd adulation but the crowd had been gathered for the press and the ambulances were just driving around the block. This is not to imply that propoganda doesn't come out of the other side, just that they haven't yet achieved Reagan-like subtlety in staging them.
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07-31-2006, 01:44 PM	#7
Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	a pile of bodies? All of two. Sad, depressing, but certainly not piles.
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07-31-2006, 02:01 PM	#8
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	More that 2 dead bodies stacked together is defined as a pile by me. Why are we discussing this? It is a disgusting picture and I don't want to see crap like this without warning. Period.
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07-31-2006, 02:32 PM	#9
Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	There were no pictures of two or more dead bodies- you are misrepresenting and lashing out at me. I fail to see how that is acceptable. For the record-there is ONE body in each picture- no piles. As sad and as horrid as it is it reflects on the way this is being portrayed in the media and is worthy of discussion IMO- you don't want to look- fine. I APOLOGIZED for not marking it- but to misrepresent and snap at me seems a bit uncalled for,
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07-31-2006, 02:33 PM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The first picture in the first link has (portions of) four dead bodies in it.
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