To those who think we shouldn;t be shown dead bodies...The government (via a bullied media) has been using 'dead bodies' (or signs of pain, suffering, or living in utter squalor) as proof that we should go to war, hate certain groups, think that People are Bad [tm], and other assorted nonsense to ensure that approval ratings remain high; whenever something is 'good' we are shown fluffy bunnies, happy school children, or momentary poses of compassionate humanitarian behavior. Now that we have dead bodies in our back yard tho (as well as pain, suffering, AND living in utter squalor) it's trying to be swept under the rug covered in fluffy bunnies, happy school children, and momentary poses of compassionate humanitarian behavior. The distancing done by making these images distinctly delineating 'good' and 'evil' has only been furthered by a media that too many Americans assume to be unbiased and accurate; these images are in part to blame for having this monster running our country. The only way they can make it right is to truly be accurate and unbiased now when the country needs it most. We are now the house of 'evil'; we can't hide or bury the bodies or we are looking away from the utter filth that has turned the 'Great US of A' into a third world country. We've had flag waving and posturing as the 'good guys' going on long enough; now is the time for truth.
Don't take this as me wanting familial rights to be overlooked; I would still want the media to be decent enough to wait for permission from the surviving family before publishing the photos, but we can't be willingly blind to this shit anymore. I said it in my own journal, but this is so huge, the devastation so great that it already dwarfs 9/11 by a very great magnitude. There are people still alive in there who will have drowned BEFORE they are rescued. If seeing the dead forces the government as a whole to IMMEDIATELY remove the people most responsible for this attrocity so that someone infintely more competent can be moved in to get those people saved days or even hours before they drown, wouldn't that be worth it?
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To those who think we shouldn;t be shown dead bodies...The government (via a bullied media) has been using 'dead bodies' (or signs of pain, suffering, or living in utter squalor) as proof that we should go to war, hate certain groups, think that People are Bad [tm], and other assorted nonsense to ensure that approval ratings remain high; whenever something is 'good' we are shown fluffy bunnies, happy school children, or momentary poses of compassionate humanitarian behavior. Now that we have dead bodies in our back yard tho (as well as pain, suffering, AND living in utter squalor) it's trying to be swept under the rug covered in fluffy bunnies, happy school children, and momentary poses of compassionate humanitarian behavior. The distancing done by making these images distinctly delineating 'good' and 'evil' has only been furthered by a media that too many Americans assume to be unbiased and accurate; these images are in part to blame for having this monster running our country. The only way they can make it right is to truly be accurate and unbiased now when the country needs it most. We are now the house of 'evil'; we can't hide or bury the bodies or we are looking away from the utter filth that has turned the 'Great US of A' into a third world country. We've had flag waving and posturing as the 'good guys' going on long enough; now is the time for truth.
Don't take this as me wanting familial rights to be overlooked; I would still want the media to be decent enough to wait for permission from the surviving family before publishing the photos, but we can't be willingly blind to this shit anymore. I said it in my own journal, but this is so huge, the devastation so great that it already dwarfs 9/11 by a very great magnitude. There are people still alive in there who will have drowned BEFORE they are rescued. If seeing the dead forces the government as a whole to IMMEDIATELY remove the people most responsible for this attrocity so that someone infintely more competent can be moved in to get those people saved days or even hours before they drown, wouldn't that be worth it?