Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:46 PM 9/15/2005 -0700, Tina Manley wrote: >Not a Leica, but this is funny: >http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137642 > >And this one from the same site is controversial but not funny: >http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137235 Both are perfectly legitimate photos. The first is just plain funny. And I would find it funny whether it was of George Bush, Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon or JFK. Most of us have suffered through long meetings that tax the bladder's limits. That the President of the U. S. is not immune is comforting. I'm sure that Rush Limbaugh et al will rage at this example of liberal media bias, and they are dead wrong. Any newspaper editor worth his salt would run this one, regardless of who the President and his party was. As for the second one, it's actually a beautiful picture, and I caught the analogy to the Pieta as soon as I saw it. Nudity? This is not what most people mean when they say "nudity." There is no prurience here. The only thing that bothers me a little is that the some might feel that the old man is shown having lost all dignity. But wait--someone thought to cover his privates with a towel. That shows *attention* to his dignity. All in all, I think that this image of soldiers and a civilian medic saving him together is a good thing. That The Authorities couldn't get it together earlier so the old guy wouldn't be in such bad shape is either a disgrace or testament to the power of the storm. Or both. This could be an iconic photo of the storm's aftermath. --Peter