Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT- War Photography
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:54:01 -0800
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Sam,

You would be correct. There is no way to ban a photo in the U.S. short 
of it being child pornography.

On Dec 14, 2003, at 9:50 AM, sam wrote:

> Chris, I beleive you misspoke when you said the photo had been banned 
> in  the US.
>
> Sam S
>
>
>
> Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics wrote:
>>> From the first Iraq campaign I never forgot the photo of the 
>>> soldiers frozen and burnt in place
> trying to escape from his armored vehicle.  This photo was banned in 
> the US, but a similar one
> has reappeared in Aperture this quarter.  I was at once shocked that a 
> weapon we have could have
> such an effect, I discovered that the culprit more then likely was the 
> use of depleted uranium tipped shells.
>> Chris Saganich
>
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Eric
Calsbad, CA

"In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 
'Make us your slaves, but feed us.'" - Dostoevsky

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Replies: Reply from RUBEN BLĘDEL <ruben@rhodos.dk> (Re: [Leica] OT- War Photography)
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Message from sam <sam@osheaven.net> (Re: [Leica] OT- War Photography)