Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The very picture from the first Iraq war with a burnt Iraq soldier dead trying to get out of the amoured truck was shown in an early 90 issue of American Photo and i recall it very well - shocking image ! It was not banned but the newspapers did not want to print it because of its very strong impact - Eric Welch wrote: > 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 >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> > 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 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html