Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small [msmall@infionline.net] quoth: *> *>In the same sense, all politicians wish that distressing photographs would *>not be released before they had prepared their answers, and that is what *>happened here. I'm not really sure how one could prepare answers for such photographs. The 'Hey, the Nazi's had Leica's but never took photos posing with their prey as it crossed some line, but we managed with crappy cell phones' response? *>In the end, though, the US military was alerted, took action, and has begun *>relief and prosecution. What these guards did was clearly and cleanly *>improper and the authorities had begun to investiate and to bring charges *>when the story broke. Yes, they're disciplining the sergeant who spoke out about it being common policy from the top down which was, of course, pretty obvious anyway. I believe Rummy has also started pushing for a new policy on technologies that might be able to produce an image in the ranks. No more lurid gang bang sex videos. They're razing the prison, too. Problem solved. Living outside the US, it is a bit more aggravating since everywhere else in the world is getting a less filtered feed of photos and commentary. I keep wondering how Janet Jackson's nipple raised 10 times the furor and outrage than did these photos inside the US. It's not just the 'crazed terrorists' that you have to worry about now, it's anyone with at least one eyeball. e.