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Time for those annual pic reviews
Topic Started: Dec 4 2011, 10:53 AM (251 Views)
kenny
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-powerful-photos-of-2011
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jon-nyc
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Cool, thanks for posting that. SOme of that stuff already seems like more than a year ago.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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Horace
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HOLY CARP!!!
This is why people love protests. We find the imagery so compelling. Any excuse will do. Let's all live history by creating it through stupidity, finding someone in a uniform and taunting them till they retaliate. It means we're really important and it means we're making a difference.
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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kenny
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Horace
Dec 4 2011, 11:30 AM
This is why people love protests. We find the imagery so compelling. Any excuse will do. Let's all live history by creating it through stupidity, finding someone in a uniform and taunting them till they retaliate. It means we're really important and it means we're making a difference.
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Horace
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HOLY CARP!!!
Didn't mean it in any anger. Just noted that so many of those pics were from various "occupy" protests, none of which mean anything, yet somehow the imagery is compelling enough to make it into a retrospective of the most important pics of the year. Getting your photo taken at such an event while pepper spray is being shot in your face is the ultimate prize and exactly why people attend those things.
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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kenny
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Horace
Dec 4 2011, 12:21 PM
Didn't mean it in any anger. Just noted that so many of those pics were from various "occupy" protests, none of which mean anything, yet somehow the imagery is compelling enough to make it into a retrospective of the most important pics of the year. Getting your photo taken at such an event while pepper spray is being shot in your face is the ultimate prize and exactly why people attend those things.
Maybe some of them.
Maybe some want a better world and think this will help.

You apparently don't think it will help, and that's fine.
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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
Horace
Dec 4 2011, 12:21 PM
Didn't mean it in any anger. Just noted that so many of those pics were from various "occupy" protests, none of which mean anything, yet somehow the imagery is compelling enough to make it into a retrospective of the most important pics of the year. Getting your photo taken at such an event while pepper spray is being shot in your face is the ultimate prize and exactly why people attend those things.
Totally agree.
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John D'Oh
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MAMIL
I opened the thread hoping for pictures of Kenny's dogs in yet another ridiculous costume. :sad:
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Horace
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Maybe some of them.
Maybe some want a better world and think this will help.

You apparently don't think it will help, and that's fine.


I'm sure they believe they're helping make a better world. I would just note that it's very human and normal for a young person to see such a pictorial retrospective and think to themselves how cool it would be if they could someday attend such a protest themselves. Next time someone says "hey lets go protest, it's for a good cause", it's not as if they'll think real hard about the issues. They'll accept it as a given that it's for a good cause, and enjoy the fact that they're doing something story-worthy that day. If they manage to get such a pic taken of them, it'll be a story they'll tell proudly the rest of their lives.
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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kenny
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Horace
Dec 4 2011, 12:40 PM
I'm sure they believe they're helping make a better world. I would just note that it's very human and normal for a young person to see such a pictorial retrospective and think to themselves how cool it would be if they could someday attend such a protest themselves. Next time someone says "hey lets go protest, it's for a good cause", it's not as if they'll think real hard about the issues. They'll accept it as a given that it's for a good cause, and enjoy the fact that they're doing something story-worthy that day. If they manage to get such a pic taken of them, it'll be a story they'll tell proudly the rest of their lives.
Yeah, you're right - and everyone is exactly the same. :doh:
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Mark
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HOLY CARP!!!
John D'Oh
Dec 4 2011, 12:38 PM
I opened the thread hoping for pictures of Kenny's dogs in yet another ridiculous costume. :sad:
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The 89th Key
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Funny this image didn't make the list...

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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
good thing Kenny didn't post that pic; Copper would seriously get his knickers in a twist.
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John D'Oh
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What a shameless troll, Sue. You're really fishing.

Just like this guy:

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What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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kenny
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Don't get me started. :rolleyes2:
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Thanks for sharing this - there are some really cool, powerful, memorable photos in there.
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