[lit-ideas] Re: Willie Pete's Role Reversal
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:56:41 -0500
Proof for this site or not, war and blood and gore go together. Question
for Eric: how long do you think is long enough for us to get pounded before
we either nuke em or get out?
> [Original Message]
> From: Judy Evans <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 11/13/2005 9:42:57 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Willie Pete's Role Reversal
>
> Sunday, November 13, 2005, 12:29:45 PM, JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote:
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> Jac> How do you know these are real images from real situations
> Jac> and not doctored or "produced" photos for a political cause? Or
> Jac> for money or sensationalism or whatever.
>
>
> The nowthatsfuckedup ones? The site isn't fake. What political cause
would it be?
> (The US Army initially was "no comment" then said the soldiers were not
accountable
> -- I quote from the media.)
>
>
> How to tell if they're real? When _The Mirror_ published photos of
> British soldiers torturing Iraqis it was attacked by
>
> a. other papers who'd decided not to publish them because their photo
> experts said they appeared fake or doctored
>
> b. soldiers who were convinced they were fake, and faked outside Iraq.
>
> The experts and the soldiers gave reasons, including the detainees'
> appearance and clothing and the type of van, not used in Iraq.
>
> They were conclusively proved right some while later.
>
> (British soldiers had though been torturing Iraqis.)
>
>
> I haven't seen any such analysis of the nowthatsfuckedup photos. I
> have read one that supports their being genuine though the writer says
> what he says isn't proof. (Obviously only the US Army and perhaps the
> site owner have access to anything that would count as proof.)
>
>
>
>
> --
> Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
>
> mailto:judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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