Eyes Wide Open

[crow_noir]

http://www.afsc.org/eyes/

I wanted to share this in General, but my statement/opinion below belongs here.

I watched this on PBS tonight. Really liked the documentary. Really am glad that people are out there doing this.

I always though i noticed something missing from the news. Something felt different about this war. The individuality in the statistics seemed to be missing. The show tonight specified what had been eating at my subconscious. This freaken administration outlawed the media from showing images of flag covered caskets!!! (and of dead Iraqis.) If you ask me there is so much emotion felt when one is shown. I honestly think it was to keep us numb. To keep us placid. Might get riled up if we see those images. Not that people don't try to stop the war... but i don't think you have as many. I myself feel so detached. I was about eight years old when i was watching the news on Desert Storm. I remember those images of death and sadness. I'm glad to know that i haven't grown cold; that the images just aren't there any more.

[lizbud]

Wow, I had heard of this ,but never saw it before. I clicked on the
button called "see it & hear it" to view parts of the exhibit & peoples
responses to it. It is so powerful. No wonder they don't want people
viewing caskets of the dead coming home.

[wombat2u2004]

http://www.afsc.org/eyes/
This freaken administration outlawed the media from showing images of flag covered caskets!!! (and of dead Iraqis.)

Yah well......the media just want you to see what they want you to see.....so I guess the freakin administration and the media are on the same wavelength....eh ???
Wom

[Lady's Human]

There were many reasons for the ban on showing the caskets of soldiers who were KIA, but the main reason the ban came about was that family members of soldiers who died were incensed that there were groups using the pictures in anti- war advertisements without the permission of the families.

[Edwina's Secretary]

There were many reasons for the ban on showing the caskets of soldiers who were KIA, but the main reason the ban came about was that family members of soldiers who died were incensed that there were groups using the pictures in anti- war advertisements without the permission of the families.

Could you give us a credible link where on this LH? I, for one don't believe it.

[Lady's Human]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3652171.stm

Ask and ye shall receive.

The ban actually predates the current conflict.

[Edwina's Secretary]

You forgot the "credible" part. What a bunch of ..... malarkey....

It is censorship whatever else you want to make of it.

If I am killed in a automobile accident and a photographer takes a photo of the car in which I am killed...should the driver of the other car be able to forbid publication of the photo because my family might be upset? Should my family be able to forbid publication of the photo? If a photographer takes a picture of my coffin leaving the church... should the automobile manufacturer be able to forbid publication of the photograph?

Can't they make up anything better than protecting the families???

Censorship...no matter the contrived explanation....

p.s. what next...not releasing the names of those killed in this war so the families won't be hurt???

[crow_noir]

I'm glad everyone has agreed to get back on topic. I was about to ask Karen to close this thread. The petty bickering was giving me a headache. *chuckle*