One photographer
(can't remember his name - did a particularly horrific image of a burned corpse in a car) said something along the lines of 'if we as a society are prepared to go to war we should be prepared to see the consequences'
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:14, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I'm not prepared to go to war
and I don't want to see someone corpsed up to death!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:16, Reply)

I'd actually argue that in this case it's more
a bit sensationalism, since it;s all about who it is, but I think the point is valid in that war photography in general shouldn't self-censor and those who vote for/support/make decisions that lead to war shouldn't shirk from the consequences
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:18, Reply)

I didn't start, vote for, or participate in this war.
ANor would I.

/pacifist, like
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:19, Reply)

did you try and stop it
it is in your name, you know. That's the problem with belonging to a country - you get the perks (NHS and stuff) but you're also part of a big machine that kills other people

(I actually know next to nothing about this old business, I've barely seen the news, I have no idea where I stand, I'm mostly being argumentative)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:22, Reply)

Not to worry, most posters type any old shite having next to no understanding of the topic at hand

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:26, Reply)

i feel I should admit to it sometimes

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:28, Reply)

This admission would help the poster below
he's now entering the angry stage of his ignorance
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:32, Reply)

I excersize my democratic rights to vote for any party that is against any geven war.
When there is such an option, which is rare. What would you have me do? I'm not changing countries every other year, to find one thats not involved in some unjustifiable war or other, even if that were possible.

Alteratively fuck right off. By that logic, you and I and everyone on this sight is responsible for deaths we don't spens all our time and money saving.

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( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:28, Reply)

The Iraq war just a just and righteous cause, they needed us
would you have left the people of Iraq in the hands of an insane dictator?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:32, Reply)

Yes, I would.
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( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:36, Reply)

YOU BASTARD!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:37, Reply)

We've left quite a few African countries in the hands of insane dictators
But those ones weren't important to teh Americans, so that's okay.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:36, Reply)

Needs moar oil and political significance

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:38, Reply)

I'm not sure this is quite the same, though.
This is more proof by display, and it's a fairly fucked-up consequence of the "instant-information-world-under-a-microscope" we seem to live in now. Gaddafi isn't dead unless we see his bloody body. As if the world in general knows him well enough to identify him over another dead guy who looks a bit similar whilst watching grainy mobile footage.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 18:22, Reply)