Americans never cease to amaze me, allowing kids to see people die in films yet protecting them from seeing humans wearing as much as when they were born
Skuzzy, I dunno Seeing a man get a bullet in my head isn't my idea of fun - even if you remove the gun from the equation. The man still is getting shot, and he might even have living relatives. And given that both I and Hristo recognized it, the likelihood of others who saw the war directly recognizing is muh greater. But as you say, the avatar represents the person; perhaps this is Animal's virtual representation. Strange though; I've begun to think of him as more and more of an intelligent person, not someone who get pleasure out of attempting to shock people like Marilyn Manson. Might not give him enough credit though; this might indeed be a way of beating those who hold war in high regard. Then again, there are better ways of doing that.
Seeing people procreate, perhaps even creating life, leaves me feel vastly better than seeing life being taken away. Anyone arguing that a photo of two people having sex together is worse than a picture of someone getting ventilation holes in their skull and brain is, IMHO, a person with questionable moral and ethial standards. Make porn, not death I say. Or maybe we an combine the two for something truly disgusting. And crop the really icky bits away. Oops, sorry for sarcasm, couldn't help myself
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Just my personal opinion that sex and nudity beats death any time - no matter what prize the picture won.
Animal, very provocative, and mayhap we need to be reminded of the grim facts of war, of what humans on a daily basis does to each other. I suspect however that your intent is to provoke, little more. While that provokation only works partially with me, it leaves an easily discernable trace of lack of taste and humanity. OTOH, it is, as suggested, a good thing for war glorifiers to see
Maybe I should just find a picture of a Latin American getting his brains blown out by a bullet. Might make it easier for certain Latino American readers and contributors on this board to more easily imagine the victim being a loved one.
Your move, my excellent friend.
