Best photograph?

[istewart]

Out of the following, choose the best one.

1. http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/2971/250pxtrangbang7lc.jpg

2. http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/5505/72terrorist3px.jpg

3. http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/4431/monk018iz.jpg

[istewart]

I just think there's something about the terrorist photo that makes it pretty cool and freaky.

[miajag81]

Yeah, I voted flaming monk but the Munich one is pretty cool (in an uncool kind of way).

[mslif]

I think you should have written a disclaimer on your title. Some of those pictures might be too strong for some people.

[miajag81]

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I think you should have written a disclaimer on your title. Some of those pictures might be too strong for some people.

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Cmon, these are all famous photos that everyone has seen before.

[istewart]

Yeah, if you're gay.

[mslif]

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Yeah, if you're gay.

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I have no idea why you would make this comment but seeing suffering children is something that I don't want to see. I had never seen that picture before. I was not trying to be an ass, I was just making an observation

[mslif]

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I think you should have written a disclaimer on your title. Some of those pictures might be too strong for some people.

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Cmon, these are all famous photos that everyone has seen before.

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I had never seen the first one. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[TheRover]

The Vietnam pic of a guy with a gun to his head is better than all these. You should know what I'm talking about.


Every time I see that with any kind of caption it makes me laugh. I don't care what it says or how many times I see it.

[istewart]

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The Vietnam pic of a guy with a gun to his head is better than all these. You should know what I'm talking about.


Every time I see that with any kind of caption it makes me laugh. I don't care what it says or how many times I see it.

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I figured everyone would pick that one so I left it out.

[miajag81]

Remember when Norm MacDonald made a joke on Weekend Update that the shooting picture was going to be a new postage stamp (because of the controversy over the Hiroshima stamp) and got booed for like 5 minutes?

[SomethingClever]

4.

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7681/ankleowned8om.jpg

[miajag81]

mslif, if any of these images are too strong for you, I recommend staying out of OOT and the Internet as a whole for that matter.

Also, you've never seen that photo before? Have you lived in a cave your whole life?

[TheRover]

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Remember when Norm MacDonald made a joke on Weekend Update that the shooting picture was going to be a new postage stamp (because of the controversy over the Hiroshima stamp) and got booed for like 5 minutes?

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Link to video of this and I will /images/graemlins/heart.gif you long time.

[miajag81]

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Remember when Norm MacDonald made a joke on Weekend Update that the shooting picture was going to be a new postage stamp (because of the controversy over the Hiroshima stamp) and got booed for like 5 minutes?

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Link to video of this and I will /images/graemlins/heart.gif you long time.

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yikes...i will do my best but no promises. i do know that he WANTED to use the little girl/napalm photo but the producers nixed it.

[IggyWH]

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Yeah, if you're gay.

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I have no idea why you would make this comment but seeing suffering children is something that I don't want to see. I had never seen that picture before. I was not trying to be an ass, I was just making an observation

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If you have never seen that picture before, then consider this post a favor as everyone for various reasons should have this image burned into their head.

[mslif]

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mslif, if any of these images are too strong for you, I recommend staying out of OOT and the Internet as a whole for that matter.

Also, you've never seen that photo before? Have you lived in a cave your whole life?

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Don't be ridiculous. I don't see crying/suffering children being posted on oot on daily basis. I have seen plenty of horrifying thing on the internet and in real life, I do not need to be preached about that. Now just writing a disclaimer is not too much asking as people write NSFW for porn. I did not say that he should not post them.

[mslif]

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Yeah, if you're gay.

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I have no idea why you would make this comment but seeing suffering children is something that I don't want to see. I had never seen that picture before. I was not trying to be an ass, I was just making an observation

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If you have never seen that picture before, then consider this post a favor as everyone for various reasons should have this image burned into their head.

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I do not need to see pictures of suffering children to understand the atrocities commited during war.

[IggyWH]

It's not just "war", it's what happened in THAT war. I'm sure you know the doomed to repeat it saying...

[xorbie]

Bit too philosophical perheps, but don't you?

[Evan]

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Yeah, if you're gay.

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I have no idea why you would make this comment but seeing suffering children is something that I don't want to see. I had never seen that picture before. I was not trying to be an ass, I was just making an observation

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If you have never seen that picture before, then consider this post a favor as everyone for various reasons should have this image burned into their head.

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I do not need to see pictures of suffering children to understand the atrocities commited during war.

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I don't really think that's the point. It's a famous photograph. I don't need to see a 50 stars and 13 stripes to understand freedom, but I'm still glad I know what an American flag looks like.

[mslif]

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Bit too philosophical perheps, but don't you?

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Too philosophical? no.

[miajag81]

What is your annual salary as a Professionally Offended Person?

[mslif]

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I don't really think that's the point. It's a famous photograph. I don't need to see a 50 stars and 13 stripes to understand freedom, but I'm still glad I know what an American flag looks like.

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I understand that it a famous photograph but I just would have liked some kind of warning that I was going to be looking at that type of scenery. That is all. I am not saying that this picture is wrong.

[mslif]

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What is your annual salary as a Professionally Offended Person?

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that's all you could come up with? Impressive

[imported_anacardo]

Like - I ain't gonna front. I saw this thread & expected to see some nice, arty shots of somebody's girlfriend, or maybe an amateur photo project that somebody was working on. What greets the eye? AtrocityFest '05. I was a little bummed, and it just keeps getting worse, and a slightly more informative post title would have been nice. That's all.

[Evan]

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I don't really think that's the point. It's a famous photograph. I don't need to see a 50 stars and 13 stripes to understand freedom, but I'm still glad I know what an American flag looks like.

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I understand that it a famous photograph but I just would have liked some kind of warning that I was going to be looking at that type of scenery. That is all. I am not saying that this picture is wrong.

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I was really just commenting on the "I don't need to see....." part.

[ChipWrecked]

Actually mslif, that picture is even worse than it looks this size.

It's often seen with the girl cropped and enlarged, so that her napalm burns can be clearly seen.

The pic is credited as one of the major forces in galvanizing the American public against the Vietnam war.

In that respect, this girl's suffering averted the suffering of many other children.

[Evan]

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What is your annual salary as a Professionally Offended Person?

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that's all you could come up with? Impressive

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Seriously, this is one of the worst posts I've ever seen.

[ChipWrecked]

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Like - I ain't gonna front. I saw this thread & expected to see some nice, arty shots of somebody's girlfriend, or maybe an amateur photo project that somebody was working on. What greets the eye? AtrocityFest '05. I was a little bummed, and it just keeps getting worse, and a slightly more informative post title would have been nice. That's all.

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You saw that OP was istewart though, right? I had a good idea what it would be.

[imported_anacardo]

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Like - I ain't gonna front. I saw this thread & expected to see some nice, arty shots of somebody's girlfriend, or maybe an amateur photo project that somebody was working on. What greets the eye? AtrocityFest '05. I was a little bummed, and it just keeps getting worse, and a slightly more informative post title would have been nice. That's all.

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You saw that OP was istewart though, right? I had a good idea what it would be.

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I have not yet learned to instinctively recognize istewart as The Bringer of Doom and Gloom. Is this a major oversight on my part?

[ChipWrecked]

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Like - I ain't gonna front. I saw this thread & expected to see some nice, arty shots of somebody's girlfriend, or maybe an amateur photo project that somebody was working on. What greets the eye? AtrocityFest '05. I was a little bummed, and it just keeps getting worse, and a slightly more informative post title would have been nice. That's all.

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You saw that OP was istewart though, right? I had a good idea what it would be.

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I have not yet learned to instinctively recognize istewart as The Bringer of Shock and Disgust. Is this a major oversight on my part?

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Now you know.

[mslif]

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Actually mslif, that picture is even worse than it looks this size.

It's often seen with the girl cropped and enlarged, so that her napalm burns can be clearly seen.

The pic is credited as one of the major forces in galvanizing the American public against the Vietnam war.

In that respect, this girl's suffering averted the suffering of many other children.

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I can definitely understand why. Thank you for your explanation.

[Colonel Kataffy]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/Tianasquare.jpg

I've always found this one interesting. (apologies in advanced to mslif if he hasn't already seen it)

[miajag81]

Look, all I'm saying is, when you're browsing a forum that has posts on the front page titled "drugs in vegas," "another porn story" and "ass eating trip report," don't be shocked to see strong imagery when you open a thread, regardless of the subject line.

[mslif]

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Look, all I'm saying is, when you're browsing a forum that has posts on the front page titled "drugs in vegas," "another porn story" and "ass eating trip report," don't be shocked to see strong imagery when you open a thread, regardless of the subject line.

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I am very surprised that you cannot make the difference between an ass thread and this thread.

[ChipWrecked]

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Look, all I'm saying is, when you're browsing a forum that has posts on the front page titled "drugs in vegas," "another porn story" and "ass eating trip report," don't be shocked to see strong imagery when you open a thread, regardless of the subject line.

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I am very surprised that you cannot make the difference between an ass thread and this thread.

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I often laugh at istewart's posts, but I believe his title should read 'viewer discretion advised'.

I voted for the terrorist pic, btw, from a purely photographic standpoint it pwns the other two.

Can't top the visceral power of that burned girl though. Now I feel like crying, and I have to go to work. [censored].

[StacysMom]

someone wanna post the pic of the guy with the gun to his head, or a link, I'm not familiat with it.

[jesusarenque]

http://www.polsoc.com/images/index_VietnamShooting.jpg

[craig r]

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Can't top the visceral power of that burned girl though. Now I feel like crying, and I have to go to work. [censored].

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Don't cry over it. Those days are over and things like that never happen anymore.

craig

[JihadOnTheRiver]

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In that respect, this girl's suffering averted the suffering of many other children.

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Lemme guess. Western Civ I at a UC school?

[StacysMom]

thanks, jesus, that was fast

[rusellmj]

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Can't top the visceral power of that burned girl though. Now I feel like crying, and I have to go to work. [censored].

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FWIW, the little girl is a well adjusted housewife/mom living happily in Canada.

[Tron]

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living happily in Canada

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Impossible!

[daryn]

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The Vietnam pic of a guy with a gun to his head is better than all these. You should know what I'm talking about.


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http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c296/nagoo81/bruiserexecution.jpg

[TheRover]

See, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Awesome.

[rusellmj]

This takes you to a new level.

[lighterjobs]

hahaha awesome.

[NLSoldier]

daryn,

have you posted that before? cuz if not then i dreampt that you did and that would just be wierd.

[Dominic]

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The Vietnam pic of a guy with a gun to his head is better than all these. You should know what I'm talking about.


Every time I see that with any kind of caption it makes me laugh. I don't care what it says or how many times I see it.

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It's not a picture of a guy with a gun to his head. It's a picture taken at the exact moment a police officer executed a prisoner. You're seeing the guy's exact moment of death. The bullet is inside his head.

So yeah, I can see why it might make for a funny caption.

Tool.

[einbert]

This is freaking awesome if it's a parody of durron's video game poll.

I chose the monk. I idolize him, what can I say.

[Dominic]

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The Vietnam pic of a guy with a gun to his head is better than all these. You should know what I'm talking about.


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http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c296/nagoo81/bruiserexecution.jpg

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LOL...now that's funny.

[daryn]

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daryn,

have you posted that before? cuz if not then i dreampt that you did and that would just be wierd.

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yeah i have. it's a nagoo

[7ontheline]

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Can't top the visceral power of that burned girl though. Now I feel like crying, and I have to go to work. [censored].

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Don't cry over it. Those days are over and things like that never happen anymore.

craig

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Um. . .my internet sarcasm meter is a little broken. Are you being serious or sarcastic here?

[whiskeytown]

that Munich [censored] happened more or less on my Birthday - and I mean the LITERAL day I was born, just not when I was 5 or 6 or something...

so I sorta feel inclined towards that one for some reason...it's common to have photographs of victims, but getting one of the villians - that can be tricky...

RB

[imported_anacardo]

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Can't top the visceral power of that burned girl though. Now I feel like crying, and I have to go to work. [censored].

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Don't cry over it. Those days are over and things like that never happen anymore.

craig

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Um. . .my internet sarcasm meter is a little broken. Are you being serious or sarcastic here?

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Totally busted, dawg.

[7ontheline]

Well, I assumed sarcastic, but you never know. . . a lot of uninformed people out there.

But yeah, busted.

[fyodor]

I am not Jewish.
I have no desire to be Jewish.
I have very few friends who are overtly Jewish.
Munich still pisses me off to no end.
The authorities totally blew that.
Conversation should have went something like this:
"What are your demands?"
"We want a bunch of prisoners released from Israeli jails"
"Ok we just released them and shot every last [censored] one of them. Any more demands?"
"Give us a sec."
"While you are thinking let us tell you that for every hostage still alive that you decide to kill we will kill 100,000 Palestinians. We will bomb the [censored] out of them. And oh btw, whether you kill anyone else or not you are all going to die. There is no way out. When you decide to give up we are going to [censored] kill you all."

Did I mention how Munich still bugs me?

[theweatherman]

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The Vietnam pic of a guy with a gun to his head is better than all these. You should know what I'm talking about.


Every time I see that with any kind of caption it makes me laugh. I don't care what it says or how many times I see it.

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The video of that is intense. Crazy [censored] happens when you go to war for so long

[MonkeeMan]

Let's bring it on home

http://blogs.salon.com/0002551/images/kent-state.jpg

[craig r]

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Well, I assumed sarcastic, but you never know. . . a lot of uninformed people out there.

But yeah, busted.

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Yes, I am being extremely sarcastic. I know you have already realized this, but I just wanted to clarify for you /images/graemlins/smile.gif .

craig

[Tron]

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I am not Jewish.
I have no desire to be Jewish.
I have very few friends who are overtly Jewish.
Munich still pisses me off to no end.
The authorities totally blew that.
Conversation should have went something like this:
"What are your demands?"
"We want a bunch of prisoners released from Israeli jails"
"Ok we just released them and shot every last [censored] one of them. Any more demands?"
"Give us a sec."
"While you are thinking let us tell you that for every hostage still alive that you decide to kill we will kill 100,000 Palestinians. We will bomb the [censored] out of them. And oh btw, whether you kill anyone else or not you are all going to die. There is no way out. When you decide to give up we are going to [censored] kill you all."

Did I mention how Munich still bugs me?

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You're absolutely correct. This line most certainly would have worked. Who can you get in touch with in Canada that will put you to work on things like this?

[ChipWrecked]

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Can't top the visceral power of that burned girl though. Now I feel like crying, and I have to go to work. [censored].

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Don't cry over it. Those days are over and things like that never happen anymore.



craig

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Good. In that case, I feel better.

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The Vietnam pic of a guy with a gun to his head is better than all these. You should know what I'm talking about.


Every time I see that with any kind of caption it makes me laugh. I don't care what it says or how many times I see it.

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The video of that is intense. Crazy [censored] happens when you go to war for so long

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I seem to recall that the guy being shot was actually a North Vietnamese soldier (officer?) caught in S.Vietnam in civilian dress, and as such was subject to summary execution as a spy. Anyone confirm?

[MonkeeMan]

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The Vietnam pic of a guy with a gun to his head is better than all these. You should know what I'm talking about.


Every time I see that with any kind of caption it makes me laugh. I don't care what it says or how many times I see it.

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The video of that is intense. Crazy [censored] happens when you go to war for so long

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I seem to recall that the guy being shot was actually a North Vietnamese soldier (officer?) caught in S.Vietnam in civilian dress, and as such was subject to summary execution as a spy. Anyone confirm?

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This is correct according to the guy with the gun.

[MonkeeMan]

ok I'm on a roll now

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/p/images/poster_andbabies_lg.jpg

[astroglide]

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Let's bring it on home

http://blogs.salon.com/0002551/images/kent-state.jpg

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is that from the ohio school shootings?

god damn that is a fantastic csny song. i'm blown away every time i listen to it.

[craig r]

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Let's bring it on home

http://blogs.salon.com/0002551/images/kent-state.jpg

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is that from the ohio school shootings?

god damn that is a fantastic csny song. i'm blown away every time i listen to it.

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Yes, that is Kent State.

craig

[ChipWrecked]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/aksooted/sudan.jpg

Pwnt.

(caption is not entirely true; Carter took the child to the food station himself. he did commit suicide afterward though)

[astroglide]

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Yeah, if you're gay.

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you are awesome istewart