"The 45 Most Powerful Images of 2012"

dickman69 · Post by **dickman69** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:13 pm

hasezwei wrote:
apecore wrote:loooooooooooot of america in there
dis.

u lot talking about the % of world gdp innit m8

Johoosh · Post by **Johoosh** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:55 am

Geez

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:32 am

They're powerful, but this one makes me so sad every god damn time

Eight-year-old Christian Golczynski accepts the flag for his father, Marine Staff Sgt. Marc Golczynski, during a memorial service. Marc Golczynski was shot on patrol during his second tour in Iraq (which he had volunteered for) just a few weeks before he was due to return home.

Basically anything to do with death fucks me up

dickman69 · Post by **dickman69** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:37 am

old news ^

the dog 1 is sadder

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:45 am

Didn't say it was new, but you should really understand the context of the image before you use words like 'sadder'.

dickman69 · Post by **dickman69** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:49 am

implying i dont kno the context o the image

it was in a thread exact like this 1 like 5 months ago

along w/ dog 1 which evoked more emotion in me IMO

hasezwei · Post by **hasezwei** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:49 am

soldiers die. it's part of their job.

Sexual_Chocolate · Post by **Sexual_Chocolate** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:51 am

hasezwei wrote:soldiers die. it's part of their job.

this

people seem to find this concept hard to fathom

hasezwei · Post by **hasezwei** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:18 pm

Nevalo wrote:
hasezwei wrote:soldiers die. it's part of their job.
this

people seem to find this concept hard to fathom

tbh having your dad's corpse flown over the ocean by plane to be buried at your home after he was killed by some guerilla fighters on the other side of the world is such a first world problem in compairson to most other stuff that makes the news.
i mean yeah sucks for the boy but his dad should have known the risks. what did he volunteer for anyway when he's got kids?

magma · Post by **magma** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:22 pm

Nevalo wrote:
hasezwei wrote:soldiers die. it's part of their job.
this

people seem to find this concept hard to fathom

That's the point though. The photo is of a child, not of a dead body in uniform. To the kid, he's not a solider. He's Dad. It's not asking you to evaluate the rights and wrongs of war, it's just connecting you to the emotions of a child that's had their Dad taken away from them. Whether that's his Dad's fault, the country's fault, humanity's fault or whatever doesn't matter - how can you not look at that kid and feel sadness?

You really find that a hard concept to fathom?!

Sexual_Chocolate · Post by **Sexual_Chocolate** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:23 pm

magma wrote:
Nevalo wrote:
hasezwei wrote:soldiers die. it's part of their job.
this

people seem to find this concept hard to fathom
That's the point though. The photo is of a child, not of a dead body in uniform. To the kid, he's not a solider. He's Dad.

You really find that a hard concept to fathom?!

i wasnt even addressing the photo

just what hasewei said in general.

magma · Post by **magma** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:25 pm

Fair enough, reply directed to hasezwei and rayman then.

dickman69 · Post by **dickman69** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:27 pm

nvr said it wasnt sad

said dog was SADDER

IMO

magma · Post by **magma** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:31 pm

That's quite... interesting. Live dog getting pampered and being given medical treatment a lot of humans don't have access to for free, kid mourning his dead father.

Live dog sadder.

That's right, yeah?

Sexual_Chocolate · Post by **Sexual_Chocolate** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:33 pm

rayman612 wrote:nvr said it wasnt sad

said dog was SADDER

IMO

ban

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:36 pm

I see that kid crying and it makes me hate war more than before.
I feel bad for the kid but not as much as I despise war.
Consider his dad volunteered to go fight in a war that has claimed 1000 of lives.
It's statistically proven that he has a major chance of dieing.
Get what I'm saying?

magma · Post by **magma** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:44 pm

Electric_Head wrote:I see that kid crying and it makes me hate war more than before.
I feel bad for the kid but not as much as I despise war.
Consider his dad volunteered to go fight in a war that has claimed 1000 of lives.
It's statistically proven that he has a major chance of dieing.
Get what I'm saying?

I'd say that was about the same as my reaction. It's an absolutely heartbreaking photo because it shows one of the human impacts of the wars which we try so hard to detach ourselves from. We want to say that people involved in the war brought it on themselves - the Dad knew the risks, so I can't feel bad for his life being cut short, but the kid didn't know the risks and wasn't even consulted. He just woke up one day to find out he didn't have a Dad anymore. That's war.

Either way, the photo of the child is sadder than a photo of an animal that's seemingly got better healthcare options than most Americans.

hasezwei · Post by **hasezwei** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:58 pm

well thats for sure

its just that theres so many kids losing their parents who did NOT volunteer in any way since the war came to them and that's made the whole crying over western soldiers falling in the middle east seem a bit... first world problem-y for me.

magma · Post by **magma** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:00 pm

Human sadness is human sadness. It's not the kid's fault he was born on the side that's not allowed any sympathy.

teamhobson · Post by **teamhobson** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:29 pm

Jesus fucking Christ, can't feel anything towards the crying little boy... What is happening here?!

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