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whos a bleeding heart?
« on: October 19, 2010, 03:06:35 PM »
i never really get used to civilians suffering in war footage and stuff

be it old people, men or women, kids or toddlers, i dont even want to allow myself to get used to it.

some moments ago i saw footage of refugees fleeing, i noticed what would be a maybe 3 year old, running on his own, alongside what i hope to be relatives. but not carried. he ran on his own legs. its just wrong that someone that young should be exposed to such a real danger. a 3 year old mind realizing the need to flee, and run... they shouldnt know about it...

i get all heartbroken at it :(

and not just kids, altho theres something "extra" w kids, but also when i see some chubby palestinian grannie crying her eyes out, screaming to god... or grown men crying freely, all because of the stubbornness of their leaders.



this image i always found very powerfull
its from gaza, during this summers bombing
basket-ball court, civilian balcony, a red-cross guy, people running. illegal munition, these bright light pieces burn into your flesh, and wont stop burning.
that back yard could be anywhere in the world.


war fascinates me a lot, but also makes me sad :(
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2010, 03:30:00 PM »
I've seen worse and felt nothing for them. They make great photography subjects though. :zoinks:

Tip: 80% of those photos are deliberately taken out of context. Some are even staged/photoshopped! Photography is great for manipulating thick fucks.
« Last Edit: October 19, 2010, 03:31:51 PM by Shleed. »
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2010, 03:36:56 PM »
Quote from: Shleed. on October 19, 2010, 03:30:00 PM
I've seen worse and felt nothing for them. They make great photography subjects though. :zoinks:

Tip: 80% of those photos are deliberately taken out of context. Some are even staged/photoshopped! Photography is great for manipulating thick fucks.

That goes way back even Mathew Brady set up the photos in the US civil war

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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2010, 03:39:57 PM »
Animal charity adverts etc make my heart hurt :(

human stuff I can switch off from tho

except sometimes kids
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2010, 03:44:37 PM »
Quote from: big fat sophopotamus on October 19, 2010, 03:39:57 PM
Animal charity adverts etc make my heart hurt :(

human stuff I can switch off from tho

except sometimes kids

Yeah, after Hurricane Katrina, the money I donated (wasn't much, either, as I had only the one job at the time)
was to Best Friends, a no-kill animal sanctuary that sent workers to New Orleans to rescue pets that had been left behind during the evacuations.  :(
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2010, 03:45:49 PM »
:(

stuff like that is so sad
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2010, 03:46:33 PM »
Quote from: big fat sophopotamus on October 19, 2010, 03:45:49 PM
:(

stuff like that is so sad

Yeah, animal suffering gets to me in a way human suffering seldom does.  :(


Edit:  It isn't always that simple, I do feel for people in some cases. What spurred me to send the check to Best Friends was reading an account of a little boy
whose pet was taken from him because there was no room for animals in the rescue vehicles. That really hurt my heart.   :'(
« Last Edit: October 19, 2010, 04:05:12 PM by couldbecousin »
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2010, 08:57:24 PM »
There is a scene in Saving Private Ryan where a young French girl slaps her father because he didn't keep them out of a skirmish/battle.  I thought it was a very telling moment about the powerlessness of parents and the terror of war for civilians.
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2010, 08:59:52 PM »
You can't base foriegn policy on emotions, so, No, I'm not a bleeding heart. :smarty:
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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2010, 09:27:48 PM »
Virtually all of the Auschwitz photos were kept in 2 albums, shot by different people. One a Nazi and the other an inmate. Both albums turned up years later hidden in furniture and an attic in a couple of houses. The ffotage used for the stills on these docos comes from these albums. They say there were none taken of the gas chambers and the ovens.

The Nazi album was meant to be a record of welcome to Auschwitz - the family camp.
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2010, 10:56:28 PM »
Quote from: Shleed. on October 19, 2010, 03:30:00 PM
I've seen worse and felt nothing for them. They make great photography subjects though. :zoinks:

Tip: 80% of those photos are deliberately taken out of context. Some are even staged/photoshopped! Photography is great for manipulating thick fucks.

fully aware of it, but you can often tell.
the white phosphorus image is not staged  ::)
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2010, 10:57:02 PM »
Quote from: Owens Valleyheap on October 19, 2010, 08:59:52 PM
You can't base foriegn policy on emotions, so, No, I'm not a bleeding heart. :smarty:

huh? politics? im not talking about politics :S
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2010, 10:51:42 AM »
I am, usually. Sometimes I get overwhelmed with empathy.
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2010, 10:54:47 AM »
I dislike it when people make fun of and/or abuse the elderly, to hell with them :grrr:
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Re: whos a bleeding heart?
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2010, 10:57:17 AM »
I don't care for the majority of old people in Poland 8)
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