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Well, I have been thinking about this too and I feel it is the timing of the invitation to look at those images as "geology/geography in action" which I find offending. Although dead bodies are part of the physical world, they are also part of the living world of grieving humans. It is a positivist view to think that there is a value-free space for science but one doesn't has to be a Marxist to recognise that this is actually not the case and that it is humans bound in history and space making it. I therefore think that the timing is the main issue here. People are still grieving over their lost ones, presumably will never recover their bodies and referring to the illustration of the tsunami as "geology/geography in action" at this moment in time is offending - even when copied in from a newspaper! I feel this is not the time to ponder over theoretical questions unless one wants to buy into the sensationalist nature of the international media. However, I can see that looking and examining those pics after some appropriate time for grief and recovery has gone by would be fine. What do your students think about that? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David M. Lawrence Sent: 16 March 2011 00:24 To: Discussion group for map history Subject: Re: [MapHist] [Fwd: Satellite Imagery Before and After Tsunami] This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Why would you find the line "disturbingly distasteful?" There are a hell of a lot more serious things to get disturbed about -- such as the dire situation at the Fukushima Daichi plant. And frankly, I see nothing distasteful, either -- unlike the Twitter jokes that got the AFLAC guy fired. I can see getting upset over something worth getting upset over. This doesn't seem to be one of those things. Dave P.S. As a physical geographer, I have to say that it is quite accurate to refer to videos of oncoming tsunami, etc., as "geography in action." I try to teach my students that a knowledge of geography can save their lives -- and it can. Too bad many miss the message because their too busy playing with their iPhones. On 3/15/2011 6:17 PM, Gerhard Muller-Kosack wrote: > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > I find the comment that "this is geology/geography in action" disturbingly > distasteful. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Kurt Masters > Sent: 15 March 2011 21:04 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MapHist] [Fwd: Satellite Imagery Before and After Tsunami] > > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the > whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > Another interesting view... > > You can put your mouse on center of the line in the center of each > picture and drag it left and right... this will show before and after > the tsunami in each image. This is the best graphic demonstration of the > damage I have seen. And in CA people ran to the coast to see the > tsunami. This is not the movies, it is real life. This is > geology/geography in action. > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-ja > pan-before-and-after-tsunami.html?src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. 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