All good points, Eleanor,
A month or two ago, someone (was it Dag?) posted a pic or two of the royal wedding in Norway. No one said 'boo". In fact, most seemed to think they were wonderful (which they were, from a photographic viewpoint, and from the viewpoint of documenting a newsworthy event).
Seems to me that the Reagan funeral is about the same thing, only more. It's a newsworthy event. It was very well photographed by tom, without any political commentary or implication.
It was more than appropriate for him to post them.
cheers, frank
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In fact, Anthony is the only person who seems to think the pictures are "of"
Reagan. They aren't. They are of the funeral of a former Head of State. Since
in the USA, heads of state are elected, then it's a politician's funeral, but --
if you can see the distinction -- he didn't get the state funeral because he
was a politician, he got it because he was head of state.
Furthermore, it was a News Event. If you're interested in the event, or in
seeing the particular photographer's work, you check out the pictures. If you
aren't, you don't. But this thread didn't start out with any commentary about
politics, it was about a listmember's pictures of a rare and newsworthy event.
ERN
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