War is a horrible business, every death in war is a tragedy. But hell
every death is a tragedy.
When we think that one country has the ability to simply stop making
war, of merely preparing for war, for there to be peace it is best to
contemplate this quote from George Orwell;
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to
visit violence on those who would do us harm."
You can disagree that the war in Iraq is necessary, but the people who's
idea this was probably think that if we simply stop fighting and give up
our arms there will be no more war.
The only way that will work is if we force every other Empire. Nation
and Tribe to do that, it won't be done voluntarily, it just takes one to
cheat.
So force is the way. Just look how happy they are that we're trying to
bend just one violent nation to our will. How would the feel if we went
about subduing the rest.
I hate propaganda, and this is vile propaganda. This statement while
powerful, essentially, says that each and every one of the men, (and a
few women), who died did so meaninglessly. That's a horrible lie. They
died for something that they believed in. That's more than 90% of the
people in the world will ever do. They died for that belief not because
someone forced them to, but because they thought it was important. Most
if not all did not plan to die, but they knew it could happen. For that
they deserve honor.
Incidentally, they also died so that you and I could live to a ripe old
age and die a relatively meaningless death in bed. For this they deserve
our deepest gratitude. These memorials simply annoy the Iraq war
veterans that I know, and I do know a few.
This is no reflection on your photography Marnie, you captured them
well, and I know you're anti-war, so is any sane person.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 12/6/2008 8:21:26 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Marnie,
I like the 1st because of the mood, black & white with the hard
panbase of the hill stretched before it.
Directly below that, #6 does a good job of conveying the vastness of the
field.
And the two immediately to the left #7 & #8 give an interesting
detailed perspective.
You should work with those a bit more and see what you get.
It's an interesting and difficult thing to photograph.
Regards, Bob S.
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Thanks for the input, Bob. I thought B&W gave it a grittness that was
appropriate, rather than a prettiness, which some of them had. So I went both ways,
color to show details, and B&W.
Good to know someone had some of the same reaction I did.
Thanks for looking.
Marnie aka Doe
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