It was a celebration of the end of the most devastating war in modern history. Objections to the photo and the kiss are, in my opinion, a perfect example of political correctness run amok. The world need to take a deep breath and relax.
Paul > On Dec 13, 2014, at 6:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > If ya have to ask, ya don't know :-) > > ann > > On 12/13/2014 14:50, John wrote: >> What about it makes it offensive? >> >> On 12/12/2014 9:49 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>> Am I the only one that finds the sculptures a little offensive? >>> >>> I know the _photo_ well, Dan - the one Alfred Eisenstadt shot for LIFE >>> Magazine - and I actually saw back then as my parents subscribed to both >>> LIFE and LOOK. (I was almost 9 years old on VJ day...) >>> >>> I think the world's largest cow in... (is it NORTH Dakota?) fares well >>> in comparison :-) >>> >>> ann >>> >>> On 12/12/2014 00:40, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>>> Like many of Seward Johnson's sculptures, it is based on a great work >>>> of art, in this case an iconic photo. >>>> The sculpture was displayed on Times Square for a while. >>>> Dan Matyola >>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:18 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Like the shot, hate the sculpture - >>>>> >>>>> ann >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 12/11/2014 21:49, Rick Womer wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> A runner-up for this month's PUG, also from the Grounds for >>>>>> Sculpture in >>>>>> central New Jersey: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17922124 >>>>>> >>>>>> (K-5, DA 16-45) >>>>>> >>>>>> Comments appreciated! >>>>>> >>>>>> Rick >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
