Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While I'm normally content to sit quietly in the corner and keep to myself, I have to weigh in on this one. I've spent more than a few nights on the lower East Side w/ folks who shot in Irag and they are all troubled by the conditions under which they worked and what it all means to their futures, let alone humanity. No one with any backbone was ok with it. . . so, have the ceremony and give the medal to Geraldo. To claim that photographers, or any journalists, did something unusually heroic is disingenuous. Bravery is not going through a training camp in Virginia and clipping across the lower Iraq in a tank, surrounded by well armed troops. Ask the folks who shot in El Salvador, Lebanon or Indonesia if they ever received a medal. If you would, please keep the mindless fawning of American power to the FOX network on my dish (which I actually watch quite often) Parker - --- Neal Friedenthal <neal@nairobisafari.com> wrote: > > B. D. Colen said, > > > >In regard to journalists, this is so utterly > appallingly, disgustingly, > >horrifyingly...What's it going to be called? The > Propagandist Medal? > > > B. D. > > I have listened to your political drivel time and > again without comment in the past, considering the > source, but this time I have to say something. > No matter what you may think about the Iraq war > those journalists who were embedded with the forces > put their lives on the line to get a story out, many > paid with their lives. If the Government of the UK > chooses to recognize their participation in that > conflict what is the problem? These journalists > didn't take part in the conflict, they reported on > it, they reported on what they saw from a > prespective close > to the fight, they made personal sacrifice and took > personal risk, and if they choose to accept a medal > that says " Hey, I was there" then more power to > them, it is more than either you or I can say. > Frankly I think they deserve some recognition, a > piece of tin on a ribbon is not much. > > Neal F > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html