My God! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
At the risk of sounding as a * cynic might, I have to say what they "saw" was an hallucination, and I actually understand it.
"It" being the hallucination, mind you - the problem is, - they don't understand.
They don't understand what it is - because beer don't do that to you.
And, yes, I saw the camera, probably because of the forewarning, yes, I saw him stealthily peek around the corner with his camera - *it's a war zone*, he's a *War Photojournalist*.
Watch from a distance as a Soldier works, a Cop, even some Mothers, same thing.
Forgive me, but this is beyond a mere perception problem, it's a condition called "attribute substitution".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribute_substitution
I suffer from something similar, myself [that's another day].
We are the sum of our experiences, and some experiences are worth more than others.
John Wayne would have smacked those two boys, "Hotel" and "Crazyhorse".
Bringing hot death to someone's neighborhood is not for the cavalier.
You've seen those moments in Movies ... where the Leader, the one with his head screwed on straight doles out righteousness to the corner cutters?
This is ripe for for one of those real life moments, from someone of stature, like a Colin Powell type figure
- oh, yeah, that's right, there are none - and we burned him as well.
If you're thinking, Jim ... boy-'eyooouu!, you watch too many Movies, I'd ask you what kind of impact that film,
the one you just saw, had on you and mention to you to check your pulse [at the door].
This, what you sent me, "Collateral Murder" is the most powerful piece of *NEWS I've ever witnessed, a feat in it self.
It's HORRIFYING in it's pedestrian-ness, and so utterly shallow in it's regard.
Every human being should be required to view this - then on to a lecture about "making visual calls" [even with telescopic enhancements].
Ask any Referee, they know about hallucinations, it happens all the time. It's happening to
to you right now.
*NEWS: North, East, West, South
My Sister, Brothers and I, as well as our Mother had a Journalist for a Father and a Husband.
They actually are a worthwhile lot.
cynic |sinik|
noun
1 a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons : some cynics thought that the controversy was all a publicity stunt.
a person who questions whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile : the cynics were silenced when the factory opened.
Aoccdrnig To Cmabrigde Uinervtisy
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The Man's Too Strong - Dire Straits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQmKPAcd6ZI
