Dear Andy,
It has always surprised me how universally mainstream TV uses to say
that some real portraits are "too distressing to show" to air later or
in another moment, fictional movies that have plenty more of violence
and images that are equally or more distressing. And, if we go to
cinema, the examples of cases where people pays to get disstressed
scenes are too many to be enumerated. Alas!
David
Quoting Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>:
> On Oz TV they have been blanking out the private parts of the Iraqis
> and
> have said that some images are "too distressing to show," leaving it
> to the
> imagination of the viewers what is more distressing than the scenes
> of
> torture and humiliation that they *are* showing.
> Andy
> At 11:52 PM 1/05/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >I was wondering the same. I am in Chile now. So I don't know. The
> >Chilean media, so far I know, have not shown them in such explicit
> >way, but just among the whole gamut of bad news about the war. It
> >would be interesting to hear what people say about it.
> >
> >Quoting Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>:
> >
> > > Yeah, these are the same ones. These images headed up the 6
> o-clock
> > > news
> > > earlier in the week in Australia, and then the British ones.
> Are
> > > Americans
> > > having to read the New Yorker on-line to find out about them?
> > > Andu
> > > At 11:40 PM 1/05/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> > >
> > > >I don't know what are exactly the ones that have been shown in
> > > other
> > > >media, and in the mainstream US channels. These ones were
> posted
> > > 2004-
> > > >04-30, according to the site.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Quoting Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>:
> > > >
> > > > > I can't open the images on that page, but I assume they are
> the
> > > same
> > > > > ones
> > > > > that the whole world has been looking at for the past week,
> of
> > > US
> > > > > (and
> > > > > later British) military torturing and humiliating Iraqis?
> > > > > Andy
> > > > > At 11:22 PM 1/05/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >Dear colleagues,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I assume as a moral responsability to share this info with
> > > you.
> > > > > The
> > > > > >New Yorker has published online the pictures that sparked
> > > outrage
> > > > > in
> > > > > >the whole world. If you have not had access to them, and
> want
> > > to
> > > > > learn
> > > > > >what was going on, go to the following link. As an advise,
> the
> > > > > >material is strong and you need to be prepared to see very
> > > > > schocking
> > > > > >scenes. If you don't want to go visual, the written
> reports
> > > should
> > > > > >suffice.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> >http://www.newyorker.com/online/covers/?040510onco_covers_gallery
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Apologize for this disruption in your working routines,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >D.
> > > > >
> > >
>
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