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[challenge entry] Kevin Carter. He's history...

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(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:20, archived)
# even by my low standards that's brutal
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:22, archived)
# No matter how you 'shop it, that photo's still grim.
:-(
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:22, archived)
# 0_O
you've surpassed yourself
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:23, archived)
# No.
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:23, archived)
# squirrels cause famine and plague
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:26, archived)
#
.
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:27, archived)
#
oh blimey
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:32, archived)
# I nearly said blimey
thought I was over-reacting
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:40, archived)
#
I started typing a response a few times, but realised I sounded sanctimonious and hypocritical.
So I left it at blimey.
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:46, archived)
# Wow
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:37, archived)
# The guy who took this shot topped himself a while afterwards I think
grim stuff, not an image that can generate mirth unless you are at the cutting edge of secondary school humour, or something
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:44, archived)
#
Plenty pics of refugees running for their lives and Hitler pics etc etc. Millions of dead jews and thats OK. One starving African and uproar! Are there a lot of Daily Mail readers up late tonight?
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:00, archived)
# I personally find that picture of the vietnamese man being shot worse than this.
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:03, archived)
# thank you
At least someone has the sense to see my point.
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:08, archived)
# But your's isn't funny
it just contains a squirrel without any humour on top of a very emotive image

There is no skill
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:14, archived)
# yes...
because making pics of hilter killing so many people funny makes it ok...

Yet you find this offensive?
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:19, archived)
# Your point is what?
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:21, archived)
# I think his point is that one type of picture making light of suffering and death is perfectly acceptable around here
whilst this particular picture making light of suffering and death seems to be drawing nothing but abuse.
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:27, archived)
# And if that isn't his point then it should be.
It's certainly my point.
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:32, archived)
# Fuck, I once shopped a picture of Baby Peter riding a lime, no one bitched at me.
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:33, archived)
# I think the differentiation has to be
whether there is a joke or not.

Pictures of death are not funny, pictures making fun of death are okay?
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:35, archived)
# I dont
He was a Marxist spy in a time of war, and was executed quite quickly and humanly, as is done in war
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:08, archived)
# It's still a picture of a dead guy so fresh he hasn't hit the floor yet.
Famine's just one of the myriad of shit things that happens. It's no more taboo than anything else.
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:12, archived)
# Oh. Where did godwin go?
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:19, archived)
# Pardon?
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:22, archived)
# yeh, I saw it too
: (
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:23, archived)
# I'd top myself too, have you SEEN how bad the focus is?
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:07, archived)
# hahahaha
oh wait...you're not Dekionplexis

you utter cunt
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:49, archived)
# I never said it was funny...
and I did point out in the opening comment that Kevin Carter was now history. He killed himself by gassing himself in his car ala tube on the tailpipe.

Click click click, click himself under...
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:50, archived)
# ?
Sorry I'm RISsing about the whole thing
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:56, archived)
# click image challenge maybe?
It's squirrels in history.
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 0:57, archived)
# Ooooo ok
I'll have a go at that
; )
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:00, archived)
# I can't see myself getting any "I like this"
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:09, archived)
# on the contrary
I thought it was hilarious
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 1:23, archived)
# so we can use the hulk hogan/911 pic, make maddie jokes and such..
but we can't use this ?
(, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 5:37, archived)