[WikiEN-l] Re: Severed head (wasRe: Offensive photos policy)

Thu May 13 11:29:28 UTC 2004

As for me, I have the memory of an asian girl child, engulfed in stormy 
and muddy water after a flood, having a hand up for help, holding 
herself to a branch or something similar with the other hand, not to go 
under the water.
The picture of this girl went all over the world. I hope the journalist 
who got the money for the picture of this dying girl, made good use of it.

Ray Saintonge a écrit:
> 
> Mark Gerdes wrote:
> 
>> There is a very famous photo of a South Vietnamese
>> officer blowing off the head of a Viet Cong fighter on
>> a Saigon street.  This is quite offensive to view but
>> it is nonetheless one of the most important photos of
>> the last 35 years.  Would you want this famous picture
>> to be pushed out of an article on Vietnam due to its
>> terrible content? 
>> Similarly, there is a ghastly photo of a naked young
>> child running down a road with severe burns from
>> napalm.  A horrible picture, but one that should not
>> be pushed aside.
>>
> Both of those pictures had already crossed my mind as I was considering 
> this subject.
> 
> Ec