Images That Changed The World

While surfing the web today, I ran across some of the most famous and thought provoking photos of our time. The following is the collection from someone known simply as "PinGuy"

"Some people might be offended or upset by these images but this isn’t my intentions I just want it to be thought provoking and enlightening, and for people to talk about the past and to never forget, because we need to learn from past events other wise we will keep repeating history."

In the cynical world we live in and facing so many uncertainties it is important to remember where we have been. I believe these images will stir the emotion deep inside all of us.

Here is the link: www.bspcn.com... (You have to scroll to the halfway mark of the page, but it is well worth it.)

Let me know your thoughts.

Paxnatus




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Check your link

It goes to the top 10 greatest hoaxes of all time

I realize that, but you have to scroll half way down the page. Trust me it is
worth it.

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Very good... very moving and some i had completely forgotten about...

Nice one OP S+F'd

Oh yeah I get you

Yes it was worth it, some of those pictures are quite sad, and I cant believe on of those photographers commited suicide after winning the award for the emaciated child. It just goes to show what how some images can affect people so deeply

Star and flag

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Great post,the picture of the monk on fire is truly remarkable.

Its very sad that he felt he had to resort to this course of action
but its a testament to his absolute willpower that he didn't even flinch or make a sound.



Thanks for sharing the link.

Nice find OP.

Although, does anyone else find it disturbing that 25 out of the 33 pictures, (some duplicated) are based on human suffering, loss and death?

How far we have come that our freedoms and development have derived, in no small part, by death and destruction. Otherwise, everything stagnates (it is perceived).

This only suggests that future greater changes to the way we live are abridged only by even greater suffering and death than we were used to in these pictures!!

That one, moved me to tears. I had seen and read the article a few years
ago and was as deeply touched then as now.

Thank you, for your kind replies. It is disturbing and I did notice how many
of the images were of pain and suffering. History lends itself to remembering
negative events vs. positive ones. It really is quite sad.

WOW, how powerful. I was brought to tears by many of these pictures.

For ease of use, here's the direct link to the article:
Images That Changed the World

Earthrise is such a beautiful picture. One day I'll be up there on the moon in my space bubble *snip*getting totally tripped out by what I'm seeing. It's bad enough when I look at the moon from down here!

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Thank you CeltAngel, for the help with the link. wish I would have posted ,that link to begin with but I didn't know how. How can i move the link
to my beginning post if I can't edit the post? Any help would be appreciated.

Yes, even my 13yr. old daughter was brought to tears. I found myself explaining the Oklahoma bombing to her and got choked up remembering seeing the picture of that fireman and the baby, in the paper.

Most of these pictures are etched in our memory for a lifetime.

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Funny, I don't have an edit button on my post either :-( I wish I knew what happened there. Maybe a mod could help? Looks like WyrdeOne, spacedoubt, Jbird, JacKatMtn, semperfortis, and maria_stardust are in charge over here.

Sounds like a great idea, I'll u2u a mod now.
Have a wonderful day!!

Pax

I enjoyed the pictures, thank you for posting. They did turn my mood very somber as many of the pictures are so sad.

I know what you mean. I was looking for an article with my daughter, when I stumbled across these pictures. Very ominous, to see where we have already
been and to think about where we are going. I pray, we don't repeat our same
mistakes.

Pax

These images didn't change anything. These things are still happening in the world today. They serve to remind us who we are as a species and what must be stopped to progress. Thanks for posting.

Th8nker

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Pax, that picture of the Vietnamese monk emolating himself was taken from an actual video. The video was played as the first news cast at 6 pm. During that time everybody watched Walter Cronkite at dinner time. I remember seeing it and wondering how much courage it took to do something like that for a cause you believed in. I was at Quantico as a 15 yr. old 'visitor' and the men around the table stopped eating and it was the quietest dinner I have ever had in a room with 60 others. No one finished dinner that night and most ended up at the bar, contemplating the mess that Viet Nam had become! I was in the visitors residence with my uncle and he had a hard time sleeping that night. He was headed to Cam Ranh Bay in a month!

Zindo

Wow! I'm speechless Zindo. It was 1963, just a year before my time. I can't imagine seeing that as it took place! I'm sure it probably seemed surreal at the time! Having spent years as a trauma nurse, I have seen some pretty horrific things, yet nothing could ever prepare me to be an eye
witness to something this graphic.

incredible piece of information. Thank you for sharing such a personal account.

Pax