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Originally posted by marg6043
When you attach a name and a face to a number it becomes human and it will get a reaction on the population.
Originally posted by UM_Gazz
It is that reaction I believe the Bush Administration is most afraid of.. If the humanity of the death of this war shows its ugly face in the U.S. media even more damage to an already unpopular war could occur.
We do not see our dead come home, and for good reason, as far as the Bush adminisration sees it.
Give them numbers not bodies!
Try searching for the key words "US Soldiers Coffins" in a google image search!
War is hell.
Gazz
The use of that picture of the coffins aboard that aircraft is not only in bad taste, it is disrespectful to the memory of those who have died and to their families. Moreover, that photo is does not come from the article you posted. The US government has determined that if the media desires photographs of coffins returning from the war, they can be had when the bodies return to the families and the families give their approval.
To use these picture to prove that "war is hell" is disengenous to say the least. The fact that war is hell, is pretty well known, at least, intellectually by anyone who has any education at all and the use of that picture is insult to those of us who have respect for the sacrifice of those who have died, as well as the objectification of these men for a cheap politcal agenda.
Demonstrate some sensitivity and respect, for God's sake.
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
The use of that picture of the coffins aboard that aircraft is not only in bad taste, it is disrespectful to the memory of those who have died and to their families.
Originally posted by UM_Gazz
We do not see our dead come home, and for good reason, as far as the Bush adminisration sees it.
GP
they can be had when the bodies return to the families and the families give their approval.
marg
You are wrong Grady the people of our country deserved to have a face next to a number and so the heroes of this war too.
jakomo
This is CENSORSHIP, and like a good little sheep, you follow it
These people DIED defending something, and now because your government says so, you are not allowed to even see their coffin
kano
Last I heard up until recently there was no problem showing images of flag-draped coffins.
kano
They were all over the place after 9-11
and the Shuttle crash?