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Old 04-06-2003, 01:45 PM   #8
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Originally posted by Lil Lil:
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Originally posted by Skunk:
This to me is the real 'war pornography' - how we sell war as a 'cold beauty' - something romantic and something to be admired.
They can leave out the blood and gore as far as I am concerned.

There is something poignant in catching the human element on film (imo) and it doesn't have to be done using war as a backdrop.
[/QUOTE]By using the war as a backdrop, you are in fact catching the true human element on film. Skunk's picture says it all.

This soldier is actually smiling while holding the muzzle of an assault rifle to the back of another human being. This is human nature at it's finest.
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