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> erika, if you're going to take issue with my thoughts, please do not > misrepresent them to the list. I *didn't* misrepresent your thoughts. I simply asked you to explain them. > > I did not say that the images shouldn't be shown. My point was > that if you > need the images to feel "a" proper response you are a tool. > > > > my post concerns knee-jerk reactions to tragic events that seem irrational > do to their sudden nature but actually have a logic (as grotesque as its > structure may be) behind them. > > terrorist attacks have purpose, and as I have written before, we should > consider the intent/content of images we are shown through problematizing > their accepted meaning. TV is produced. Editors decide how > images will be > presented and what music will accompany them. Why is it ATTACK ON AMERICA > instead of ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES or ATTACK ON THE EAST COAST. You > should think about these things *and* or *along with* everything else. > > I say that the event is awful but that I refuse to use media images to > support my initial response. I reject manipulated mass imagery because it > is a process that is always put into action to illicit specific responses > for a purpose that may or may not have been desired by the individual or > community in the first place. > > For example, I do not mourn through revenge: it is not in my > nature. I will > not allow the media to use images of Palestinian children cheering over > against Americans dying to illicit feelings of rage. > > Also, Pearl Harbor is a drastically different event than NYC and > Washington...The comparison can only have one intention...Nevermind that > Hawaii is not on the mainland and that the Japanese were allowed > to attack a > military base...Ask: why are we being pushed to compare the two events so > soon? Ask: how was Pearl Harbor used in the States? Ask: how > aoon after did > the Japanese get interned? > > GET IT...I hope we all do. > > Don't accuse me of refusing emotions of sympathy as proper responses. > > Don't purposefully misrepresent my post by acting confused by its intent. > > I am very straightforward, the post is reasonable. > > > And as far as Documentary goes: I am very in touch with how real > events are > manipulated to show Reality on film. > > respectfully, > > gary norris > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp