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The Passion of the Toys [More photos from Beirut]
Slublog ^ | August 08, 2006 | Slublog

Posted on 08/08/2006 12:51:07 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia

The Passion of the Toys

In Platoon, Oliver Stone said the first casualty of war is innocence.

He was wrong.

As the photos here show, the first casualties of war are...the symbols of innocence. And photographers from Reuters and the AP just happened upon many of these perfectly placed symbols of war's horrors.


Ben Curtis, AP


Sharif Karim, Reuters


Sharif Karim, Reuters


Sharif Karim, Reuters


Issam Kobeisi, Reuters


Mohamed Azakir, Reuters

This last one is the only one that seems...untouched.

Feel the pathos. Mourn for these oh-so-photogenic and suspiciously dust-free trinkets of childhood.

Just don't ask any questions about their veracity.

That would be wrong.


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To: Shermy

You are so bad! LOL!!!!


41 posted on 08/08/2006 1:06:57 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
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To: Shermy

Maybe it was a Muslim Mickey and he has more than one wife.


42 posted on 08/08/2006 1:07:18 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Shermy

Where did those pics come from?


43 posted on 08/08/2006 1:07:22 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: be4everfree

Becuase = because


44 posted on 08/08/2006 1:07:22 PM PDT by be4everfree
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To: Allegra
That's either Edgrr or Finbar.


45 posted on 08/08/2006 1:07:32 PM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: Yo-Yo

This is true... everything in that pic is the exact same color, except those toys and books. They still are dusty, but look brushed off. Either way, staged or doctored.


46 posted on 08/08/2006 1:07:55 PM PDT by sandbar
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

Backround on fake photos:

"...As William Strothers (1989), readers' representative for The San Diego Union wrote, sometimes those camera bags contained more than camera equipment. "There are stories of some long-ago reporter-photographers covering the police beat who used to carry teddy bears in their cars. When they sped to the scene of an accident involving a child, the toy would be employed to add poignancy to the photograph. It also was common practice for photographers to pose participants in news events to get good pictures" (p. 25)...."

http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/writings/chapter6.html


47 posted on 08/08/2006 1:08:31 PM PDT by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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To: Steve_Seattle

Go to Yahoo news, search - beirut toy -


48 posted on 08/08/2006 1:09:01 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

When one of those guys is pictured recovering an Easy Bake Oven that's when my tears will fall......


49 posted on 08/08/2006 1:09:11 PM PDT by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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To: Shermy

Holy crap! He brought the toys (props) in a suitcase!


50 posted on 08/08/2006 1:09:23 PM PDT by LikeLight
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

Next time they will get the stuffed animals a little dusty.


51 posted on 08/08/2006 1:09:44 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Leftism is the ideology of nihilism, despair, nothingness and death.)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

Actually, the last one looks very staged, just better placement of dust. The paper covered book may have dust, but not a single tear. Herr Goebels would fair these muslims and msm photgraphers for not making them look more authentic.


52 posted on 08/08/2006 1:10:38 PM PDT by feedback doctor (HATE - The core value of liberalsim)
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I can only suppose you believe this a completely unstaged, random snapshot. Can I interest you in some gold bars? Half price, small bills only. They were stolen from a synagogue, so you know they are real.





twit...


53 posted on 08/08/2006 1:10:55 PM PDT by jonascord ("Let 'em burn!...")
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To: Shermy

Notice that the Minnie appears to be the same as the one in the picture above?


54 posted on 08/08/2006 1:11:15 PM PDT by 2nsdammit (By definition it's hard to get suicide bombers with experience.)
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To: Steve_Seattle


55 posted on 08/08/2006 1:11:21 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: humblegunner

Hey, how did my tiger get in that picture?

That looks just like the one on the bookcase.


56 posted on 08/08/2006 1:11:48 PM PDT by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

I'm willing to bet these are some of the 900 or so photos that Reuters claims they 'pulled'.


57 posted on 08/08/2006 1:12:12 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: 6SJ7

So how come nothing ever falls on the toys?


58 posted on 08/08/2006 1:12:15 PM PDT by f zero
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To: Shermy
Those toys look in great shape considering a building fell down on them and there is a fire in the background
59 posted on 08/08/2006 1:13:06 PM PDT by Mo1 (Bolton- "No one has explained how you negotiate a ceasefire with terrorists")
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60 posted on 08/08/2006 1:14:44 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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