Different pictures of the same thing, essentially. Ngo Dinh Diem was quite the inspirational character.
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100 photographs that changed the world
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It's funny that so many people think that photo was created for Rage Against the Machine. That man was protesting the war set himself on fire and meditated while he turned into ashes.
Matt Till said:
Ha, I didn't think it was FOR RATM, I was just wondering if that was the same one on the cover of the RATM CD.
What a stupid head, he lights himself on fire, and some way, some how, that's gonna end a war.
Petary791 said:
IMO it's the same as most protests that don't make sense and in the end don't accomplish anything. But when you feel that strongly for something and are that convicted, you do what you gotta do.
You wonder if halfway through lighting himself on fire, mid meditations, he thinks "ow..damn....ok, maybe this wasn't such a good idea"
Petary791 said:
It didn't stop the war, but it got some serious attention. If I recall correctly, that picture ended up in a newspaper (after much protest) and ended up on Kennedy's desk (it was Kennedy, right?) and he was like, "We need to do something about this."
Ag, I forget the whole story, history of photo was a while ago.
what about the picture of the firefighters in NY raising the flag out of the rubble?
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One that will definitely be on the list is the naked girl running through the streets after her village was bombed (in Vietnam, I believe).
fourstringdrums said:
I seem to recall that Oprah Winfrey had both girls (now women, of course) on her show to discuss the photograph and the situation.
Matt Till said:
after robert strange macnamara and lbj firebombed 10's of thousands of WOODEN villages just before the hiroshima bomb
he set himself on fire in front of macnamaras office window, for tea or perspective im not sure which.
LajoieT said:
I don't think so, it was a Napalm attack in Vietnam. Maybeyou have a different picture in mind.
I think he meant this one.
Vorago said:I don't think so, it was a Napalm attack in Vietnam. Maybeyou have a different picture in mind.
I think he meant this one.
You're right, I stand corrected. bad memory.
5th down in the left-hand column.
The South Vietnamese police chief shooting the Viet Cong soldier in the head.
I remember seeing that one with my entire family as we were watching the 11 O'clock news the day it happened.
I'll never forget that one.
Mike
The South Vietnamese police chief shooting the Viet Cong soldier in the head.
I remember seeing that one with my entire family as we were watching the 11 O'clock news the day it happened.
I'll never forget that one.
Mike
clay said:
No, you see, it's about the pictures which changed the world, not about the pics that you happen to care a lot for.
A picture of a jet smashing into one of the towers, a tower crumbling or picture of the smoke-filled Manhattan skyline could make it, as it marks the new age of terrorism, shows that even USA is vulnerable. Firefighters or soldiers rising the US flag have, even if a noble image, only patriotic value
Tsal said:
that can be said about a number of the pictures here. so do reccomend to strike them from the list too?
it can have much more than that.Tsal said:A picture of a jet smashing into one of the towers, a tower crumbling or picture of the smoke-filled Manhattan skyline could make it, as it marks the new age of terrorism, shows that even USA is vulnerable. Firefighters or soldiers rising the US flag have, even if a noble image, only patriotic value
9/11 not only afftected the US, it affected the world. sure it happened to by NY firefighters. but if they happened to be fire fighters from southern finland, i would say the same thing. it just because it happened to be in america doesn't mean it only affects america. it affected the world.
