Pictures that changed the World

[senorblinky]

Truly a captivating photo journal
http://slorker.com/pictures-that-changed-the-world/
I'm sure you all will enjoy this.

[TG]

Striking stuff.

The girl with the eyes. I remember awhile back (in recent years), they actually found her as an adult. I never did read the interview though.

[senorblinky]

Yeah, it was a national geographic thing if i'm not mistaken.
I watched the Doccie but for the life of me couldn't remember a damn thing of it though - save the bit that her eyes never changed over the years.
They've seen so much death and war and disease
kinda makes you wonder, how dare you bitch about the cold, or the traffic, or having to move offices...

[N3ddy]

The photos are interesting, even if they aren't all earth-shattering, but what really tickled me was the "debate" that followed! Hehehehehehehe.....

[senorblinky]

The photos are interesting, even if they aren't all earth-shattering, but what really tickled me was the "debate" that followed! Hehehehehehehe.....


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! :owned:
Indeed, kinda like we care, but we actually don't give a crap, and we know, but we're not really sure... I blame Julia Roberts.

[rainy]

Very nice find, Blinky. Thanks.

[Hoss]

Another pic. my Boxer named Briko, he has a sulk that could depress, Oprah, Dr. Phil, John Hagee & Robert Kiyosaki in one foul swoop, moving stuff!

[senorblinky]

Here are some more pictures
http://pinguy.infogami.com/blog/vwm6
Vivid stuff.

[N3ddy]

Well done, Blinky. That second set are impressive.

[Vortex]

I found the second set to be highly depressing.. :sad:

I find it unbelievable that people can do those sorts of attrocaties to their fellow humans..

[Sminty]

I did a bit of reading up on the pic of Hector Peterson...the girl in the pic is actually his sister and at the time they didn't realise he was dead already. The man carrying him (I forget his name now) was hounded by the police for years after the incident and eventually fled into exile...apparently last anyone heard from him was a message sent from Nigeria (although I could be mistaken about the particular country). Strange, cause today they would give him a bravery medal etc.

[senorblinky]

@ Vorty
I agree, it is absolutely atrocious, but these actions through some way or another helped shape the world today. I'm not saying that it's a good thing - but what i am wondering (or rather find interesting) is how the world would have been different today if they never happened.

@ Sminty
Absolutey, fled into exile. I was once privileged to take two international clients on a day trip through Soweto, saw historical and popular sites, like the Regina Mundi church and the location where they shot Tsotsi. Can't exclude Madiba's house.
The day ends at the Hector Peterson memorial museum.

A boatload of foreigners visit it regularly, but the South African's are so easy to spot in there, they are all on the verge of tears. I was incredibly choked up to see footage from the soweto uprising, and read about some of the villanous act performed by our older generations. It is just an incredibly emotional journey for any South African, whether you were alive in '76 or not.

Don't get me started on the Apartheid museum...

[Vortex]

What we shouldn't do is get so hung up on our past that we're always bitter about it..

When you visit Israel on a tour a required place to visit is the Holocaust museum (Yad Vashim or something like that). It is just FULL of pictures like those - of the harshest kind..

[rainy]

One of the most intense experiences you can make is to visit one of the former Concentration camps in Germany or Poland. I have been to Buchenwald twice, and that camp was nowhere near the caliber of Auschwitz, but it was a very unsettling and disturbing experience. The thing is that there is nothing there anymore, virtually all the structures are gone. But seeing the images and hearing the sober voice from the MP3 players they hand out to visitors for self-guided tours, that does it all. And then you get into the museum where you see even more images and documents from the time. And then you get into the crematory and you can virtually still smell the fires. Intense, utterly uncomfortable and ultimately humbling. It is not a place I would want to walk around at night. The grounds there are soaked in blood, and I think there are more than a few restless souls roaming the area.

If you ever make it to Germany, go there. You will walk out as a changed person.

[Sminty]

I was interested to see that the girl with her mouth open screaming at the black girl going to school has actually reconciled with her now and they work together now to promote racial harmony...I guess sometimes for really good things to happen it is neccessary for very bad things to happen....but I wish it wasn't.