Anyone who has read this blog for more than 60 days will be surprised to read this:
Americans Object to War Images Online
By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer
NEW YORK – Half of Americans object to the online availability of graphic war images, though millions have actively sought them out, a new study finds.
In a report released Thursday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project also found a major cultural divide: Men, Democrats and younger Americans were more likely to approve of having such images on the Web.
Television, newspapers and the Web sites of mainstream media outlets generally refrained from using the most graphic images of Iraqi prisoner abuses and the killings of Nicholas Berg and other Americans in Iraq (news – web sites).
But photos and even video could be readily found elsewhere
I think people from different ends of the political spectrum use war imagery for different purposes.
I would say that most of us on the right use it to either show just how evil and despicable our enemies truly are or to show our hard-working troops in action doing their jobs.
The left, for the most part, uses it for the opposite reasons. They like war imagery that makes America look bad. They want to see war imagery that shows our enemies winning.
Its all just a matter of perspective.
I just spent nearly 10 minutes on a local talk show debunking this load of crap. Thanks for the ammunition, Paul.
The point is NOT that “they’re terrible, we should get the hell away.” It’s that “they’re terrible, they’ve committed atrocities here, and they keep saying they’ll do it again, let’s stop them there.”
“Pew Research” is right. Pepe le Pew…
J.