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I'm pretty torn on this issue. On the one hand, I feel that it's disrespectful of the deceased. On the other hand, some people are so accustomed to

Posted by Trish (aka Trisha) Feb 26 '09, 15:29

spouting off dogmatic rhetoric, perhaps seeing the actual results of that rhetoric might cause them to think more about what they're saying.

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It seems mostly silly to me. After you have one photo of a flag-draped coffin, why do you need to take more? - Dr.Vermin Feb 26, 15:39 13
- Seeing one coffin is sad. Seeing one hundred coffins lined up in a row makes a powerful statement. -- nm - Trish Feb 26, 15:45 2
  - And the 100-coffin photo has already been taken, I'm sure. - Dr.Vermin Feb 26, 15:48 1
    - A picture tells 1000 words -- nm - Guy Feb 26, 15:50
- Casket #1 may appear identical to casket #3500 but you and I both know there's a huge difference. - TWuG Feb 26, 15:42 9
  - Well, then you're getting into using the photos to make political points, which is awfully crass. - Dr.Vermin Feb 26, 15:47 8
    - Not a political point at all. Hiding the cost of war by denying media coverage was completely political - TWuG Feb 26, 15:53 5
      - It's not political! It's totally political! - Dr.Vermin Feb 26, 15:57 4
        
        You're confused again, but since I can't find smaller words to explain it, and can't get you to read any slower, I'm going to let it go. -- nm - TWuG Feb 26, 16:00 3
        
        /laughing/ - Dr.Vermin Feb 26, 16:05 2
        
        Not showing them is also political. - the liioulu with rain Feb 26, 16:08 1
        
        Yes. - Dr.Vermin Feb 26, 16:13
    - I think you are being naive to say that talking about 1000 oranges is the same as seeing 1000 oranges -- nm - Guy Feb 26, 15:51
    - Those caskets are facts. The numbers of them are facts. Journalism is also about facts. - the liioulu with rain Feb 26, 15:50
Even in WW2, the public blanched at the sight of the dead and wounded, but didn't hear about nor see it till weeks or months later, things might have - zeitgeist Feb 26, 15:36
There was a story in Newsweek that describes how the Canadian war dead are returned. (link) I think they have the right idea. - TWuG Feb 26, 15:36 1
- That's just awesome. I love Canada (and Canadians). -- nm - Trish Feb 26, 15:38
ive never understood this stigma - the dead don't care what you say about them. -- nm - Guy Feb 26, 15:34 1
- they have families that do -- nm - Redmond on my phone Feb 26, 15:35
From what I understood they are letting the families decide if pictures can be released. - Redmond on my phone Feb 26, 15:32 2
- yep "US war dead being returned home will be allowed if their families agree. " -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 26, 15:35 1
  - I am fine with this. -- nm - Redmond on my phone Feb 26, 15:36
I actually think it's disrespectful of the dead to hide the reality of their sacrifice. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 26, 15:32 1
- If I am ever killed please feel free to disrespect me so my family doesn't suffer more -- nm - Redmond on my phone Feb 26, 15:34
Doh! This should be under DDN's post about pics of the war dead, below. -- nm - Trish Feb 26, 15:30

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