http://earthfirst.com/time-magazine-pisses-off-ww2-vets-with-an-iwo-jima-inspired-global-warming-cover-should-we-care/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:35:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://earthfirst.com/time-magazine-pisses-off-ww2-vets-with-an-iwo-jima-inspired-global-warming-cover-should-we-care/comment-page-1/#comment-2597 Bill Farren Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:17:43 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/time-magazine-pisses-off-ww2-vets-with-an-iwo-jima-inspired-global-warming-cover-should-we-care/#comment-2597 Well put. It seems like some people, due to a lack of real purspose (or something else) feel the need to constantly find something to be offended about. Respect to the vets, for sure. But why not spend energy taking care of real issues instead of wasting it on being offended. Smells a lot like political correctness, which in the end, is a form of fear and self-censorship. Well put. It seems like some people, due to a lack of real purspose (or something else) feel the need to constantly find something to be offended about. Respect to the vets, for sure. But why not spend energy taking care of real issues instead of wasting it on being offended. Smells a lot like political correctness, which in the end, is a form of fear and self-censorship.

]]> http://earthfirst.com/time-magazine-pisses-off-ww2-vets-with-an-iwo-jima-inspired-global-warming-cover-should-we-care/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Rawlsvet Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:09:36 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/time-magazine-pisses-off-ww2-vets-with-an-iwo-jima-inspired-global-warming-cover-should-we-care/#comment-404 The Iwo photo was not "staged". It was a repetition of an earlier flag raising because the commander thought the original flag was too small to be seen. Joe Rosenthal happened to be there and took several pictures. The most famous was not the one her picked as the best. The Iwo photo was not “staged”. It was a repetition of an earlier flag raising because the commander thought the original flag was too small to be seen. Joe Rosenthal happened to be there and took several pictures. The most famous was not the one her picked as the best.

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