Thursday, May 5, 2011
To Pic or Not To Pic
Recently, with the event of Osama's death, there has been a lot of controversy as to whether or not the government should release videos and pictures of his body. On The View, there was a poll presented that showed that 56% of United States citizens polled wanted the U.S. government to release the pictures. Of course we cannot know exactly why each of these 56% wants to see horrific pictures of Osama's remains, but it is suggested that it is due to the suspicion that he's not really dead. This reminds me of something I previously blogged about- the release of Obama's birth certificate to prove that he was not, in fact, a Muslim. It is ridiculous to think that he's not really dead, but at least this time it is not a matter of race or religion, but just disbelief and mistrust in the government, which, in my opinion, is understandable. Do you think the pictures should be released? Do you even doubt that Osama is not really gone?
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I personally believe the government on this one. I think that they would not want to raise our hopes just to find out that the government lied to us 10 years later or something. Also, I think that it is completely justified to doubt whether he is dead. However, I don't think releasing the pictures will solve the mystery. I have seen some fake pictures of Osama dead on Facebook and other sites showing how a picture of him live could be "photoshopped" to make him look very dead. I think that if the actual photos were released, people would find ways to doubt regardless of what they look like.
ReplyDeleteI agree with David. Given the fact that there is photoshop and programs out there in which we can alter pictures easily and efficently, releasing the pictures will simply get us no where. Whats the point? American satisfaction? I think we need to unite in other ways...
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