Baby Negro vs Buzzard - Page 3

Jαsoη · August 17th, 2009, 09:14 AM

He wished he had intervened? Yeah right.

thepaladin · August 17th, 2009, 12:25 PM

wtf is up wid that ?

QuarksAreStrange · August 17th, 2009, 12:39 PM

This picture haunts me as a human being.

So unbelievably sad

Sonya · August 17th, 2009, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jαsoη

He wished he had intervened? Yeah right.

Well of course he is going to say that after it became apparent he was despised for his actions. Sort of like Michael Vick saying "I know what I did was wrong".

I personally think everyone was too hard on him, those people WERE a disease risk and he was a reporter not an aid worker. Sheesh are wildlife photographers expected to save every abandoned baby gazelle, or every little bird that falls out of the nest? Of course not!

I am surprised the people on this site can get so judgemental over something like that. It was NOT intentional cruelty, he didn't abandon that kid so it could starve, he didn't torture the kid for kicks, it was NOT his responsibility!

L.K.W. · August 20th, 2009, 10:20 AM

You know Sonya is 100% right. It wasn't his responsibility or ANYONE elses to help these people. Racism blah blah blah put all that aside. And just consider the fact that these things are disease ridden, parasite infested things, which only bring problems.

If you were there on that day would YOU pick it up and try and help. I honestly highly doubt it...I bet the first thing that would cross any of your minds is "Fuck i don't want to risk getting AIDS or some other disease."

If yes, you're an idiot. Plain and simple.

420BongTokes · August 20th, 2009, 10:34 AM

You wouldn't simply wonder over and pick it up tho. you would be smart enough to use your jacket or something... i myself WOULDNT have been able to walk away from that. I think it would have led me to kill myself to.as people have said its the kinda thing that would haunt you. Knowing you got a prize and the child who won it for you, you left to die.

Sonya · August 20th, 2009, 02:51 PM

I don't believe many here are really thinking about what that type of environment is like. There would be dying kids all OVER the place! Even if it made it to the camp chances are it would still die.

I think the posters here are imaging THEIR world and how they would react. If you went to the mall and saw some skinny sickly child in rags begging for money so they could eat in the parking lot no doubt you would be shocked and give them some money at the very least. On the otherhand if you were in Bangladesh, and saw HUNDREDS of those kids everyday you would not be so moved by it, you can't save them all, you accept it as part of life.

That reporter saw things that most of us cannot even imagine. Do not judge him unless you have walked in his shoes.

Seroquel · August 20th, 2009, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by L.K.W.

You know Sonya is 100% right. It wasn't his responsibility or ANYONE elses to help these people. Racism blah blah blah put all that aside. And just consider the fact that these things are disease ridden, parasite infested things, which only bring problems.

If you were there on that day would YOU pick it up and try and help. I honestly highly doubt it...I bet the first thing that would cross any of your minds is "Fuck i don't want to risk getting AIDS or some other disease."

If yes, you're an idiot. Plain and simple.

You can't get AIDS like that. You could lay your shirt down beside her and roll her onto it with a stick or something and carry her by the edges. But one good point is that he couldnt have given everyone there a piggy back ride and why is it up to him? There must have been others around too.

english rose · August 20th, 2009, 08:11 PM

The whole thing is if's and but's.

No one will know the real truth now.

This is a best guessed picture taken at a traumatic time and posted in a changing South Africa.
Haunting image.

Gogo · August 20th, 2009, 08:43 PM

Well part of his suicide note, provided by SilverBack (page 1) in this thread from 2007 explains:

He wrote, he was "depressed . . . without phone . . . money for rent . . . money for child support . . . money for debts . . . money!!! . . .
I am haunted by the vivid memories of killings & corpses & anger & pain . . . of starving or wounded children, of trigger-happy madmen, often police, of killer executioners . . .
I have gone to join Ken if I am that lucky".

Sonya · August 20th, 2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Seroquel

There must have been others around too.

Yeah and he may have been TRAVELING with others that would have said "What in the hell are you thinking? No way, you are not putting that in my car and I am not driving out of my way!"

People get jaded. Plus in such a fucked up environment there may be a strong tendency to "follow the rules". If the rules are don't touch refugees that is what you do.

Seroquel · August 21st, 2009, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sonya

Yeah and he may have been TRAVELING with others that would have said "What in the hell are you thinking? No way, you are not putting that in my car and I am not driving out of my way!"

People get jaded. Plus in such a fucked up environment there may be a strong tendency to "follow the rules". If the rules are don't touch refugees that is what you do.

Sounds about right, sadly.

Barbarian · August 21st, 2009, 06:14 AM

not to sound awful or anything but i would have gone up and booted the thing about 100 feet in the air and watched the buzzards attack it in mid flight

L.K.W. · August 26th, 2009, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seroquel

You can't get AIDS like that. You could lay your shirt down beside her and roll her onto it with a stick or something and carry her by the edges. But one good point is that he couldnt have given everyone there a piggy back ride and why is it up to him? There must have been others around too.

Yes i'm well aware you can't simply get AIDS from touching it...The fact is i would not touch it or even consider it EVER. Unless it was with a lighter after pouring petrol on it. African's can't better their own Countries, so this is one of the many outcomes. Deal with it, leave them to sort their own mess out.

Asuran · August 26th, 2009, 06:33 PM

So you think that kid does not deserve to live because of that?

August 17th, 2009, 09:14 AM	#31 (permalink)
Jαsoη Not Interested Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: η. ¢αℓιƒσяηια Posts: 13,492	He wished he had intervened? Yeah right. __________________

August 20th, 2009, 10:20 AM	#35 (permalink)
L.K.W. Ministry of Order Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Get Fucked Posts: 343	You know Sonya is 100% right. It wasn't his responsibility or ANYONE elses to help these people. Racism blah blah blah put all that aside. And just consider the fact that these things are disease ridden, parasite infested things, which only bring problems. If you were there on that day would YOU pick it up and try and help. I honestly highly doubt it...I bet the first thing that would cross any of your minds is "Fuck i don't want to risk getting AIDS or some other disease." If yes, you're an idiot. Plain and simple. __________________ War is our faith, and the shadow of glory will always shine upon us. Glory & Freedom, Loyalty & Pride, Power & Strife.

August 20th, 2009, 10:34 AM	#36 (permalink)
420BongTokes UR's Resident Pimp Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 199	You wouldn't simply wonder over and pick it up tho. you would be smart enough to use your jacket or something... i myself WOULDNT have been able to walk away from that. I think it would have led me to kill myself to.as people have said its the kinda thing that would haunt you. Knowing you got a prize and the child who won it for you, you left to die. __________________

August 20th, 2009, 02:51 PM	#37 (permalink)
Sonya Old School S&N Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,464	I don't believe many here are really thinking about what that type of environment is like. There would be dying kids all OVER the place! Even if it made it to the camp chances are it would still die. I think the posters here are imaging THEIR world and how they would react. If you went to the mall and saw some skinny sickly child in rags begging for money so they could eat in the parking lot no doubt you would be shocked and give them some money at the very least. On the otherhand if you were in Bangladesh, and saw HUNDREDS of those kids everyday you would not be so moved by it, you can't save them all, you accept it as part of life. That reporter saw things that most of us cannot even imagine. Do not judge him unless you have walked in his shoes. __________________ . . [EATTHEDEAD] Sonya IMHO you are just sick.

August 20th, 2009, 08:43 PM	#40 (permalink)
Gogo Psycho Moderator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: detox Posts: 1,333	Well part of his suicide note, provided by SilverBack (page 1) in this thread from 2007 explains: He wrote, he was "depressed . . . without phone . . . money for rent . . . money for child support . . . money for debts . . . money!!! . . . I am haunted by the vivid memories of killings & corpses & anger & pain . . . of starving or wounded children, of trigger-happy madmen, often police, of killer executioners . . . I have gone to join Ken if I am that lucky". __________________ blood blood gimme blood - bloody bloody bloody - bloody blood

August 17th, 2009, 12:25 PM	#32 (permalink)
thepaladin Banned Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 44	wtf is up wid that ?

August 17th, 2009, 12:39 PM	#33 (permalink)
QuarksAreStrange Freakin' Noob Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 26	This picture haunts me as a human being. So unbelievably sad

August 20th, 2009, 08:11 PM	#39 (permalink)
english rose Is lovely Join Date: May 2009 Location: The mother country Posts: 2,291	The whole thing is if's and but's. No one will know the real truth now. This is a best guessed picture taken at a traumatic time and posted in a changing South Africa. Haunting image.

August 26th, 2009, 06:33 PM	#45 (permalink)
Asuran Post Whore Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 367	So you think that kid does not deserve to live because of that?

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