Iconic photographs

[Kagen4o4]

IF they did actually commit the rape they were accused of then black or white, lynch them.

[DanaC]

IF they did actually commit the rape they were accused of then black or white, lynch them

That's a huge if. Accusations of rape of white women, by black men was one of the de rigour weapons of the white supremacists throughout the period from reconstruction, through Jim Crow and into the Civil Rights era.

Also....you say 'if they did actually commit the rape...then lynch them'. How does a lynch mob determine guilt? Without due process and a legal defence, how can you be sure the person you are lynching is guilty? Because someone pointed to them and said 'It was them'?

[Kagen4o4]

Originally Posted by DanaC

That's a huge if. Accusations of rape of white women, by black men was one of the de rigour weapons of the white supremacists throughout the period from reconstruction, through Jim Crow and into the Civil Rights era.

Also....you say 'if they did actually commit the rape...then lynch them'. How does a lynch mob determine guilt? Without due process and a legal defence, how can you be sure the person you are lynching is guilty? Because someone pointed to them and said 'It was them'?

ffs, sorry the "IF" in capitals in my post wasn't big enough and that i couldn't be bothered explaining the legal process that determined whether "they did actually commit the rape" was a fair and unbiased one or not. and sorry my "black or white" line wasn't clear enough that i wasn't talking about that exact situation but rather the crime in general. so putting that "..." in quoting me completely changes what i said.

now can we get back to iconic photographs.

sheesh!

[DanaC]

So really you are just advocating Hanging as a punishment for rape? Because 'lynching' by its very nature rarely involves due process, it's a vigilante act. You are being quite flippant about a pretty nasty affair. But yes, let's get back to the iconic photos.

[Kagen4o4]

dont tell me how to how im being about lynchings. my earliest childhood friend was found hanging from a tree with words like "spic" written all over him. he was in the army and his death was classed as suicide. dont call me flippant either.

im so angry i could just...

[DanaC]

dont tell me how to how im being about lynchings. my earliest childhood friend was found hanging from a tree with words like "spic" written all over him. he was in the army and his death was classed as suicide.

I'm very sorry to hear that. It's not of course something I could possibly have known. All I have to go on are your words on this forum. Your words came across as flippant. That is an iconic image because it depicts the absolute depths of racism to which one country sank.


{edited to add} Okay, maybe I am being a tad tetchy. I am sitting here, trying to pull an essay together and it's very heavy going, I am in something of a bad mood :P

*Wanders off to find some potley and rizlas*

[Kagen4o4]

Originally Posted by DanaC

That is an iconic image because it depicts the absolute depths of racism to which one country sank.

to be honest, and no i didnt get this from south park but it is true, seeing it as white people hanging black people is bad too. and it does just look like 2 people being hung, not 2 black people being hung.

not sure if this is really an iconic photo but it has meaning to an iconic event

[duck_duck]

This photo is of a US soldier, Major Mark Bieger, running a little girl to an army hospital after terrorists attacked his patrol with a car bomb. At the time of the attack a bunch of children were crowded around them.

[DanaC]

Is that Dianna;s car?

[duck_duck]

An ant carrying a microchip.

[DanaC]

That's fucking awesome

[Kagen4o4]

written with individual Xenon atoms (37 of them)

[DanaC]

Oh how totally cool!

[Kagen4o4]

how come we havent had

[Undertoad]