• Photos that Shook the World
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[QUOTE=jaybuz;35824926]Woah, how long did it take those beach people to notice that wave? It's literally on top of them.[/QUOTE] I thought huge tsunami/storm waves like that tend to come in pretty suddenly and quickly, which is part of why they're so dangerous.
[QUOTE=Amerigo;35825741]I thought huge tsunami/storm waves like that tend to come in pretty suddenly and quickly, which is part of why they're so dangerous.[/QUOTE] They're nearly invisible at sea, and only become noticeable one they get into the shore where they start to crest like the above picture. In reality they catch you off guard because movies and such have led us to believe that Tsunamis are huge walls of water when in reality they look hardly different than just a large wake. Except they don't stop at the beach, but keep going and take down buildings because the shear energy within them. A good example is the Japan Tsunami because a boat actually got footage of it at sea: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdhfV-8dbCE[/media] Same set of waves (I think) now at land: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3AdFjklR50[/media] When you're at the beach you don't really notice them until it's too late, because from a distance they just look like a normal large wave. Hell, the waves people surf in Hawaii during winter are often bigger in size than a typical Tsunami. It's just tsunamis pack such force and speed that they don't stop at the beach. [editline]4th May 2012[/editline] If there's an offshore earthquake and the water suddenly recedes without warning, that's generally a sign that you should get to higher ground ASAP.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuUygn7BZis[/media] People don't realise how powerful the waves are when they see them. The guy probably thought it was just a harmless wave.
To celebrate Ryu-Gi's return [img]http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/susan-coffey-3.jpg?w=500&h=749[/img]
oh god he's back?
[QUOTE=Lord of Ears;35827118]oh god he's back?[/QUOTE]Check the refugee camp.
I'm not sure if anyone posted anything about the 1992 L.A. riots. Rodeny King being beaten by LA police officers caught on tape. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w-SP7iuM6k[/media] King after the beating. [img]http://highbridnation.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Rodney-King.jpg[/img] The police officers involved in the beating were found not guilty. This would be the spark to the LA Riots. Thousands of people in the Los Angeles area rioted over the six days following the verdict. Widespread looting, assault, arson and murder occurred, and property damages topped roughly $1 billion. In all, 54 people died during the riots and thousands more were injured. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P43WZd611WA&feature=related[/media]
"Can't we all just get along?"
[QUOTE=simzboy;35827620]I'm not sure if anyone posted anything about the 1992 L.A. riots.[/QUOTE] April 29, 1992. The day I was born.
[QUOTE=Nutt007;35740957]This is the body of 14 year old Emmett Till. His body was found in river with an industrial fan tied around his neck three days after he was beaten and shot in the head for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, 1955. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Emmett_Till.jpg[/IMG] This is what he looked like before he was killed btw.[/QUOTE] thats absolutely horrific im so glad we got past this
Lord Lovat's personal piper Bill Millin at D-Day, he was made famous as the piper in The Longest Day. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/Bill_Millin.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01698/millin1_1698977c.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=OvB;35827751]April 29, 1992. The day I was born.[/QUOTE] Happy belated birthday, here's a cake [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6o8ac0J7ZU/TkOplhGRZRI/AAAAAAAAAfc/vYkgzQec4yI/s1600/Fathers%2BDay%2BFish.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;35829596]Mayhem's controversial album cover for "Dawn of Black Hearts". It's the lead singer's dead body after he shot himself. [t]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9P_dJ8j7WqU/TffEMZRFlTI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/8CeCF0t3lAk/s1600/Mayhem-Dawn_Of_The_Black_Hearts-Frontal.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] "Excuse all the blood."
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gCHS7CsjsE&feature=player_embedded#![/media] Wow, good footage. Lots of "fuck" and Crips signs on live TV.
[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sm-Eb8kPvW4/THTWo-PLbPI/AAAAAAAAAb4/z-8UQOBC-z8/s1600/Manila+hostage+crisis.JPG[/img] Manila hostage crisis
[QUOTE=Rex McCoolguy;35807701][img]http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2w8xjMKVT1qff6cao1_500.jpg[/img] Not relatively old or huge but... For those of you who don’t live in Boston, someone spray painted ”Kony 2012” on a memorial to the victims of the Boston Massacre. Social activism at its finest.[/QUOTE] The Churchill statue in London is always being vandalised too [img]http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2010/Dec/Week2/15851161.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/12/10/article-1337331-0C6B8D7D000005DC-296_233x423.jpg[/img] [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WhQnw25glpo/Skvi4kZ9XaI/AAAAAAAABNs/i5trl9q_Kt0/s400/maria05.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01181/SNN1007FU-3800_1181341a.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=matt.ant;35836712]The Churchill statue in London is always being vandalised too [img]http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2010/Dec/Week2/15851161.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/12/10/article-1337331-0C6B8D7D000005DC-296_233x423.jpg[/img] [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WhQnw25glpo/Skvi4kZ9XaI/AAAAAAAABNs/i5trl9q_Kt0/s400/maria05.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01181/SNN1007FU-3800_1181341a.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Idiots.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;35836941]Idiots.[/QUOTE] not really, other than his military prowess Churchill was a pretty awful leader and exactly the kind of person who would oppose the things that they're protesting about.
[QUOTE=strayebyrd;35836974]not really, other than his military prowess Churchill was a pretty awful leader and exactly the kind of person who would oppose the things that they're protesting about.[/QUOTE] He still deserves recognition for leading the UK through the toughest time its had in history, especially from a morale standpoint.
[QUOTE=Roll_Program;35837075]He still deserves recognition for leading the UK through the toughest time its had in history, especially from a morale standpoint.[/QUOTE] but it's not like with the other memorial where it's honouring people who lost their lives to injustice, it's a highly divisive political figure who is open to criticism
[QUOTE=strayebyrd;35837271]but it's not like with the other memorial where it's honouring people who lost their lives to injustice, it's a highly divisive political figure who is open to criticism[/QUOTE] Pissing on it and vandalizing is not criticism.
[QUOTE=matt.ant;35836712][img]http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01181/SNN1007FU-3800_1181341a.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] In Canada a couple years ago some guy got drunk on Canada Day and pissed on the War Memorial. There was no picture taken, but we found out his name and the guy was practically tarred and feathered in the papers, and convicted of something and forced to do community service. I don't know what the context is, but off hand I'd punch that guy square in the jaw.
[QUOTE=strayebyrd;35837271]but it's not like with the other memorial where it's honouring people who lost their lives to injustice, it's a highly divisive political figure who is open to criticism[/QUOTE] It could be any statue of anyone, and pissing on it and spray-painting it is vandalism, not criticism.
July 7 2005 London Bombings [img]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/11/16/1289918112989/7-july-tube-bomb-006.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Roll_Program;35837498]It could be any statue of anyone, and pissing on it and spray-painting it is vandalism, not criticism.[/QUOTE] The fact that there is even some sort of definite line being drawn between "vandalism" and "criticism" is really disturbing. How many monuments have been pulled down (vandalised), graffiti'd up, or tarnished as a form of rejection of the powers that be or criticism of its intentions? Was the vandalisation of the Berlin wall [B]just [/B]crime? No, it wasn't, and neither is this. Vandalism [B][I]is[/I][/B] criticism, whether you approve of it or not. [editline]hurdur nit-picking is a good argument, right guys?[/editline] The fact that the Berlin wall is a wall doesn't take away from the main point: that vandalism can be used to make criticisms and protests.
[QUOTE=wizardsbane;35837899]The fact that there is even some sort of definite line being drawn between "vandalism" and "criticism" is really disturbing. How many monuments have been pulled down (vandalised) as a form of rejection (which is still criticism) of the powers that be? Was the vandalisation of the Berlin wall [B]just [/B]crime? No, it wasn't, and neither is this. Vandalism [B][I]is[/I][/B] criticism, whether you approve of it or not.[/QUOTE] The tearing down of the wall wasn't vandalism, it was going to be removed anyway. It was also in the best interests of the entire population.
[QUOTE=Roll_Program;35838816]The tearing down of the wall wasn't vandalism, it was going to be removed anyway. It was also in the best interests of the entire population.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://www.pictureworldbd.com/images/berlin wall/Berlin_wall (8).jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MuQLSIKvKA0/TkhRLYF_TXI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/VKHoxO3-KcE/s1600/1982035178_a63a4d1399.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2009/10/26/1256581522537/A-gap-in-the-Berlin-Wall--001.jpg[/IMG] The original architects had that graffiti put on to make the wall look festive.
Not the graffiti that looks typical quickly scribbled words.
the berlin wall wasn't a monument it was a wall [editline]5th May 2012[/editline] "i disagree with george washington, better go cover the washington monument in shit"
It sort of turned into a monument really, it became an icon of the Cold War and the divide in Germany at the time.
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