• Photos that Shook the World
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I think OP should ask a mod to change the thread title into "Meaningful Pictures" or something like that.
That soviet flag picture always sends chills down my spine.. Does anyone have any information about the photographers?
[QUOTE=proch;37444441]I think OP should ask a mod to change the thread title into "Meaningful Pictures" or something like that.[/QUOTE] [img]http://localhostr.com/files/qorTmZH/Bin.png[/img]
Well shit. I guess [I]anyone[/I] should do it then.
I wish people would just link to the more disturbing photos in this thread
[QUOTE=Mr. Face;37423806]What nobody ever seems to understand is that despite us having backed Japan down to their own islands the fight could have easily extended another year. Millions of civilians and soldiers would have died, not to mention the risk of losing the morale of the war weary people at home. The detonations really were the best course of action to take as it saved multiple millions of lives.[/QUOTE] Of course, Japan would've been tipped over the precipice if Allied forces dared step foot on the mainland during the war. We're all well aware that the Japanese military strategies sometimes came down to fanatical sacrifice.
[IMG]http://www.coveredwagonranch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Teddy-Roosevelt.bmp[/IMG] Image speaks for itself.
[QUOTE=nerdster409;37461578][IMG]http://www.coveredwagonranch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Teddy-Roosevelt.bmp[/IMG] Image speaks for itself.[/QUOTE] This image is the most iconic image of a moose ever taken. [sp]Not really I don't know but I think it may need some context[/sp]
An incredibly disturbing photo from the Second Boer War, showing the cruelty of the British towards the imprisoned families of boers, the girl in the picture was named Lizzie Van Zyl, her father was a boer who fought against the British and refused to surrender, and her family was imprisoned for it, she caught Typhoid fever, and died in the Bloemfontien Concentration Camp in 1901. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LizzieVanZyl.jpg"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LizzieVanZyl.jpg[/URL]
[QUOTE=Blazyd;37461627]This image is the most iconic image of a moose ever taken. [sp]Not really I don't know but I think it may need some context[/sp][/QUOTE] looks like theodore roosevelt to me
[QUOTE=Moustacheman;37461663]An incredibly disturbing photo from the Second Boer War, showing the cruelty of the British towards the imprisoned families of boers, the girl in the picture was named Lizzie Van Zyl, her father was a boer who fought against the British and refused to surrender, and her family was imprisoned for it, she caught Typhoid fever, and died in the Bloemfontien Concentration Camp in 1901. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LizzieVanZyl.jpg"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LizzieVanZyl.jpg[/URL][/QUOTE] oh god what the fuck...
Can someone describe what's going on in the picture?
[QUOTE=ewitwins;37465723]Can someone describe what's going on in the picture?[/QUOTE] Incredibly emaciated person, probably because they were starved in the camp.
[QUOTE=nerdster409;37461578][IMG]http://www.coveredwagonranch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Teddy-Roosevelt.bmp[/IMG] Image speaks for itself.[/QUOTE] this looks extremely shopped.
[QUOTE=Moustacheman;37461663]An incredibly disturbing photo from the Second Boer War, showing the cruelty of the British towards the imprisoned families of boers, the girl in the picture was named Lizzie Van Zyl, her father was a boer who fought against the British and refused to surrender, and her family was imprisoned for it, she caught Typhoid fever, and died in the Bloemfontien Concentration Camp in 1901. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LizzieVanZyl.jpg"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LizzieVanZyl.jpg[/URL][/QUOTE] I'm Dutch, and I find it [I]really[/I] odd how I've never heard of the Boer Wars myself, considering south Africa was a colony of the Netherlands and all.
[QUOTE=Recurracy;37469197]I'm Dutch, and I find it [I]really[/I] odd how I've never heard of the Boer Wars myself, considering south Africa was a colony of the Netherlands and all.[/QUOTE] England did their best to cover it up and sweep it under the rug. Shamefull things like that typically get censored, kind of like how Germany refuses to allow anything to do with nazi's in their media.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;37469297]England did their best to cover it up and sweep it under the rug. Shamefull things like that typically get censored, kind of like how Germany refuses to allow anything to do with nazi's in their media.[/QUOTE] It's quite sad how many people I meet that think the Nazis invented genocide.
..........in the same way very few people know of the internment camps in the USA
[QUOTE=Hamburgers;37469750]..........in the same way very few people know of the internment camps in the USA[/QUOTE] It's not just average folk either. Before the 20th century, a lot of historians simply didn't bother recording genocide because they felt wasn't as interesting as the glory of warfare, or if they are mentioned it's just in passing. You can pick up any history book and be met with dozens of forgotten sackings, mass rapes and massacres that go well into 5, 6 and even 7-figure bodycounts that only a small number of experts have ever heard of. Survivors and relatives of victims didn't talk about their experiences out of a sense of shame and defeat. The concept of a genocide survivor as a witness for the prosecution is a very recent phenomenon.
[QUOTE=Recurracy;37469197]I'm Dutch, and I find it [I]really[/I] odd how I've never heard of the Boer Wars myself, considering south Africa was a colony of the Netherlands and all.[/QUOTE] The Boer Wars were a series of conflicts between the Dutch boers and the British sometime after the Anglo-Zulu Wars. They were mostly territorial, and the photo I posted was taken during the Second Boer War, during which the British began to imprison the families of boers and suspected rebels. Most of the camps were under supplied, partially due to the boer rebels robbing supply trains. Most of the prisoners died of disease and/or starvation.
[QUOTE=Hamburgers;37469750]..........in the same way very few people know of the internment camps in the USA[/QUOTE] Internment, not genocide. It was a horrible and pointless thing to do but it's not like they weren't given food, water, and places to sleep.
People also forget that while the Boer civilians were dying of starvation and disease in the camps, so were the British soldiers guarding them, of starvation and disease due to the supply convoy raids. Thousands of soldiers died in the same conditions as the families. They weren't trying to exterminate the populace, they put them in camps to keep them out of the way while they fought the boer partisans and to stop them from blending into the locals/sheltering them. It was a shitty (but effective) way of conducting a war but it was in no way a genocide.
[QUOTE=LordLoss;37476393]People also forget that while the Boer civilians were dying of starvation and disease in the camps, so were the British soldiers guarding them, of starvation and disease due to the supply convoy raids. Thousands of soldiers died in the same conditions as the families. They weren't trying to exterminate the populace, they put them in camps to keep them out of the way while they fought the boer partisans and to stop them from blending into the locals/sheltering them. It was a shitty (but effective) way of conducting a war but it was in no way a genocide.[/QUOTE] Proportionately (or maybe totally, I don't know) more guards died than prisoners in the camps.
[QUOTE=Moustacheman;37461663]An incredibly disturbing photo from the Second Boer War, showing the cruelty of the British towards the imprisoned families of boers, the girl in the picture was named Lizzie Van Zyl, her father was a boer who fought against the British and refused to surrender, and her family was imprisoned for it, she caught Typhoid fever, and died in the Bloemfontien Concentration Camp in 1901. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LizzieVanZyl.jpg"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LizzieVanZyl.jpg[/URL][/QUOTE] I wouldn't say "cruel". The camps weren't set up to kill people, they died because of lack of food and medicine. Many of the guards and British troops also died because of the same problems. Scorched earth for supporting the guerrillas was a very ruthless, if effective tactic.
42 winner ratings later, I intend to up that number! So, I present to you.... Centralia! Located in Pennsylvania! Hmmm? What's that? Oh, you're asking me what's so special about this place? Well, it's pretty much Silent Hill but real. Let me explain, in 1981 this town had about 1,000 residents. As of 2010, 10 people reside in this town. "....So, you're just telling us about a slightly populated ghost town?" Not quite, the towns had twist is this: Underground, a massive mine fire is currently burning away. As of yet, we still don't know exactly what did cause the fires, but they still rage on today. The fires even caused the town of Byrnesville to become a ghost town. Beginning in 1980, dangerous health hazards were reported by several people due to the byproducts of the fire, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and a lack of healthy oxygen levels. Taken from wikipedia: "In 1979, locals became aware of the scale of the problem when a gas-station owner and then mayor, John Coddington, inserted a stick into one of his underground tanks to check the fuel level. When he withdrew it, it seemed hot, so he lowered a thermometer down on a string and was shocked to discover that the temperature of the gasoline in the tank was 172 °F (77.8 °C). Statewide attention to the fire began to increase, culminating in 1981 when a 12-year-old resident named Todd Domboski fell into a sinkhole four feet wide by 150 feet (46 m) deep that suddenly opened beneath his feet in a backyard. His cousin, 14-year-old Eric Wolfgang, in pulling Todd out of the hole saved Todd's life, as the plume of hot steam billowing from the hole was measured as containing a lethal level of carbon monoxide." [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/39576300/Facepunch/Centralia.jpg[/img][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/39576300/Facepunch/Centralia2.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/39576300/Facepunch/Centralia3.jpg[/img][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/39576300/Facepunch/Centralia4.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/39576300/Facepunch/Centralia5.jpg[/img] Hmmm, I just noticed how short this is. It'll be bigger next time, I promise.
You would think the fire would just run out of accessible oxygen after awhile and flicker out.
[QUOTE=madnath619;37485967] Hmmm, I just noticed how short this is. It'll be bigger next time, I promise.[/QUOTE] If I had a penny for every time I've said that...
It's a mine, there are many open holes that miners would have used to get in, and cracks in paving stones and roads for oxygen to enter.
There's something really fascinating and scary at the same time about mine fires.
[QUOTE=nerdster409;37461578][IMG]http://www.coveredwagonranch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Teddy-Roosevelt.bmp[/IMG] Image speaks for itself.[/QUOTE] Jesus christ that moose is huge, I never realised they were so big.
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