Time Magazine cover..

dimitrispearljam
dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
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A picture is worth a thousand words

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"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”

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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Is time even relevant anymore?
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Maybe a picture of our Black president will put it back into perspective.This is not the Civil rights struggle of the 60s.
    To compare it, is careless and just the media milking drama out of it.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    edited May 2015
    D, I think you say it exactly right. This picture is worth a thousand words. By going black and white, this picture does look like it came from 1968. All we have to tell us it didn't is the white hat on backwards.

    That is a lot of cops and a lot of batons.

    What is in the gentleman's left hand? A bottle? A rock? Something else?

    Why is his face covered by a bandana? The police have clear face shields but no gas masks, so the bandana isn't protecting against pepper spray. I think we can surmise this gentleman was not part of any "peaceful protest.'
    Post edited by JimmyV on
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    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • Wma31394
    Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    "Time..is never time at all..you can never ever leave..."

    William Corgan circa 1995
    "Going where the water tastes like wine!"
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    JimmyV said:

    D, I think you say it exactly right. This picture is worth a thousand words. By going black and white, this picture does look like it came from 1968. All we have to tell us it didn't is the white hat on backwards.

    That is a lot of cops and a lot of batons.

    What is in the gentleman's left hand? A bottle? A rock? Something else?

    Why is his face covered by a bandana? The police have clear face shields but no gas masks, so the bandana isn't protecting against pepper spray. I think we can surmise this gentleman was not part of any "peaceful protest.'

    Really, so all the protests back in the 60's were "peaceful"?

    Revisionist history?

  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    edited May 2015
    dignin said:

    JimmyV said:

    D, I think you say it exactly right. This picture is worth a thousand words. By going black and white, this picture does look like it came from 1968. All we have to tell us it didn't is the white hat on backwards.

    That is a lot of cops and a lot of batons.

    What is in the gentleman's left hand? A bottle? A rock? Something else?

    Why is his face covered by a bandana? The police have clear face shields but no gas masks, so the bandana isn't protecting against pepper spray. I think we can surmise this gentleman was not part of any "peaceful protest.'

    Really, so all the protests back in the 60's were "peaceful"?

    Revisionist history?

    Um...no. Nowhere did I say that. I was interpreting the picture and providing a few of the thousand words. Good god.

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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_racial_violence_in_the_United_States#Civil_Rights_Movement_and_Black_Power_period:_1955.E2.80.931977
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    edited May 2015
    rr165892 said:

    Maybe a picture of our Black president will put it back into perspective.This is not the Civil rights struggle of the 60s.
    To compare it, is careless and just the media milking drama out of it.

    This implies that to "compare" means something needs to be exactly the same, which isn't correct. The cover even says "What has changed, What hasn't", suggesting they recognize that, indeed, some things have changed and some haven't. We would need to read the article first before determining if it's careless.
    Post edited by oftenreading on
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    edited May 2015
    oops - double post
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    oftenreading said:

    rr165892 said:

    Maybe a picture of our Black president will put it back into perspective.This is not the Civil rights struggle of the 60s.
    To compare it, is careless and just the media milking drama out of it.

    This implies that to "compare" means something needs to be exactly the same, which isn't correct. The cover even says "What has changed, What hasn't", suggesting they recognize that, indeed, some things have changed and some haven't. We would need to read the article first before determining if it's careless.
    Fair enough
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    It should also have 1992 with a line through it since it's 23 years to this week that the L.A. riots happened.
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    Wma31394 said:

    "Time..is never time at all..you can never ever leave..."

    William Corgan circa 1995

    I actually quoted the last part of that line in my senior year high school yearbook (c/o 99).
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,029
    edited May 2015
    dimitrispearljam said:

    A picture is worth a thousand words

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    Good cover. I was just saying in some thread yesterday that I couldn't fucking believe that race riots are still a thing in the USA. Blows my mind. Granted, the riots and circumstances then and now have a lot of differences, but still...
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    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    It's also been 35 years (May 17,1980)since the Miami Overtown/Liberty City Riots.
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    really smart cover...+ What has changed, What hasn't..is really clever from the magazine...
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”

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