photographs attract readers to the news and advertising revenue

but there is a point where imagination is more evocative and the photograph fades into the banality of rescue voyeurism

The point I am trying to make is I’ve been there and done that. Try Googling “USS Georgia sinks tug.” And NO! I wasn’t there either but for those of us who must play real “War Games” life and death becomes two sides of the same coin. If readers would do a little bit of research they should be able to verify the facts.

When I tell folks THIS one I usually make some casual remark about “lost cans of tuna” and/or fish food. That may seem inappropriate, rude or down right nasty. But death, destruction … war and many human activities are neither neat nor pleasant.

Think. Or better yet watch up close as the baby cow pops out; a young male bovine struggles while “we” remove a few of its body parts so it can grow up to be a prize steer and then be butchered so your darling little one (cat/dog or human?) can have a Hamburger “Happy Meal.”

That is what happens in REAL life. In my NOT so humble opinion or for what its worth, telling children “nice fairy tales” or educated adults to turn their heads to shield their eyes from the truth is wrong. It creates a world where false assumptions and the impossible demand for absolute safety rule the day.

Would those people have been safer climbing over the alps on foot? So take the pictures. Write and tell the story. If folks are offended – that just too bad!