Comments on: Baby-kissing Popes http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2012/10/05/baby-kissing-popes/ What makes a great picture? Sat, 25 May 2013 23:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: paintcan http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2012/10/05/baby-kissing-popes/comment-page-1/#comment-352368 paintcan Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:10:32 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/?p=33286#comment-352368 The Pope and Mayor Daley, Mayor Curley and a long string of hack politicians. It used to be standard fare with or without photo ops. What is it supposed to prove? Babies, puppies and kitties are guaranteed to arouse affection. It's a built in biological/psychological response. It's when they get older that the affection of even the kissers tends to wane and even work in reverse. That's probably a basic biological/psychological response too? The Pope and Mayor Daley, Mayor Curley and a long string of hack politicians.

It used to be standard fare with or without photo ops.

What is it supposed to prove? Babies, puppies and kitties are guaranteed to arouse affection. It’s a built in biological/psychological response. It’s when they get older that the affection of even the kissers tends to wane and even work in reverse.

That’s probably a basic biological/psychological response too?

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