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Carolina K. Smith
 

INAPPROPRIATE photo on this website...


Please see my comment on in the digital Q&A category re 'Join the Army!' by Sergie Magdalin photo uploaded to the General contest category on 18may (page 2 as of 12noon on 18may). I have posted my objection in the Read Photo Discussion section.

I hope you'll post your thoughts here and in the photo discussion. Bob Cammatta, thanks for your support. Carolina K. Smith


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May 18, 2004

 

Angela K. Wittmer
  The name of the photo is now entitles "WAR"... I went to look it up

Angie


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May 19, 2004

 

Dave Cross
 
To save people hunting for the photo, here is the link:-

http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.php?photoID=395842&catID=560&style=&contestCatID=5

As to whether it is 'appropriate' or not!!

DC


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May 19, 2004

 

Carolina K. Smith
  This was my original objection...

Hi,
> There is a photo, "Join the Army" uploaded in the General Category by
Sergie Magdalin, that is DISTURBING. It is of a dismembered soldier and
bloody. Even though this is, upon CLOSE inspection, a 'toy', it looks real
on the thumbnail, and really made my insides do a turn, until I saw it up
close. I think this will be disturbing for our younger viewers, who will
not be able to distinguish between the real and the play, especially if they
are traumatized first.
>
> Lest you think I am prissy, I am a physician who works in the OR and who
sees and handles trauma on a regular basis, motor vehicle accidents, gunshot
wounds, organ donations, etc.

The picture, War, is much more obviously a toy, but on the Join the Army, the picture looked real until you enlarged the photo, not at all 'like koolaid and a toy' and as such, is not appropriate viewing for young people, as this is a family friendly website.

My objection stands.
Carolina K. Smith,M.D.
CarolinaSmith.com


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May 19, 2004

 
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  My unobjection stands too.


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