Technology: Cold, soulless ... embarrassing?

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by Tiassa, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    This was just one of those unfortunate moments. I mean ... well ....

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    Yes, capture a memory, indeed. Put it on a mousepad or coffee mug. Anyway, I snapped that image at the Seattle Times website. What gets me about it, though, is that someone had to pick that detail of that photograph. Which is, as I mentioned, unfortunate:

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    Relatives mourn Abdul Ghani Shiekh, an 85-year-old man killed during clashes, in Budgam,
    a town 19 miles (30 kilometers) northwest of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, July 1, 2008.
    Authorities in Indian-held Kashmir made concessions to Muslim activists Tuesday in
    hopes of quelling heated protests that have left five dead and hundreds injured.
    (Dar Yasin/AP)

    What ...? "Sorry to hear about Abdul, but here, have a jigsaw puzzle."

    Sure, technology doesn't care. But someone over at the Seattle Times ought to be embarrassed about that one.
     

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