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Ok, here goes.
The image is disturbing. The motivations for posting it are unclear.
That being said, I do find one redeeming attribute. It might serve as a reminder that those who remember the 'good old days' have selective amnesia.
I caught just a small part of the 'Wartorn' documentary on HBO. But it served as a reminder that all of the PTSD stuff that veterans are going through today is nothing new. The same can be said of the result of having no safety net in the 20's and 30's. There is a huge difference between being homeless and literally starving to death. There are stories of desperate men killing themselves and their families. I don't know how prevalent it was, but consider the desperation of someone who has nowhere to go.
Anyone who thinks 'simpler times' means better should look at a lot more of those photos.
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11-27-2010, 06:14 PM
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