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To: kumar who wrote (115311)	5/22/2005 5:55:31 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

<- Those bounds are supposedly violated with publications of photos that denigrate a POW.> Unlike Marg Simpson's nude painting of Mr Burns, in which she painted his masculinity as being a wizened shadow of real manhood, which was denigrating, [not that we saw the actual detail], the photo of Saddam, albeit partly clothed, showed a real man and Jockey undies company will have been thrilled. He is obviously a real man, unless the photo was digitally altered to enlarge his genitalia. I don't think the photo denigrates him. On the contrary, I think it perfectly reasonable to show some photos to show his condition. In fact, there should be some up to date photos to show that he is not being Abu Ghraibed. Mqurice

To: kumar who wrote (115311)	5/22/2005 11:54:31 AM
From: haqihana	Respond to of 793964

kumar, Under the Geneva Convention in a literal sense, and what wars were like when it was adopted, you are correct, but that pertained to a war fought by uniformed armies for a specific reason. This Iraq war, and the one in Afghanistan, are quite a departure from what could be called conventional wars. I have no pity, or cry for justice, where Sadaam is concerned, but that is just my opinion, and I am not alone in that opinion. Never the less, my point is that our troops are catching the flak for something they may not have had anything to do with. With all of the comings, and goings, of media people, and other nonparticipants in battle, no one can be absolutely sure who took, or published, the pictures. The media, and malcontents, have jumped to a conclusion, and that is no more fair than whatever is done to, or about, Sadaam.