04-04-2004, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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There have been some interesting debates on manipulation of photos over the last few months.
...and yes, every government has altered the historical record in some format, written or graphic.
For instance, the congressional record in the US bears little resemblance to what actually happend on the floor. Whole speeches, which never happend are edited into the record. Very weird.
American school children are raised to believe the Civil War was about slavery...it was about commerce and had the same concepts as today's issues with offshoring....children are taught that the Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French government, etc.
Cosmonaughts are removed from photos (erie), John Kerry edited into photo with Jane Fonda, then lo and behold, a real photo shows up with the two of them nearby...
We can't believe photos any longer....but it might as well be the same doubt that we have about written history.
Curiouser and curiouser it is.
K
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