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Photos That Shook The World (Contains graphic images, may cause distress)

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  • #2102
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,431 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Just to lighten things up.

    In case anyone saw the pictures and was worried about the duckings they were rescued

    http://i.imgur.com/jFsSQ.jpg

    Ive seen that picture for years on various emails and always felt a small bit of pain for the mother duck. Never knew they were rescued, thanks man :D


  • #2103
    PickledLime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭PickledLime


    I've read up to about page 20, so apologies if these have posted already (best thread on boards too!).

    The term 'balls of steel' is an understatement to the pilot. I think he can also justifiably be termed a hero too:

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    This image is one of my earliest memories (i was 4 at the time), i remember standing slack jawed at the television as i had a little bath tub boat and thought that this couldn't happen to actual boats with hundreds of people on them:

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  • #2104
    Worztron
    Registered Users Posts: 8,666 ✭✭✭Worztron


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    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #2105
    Prop Joe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭Prop Joe


    Papa_Lazarou wrote: »
    Our own Tom Crean with puppies from the above dogs. The pic may not be something that stands out but the story behind the man and what he endured and did on that expedition is amazing!
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    They have a beer named after him now...http://bit.ly/NR0aH9


  • #2106
    tippspur
    Registered Users Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭tippspur


    Tom Crean was some man.


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  • #2107
    Logical_Bear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Logical_Bear


    and his captian ernest shackleton...read about their voyage to the pole..You couldnt make it up

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton


  • #2108
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    tippspur wrote: »
    Tom Crean was some man.

    He had a heart like a lion.


  • #2109
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Fox News accidently show a drivers suicide live on air at the end of car chase.....

    WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkGphC5hxuM


  • #2110
    GastroBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 863 ✭✭✭GastroBoy


    ^^^That genuinely sent cold shivers down my back, shocking stuff.


  • #2111
    RUCKING FETARD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭RUCKING FETARD


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    article-2212164-15542086000005DC-283_306x392.jpg
    article-2212164-15531DBD000005DC-966_634x448.jpg





    And then we have
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    :rolleyes:

    From here and here.


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  • #2112
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    ^^^^
    What's the relevance of the Obama/Oprah pic? America are not the world police, nor should we want them to be.


  • #2113
    Killinator
    Registered Users Posts: 3,488 ✭✭✭Killinator


    CrazyRabbit wrote: »
    ^^^^
    What's the relevance of the Obama/Oprah pic? America are not the world police, nor should we want them to be.

    America can't win, can it?,
    If it acts in force, people will claim: invasion, no right, world police, etc!
    If it doesn't act in force, people will claim: why no help, don't care, no oil, etc!

    Its like Somalia
    >Rwanda all over again,
    The US interjected in Somalia in the early 90's and shortly after the 'Black Hawk Down' chapter they were pulled out as everyone was saying they shouldn't be there/ it wasn't right.
    For just such reasons the US stayed away from the likes of Rwanda because they didn't want to go in only to be told "F-OFF, your not wanted".

    Just watch, the moment the US get involved militarily after all the pleas for help people will then suspect their motives quickly forgetting how they begged for help in the first place.

    This is not to imply the US/ US Military are absolved from wrong-doing on other fronts!

    Basically its a crazy f*cked up world right now!:confused:


  • #2114
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    Killinator wrote: »
    America can't win, can it?,
    If it acts in force, people will claim: invasion, no right, world police, etc!
    If it doesn't act in force, people will claim: why no help, don't care, no oil, etc!

    Its like Somalia
    >Rwanda all over again,
    The US interjected in Somalia in the early 90's and shortly after the 'Black Hawk Down' chapter they were pulled out as everyone was saying they shouldn't be there/ it wasn't right.
    For just such reasons the US stayed away from the likes of Rwanda because they didn't want to go in only to be told "F-OFF, your not wanted".

    Just watch, the moment the US get involved militarily after all the pleas for help people will then suspect their motives quickly forgetting how they begged for help in the first place.

    This is not to imply the US/ US Military are absolved from wrong-doing on other fronts!

    Basically its a crazy f*cked up world right now!:confused:

    I guess in these kinds of situations, people see terrible things happening and want it to stop and think that someone should do something, but we also live in a culture of suspicion these days for various reasons and so are inclined to immediately doubt people's motives, especially post-9/11.

    And in fairness, I'm sure there are "good" reasons why the US choose to get involved in certain countries and not in others that have nothing to do with public pressure. I can't imagine the US administration (or really any administration) doing anything that isn't in their own interests.


  • #2115
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,684 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Killinator wrote: »
    America can't win, can it?,
    If it acts in force, people will claim: invasion, no right, world police, etc!
    If it doesn't act in force, people will claim: why no help, don't care, no oil, etc!
    Going way off topic, but the UN generally wait until the fighting has died down a bit before they go in.

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    (seated left to right): Sir Alexander Cadogan (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), Air Chief Marshall Wilfred Freeman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adm. Sir Dudley Poud, Field Marshall Sir John Dill, and Lord Cherwell. Back row (left to right): Averill Harriman, Harry Hopkins, Adm. King, Adm. McIntire, Sumner Wells, Maj. Gen. Watson, John Roosevelt, Adm. Stark, Rear Adm. Beardall, Gen. Marshall, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. [August 1941]


  • #2116
    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    Guys, lets keep the chat to a minimum and post more pics. :)


  • #2117
    Tazium
    Registered Users Posts: 899 ✭✭✭Tazium


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    First year anniversary of Steve Jobs. Lovely tribute on Apple today.


  • #2118
    brandon_flowers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭brandon_flowers


    Did a search and nothing showed up, its the MS Estonia at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, I remember the news at the time and trying to comprehend 850 people being on one boat not to mind drowning.

    3251estonia3.jpg


  • #2119
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,223 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    6 year old Carlos Daniel Gonzalez and his 4 year old sister Izabel have just saw both their parents murdered. They have to explain to police what happened.


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    Carlos comforts his 4 year old sister:

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    Poor kid :(

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  • #2120
    Yakuza
    Registered Users Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    Jesus :( Not just his parents, but 5 of his siblings too, according to here.
    Sorry for the chat, but I'm just heartbroken reading this. What animals could do this?


  • #2121
    pancuronium
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭pancuronium


    Chris_McCandless.png

    A self-portrait of Christopher McCandless in his camp on the Stampede Trail was found undeveloped in his camera after his death.

    A must Read book " Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer.


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  • #2122
    Mickey Dazzler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 586 ✭✭✭Mickey Dazzler


    pancuronium wrote: »
    Chris_McCandless.png

    A self-portrait of Christopher McCandless in his camp on the Stampede Trail was found undeveloped in his camera after his death.

    A must Read book " Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer.

    I cannot understand the hype around this guy. He was incredibly selfish and did not have a clue what he was doing but is somehow being treated like a modern day hero.


  • #2123
    Guill
    Registered Users Posts: 3,331 ✭✭✭Guill


    Alaskan Park Ranger Peter Christian wrote:

    When you consider McCandless from my perspective, you quickly see that what
    he did wasn't even particularly daring, just stupid, tragic, and inconsiderate.
    First off, he spent very little time learning how to actually live in the wild.
    He arrived at the Stampede Trail without even a map of the area. If he [had] had
    a good map he could have walked out of his predicament [... ] Essentially, Chris
    McCandless committed suicide.


  • #2124
    af_thefragile
    Registered Users Posts: 7,171 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    pancuronium wrote: »

    A self-portrait of Christopher McCandless in his camp on the Stampede Trail was found undeveloped in his camera after his death.

    A must Read book " Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer.

    Probably didn't shake the world but this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Maybe it was the Eddie Vedder soundtrack that did it for me but it is an incredible story...


  • #2125
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Going way off topic, but the UN generally wait until the fighting has died down a bit before they go in.

    The UN is usually powerless because of Security Council veto's. The only time that the UN could go in to somewhere was the Korean conflict in the 50s because the Soviets were boycotting the UN and couldn't block anything.

    Also off topic.


  • #2126
    paperclip2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭paperclip2


    Malala Yousafazi, age 14

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    And after the Taliban shot her for wanting an education.

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    Don't know about the world but it shook me.


  • #2127
    Monty Burnz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,455 ✭✭✭✭Monty Burnz


    brandon_flowers wrote: »
    Did a search and nothing showed up, its the MS Estonia at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, I remember the news at the time and trying to comprehend 850 people being on one boat not to mind drowning.
    That's not a photo!


  • #2128
    Clanket
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,087 ✭✭✭Clanket


    Monty Burnz wrote: »
    That's not a photo!

    If you're going to say something like that you could at least explain


  • #2129
    Monty Burnz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,455 ✭✭✭✭Monty Burnz


    Clanket wrote: »
    If you're going to say something like that you could at least explain
    Look at it - it's clearly a drawing or some other type of rendering. And where on earth is the water clear enough to photograph something with the same level of brightness hundreds of metres into the distance?


  • #2130
    brandon_flowers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭brandon_flowers


    Monty Burnz wrote: »
    Look at it - it's clearly a drawing or some other type of rendering. And where on earth is the water clear enough to photograph something with the same level of brightness hundreds of metres into the distance?

    Ever heard of an ROV.


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  • #2131
    cyrusdvirus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,752 ✭✭✭cyrusdvirus


    brandon_flowers wrote: »
    Ever heard of an ROV.

    MV Estonia is in about 300 ft of water. No matter what type ROV went down, there simply is not enough light at that depth to illuminate 515 feet of hull.


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