re: #210 Joo-LiZ

Barry Rubin has some interesting cultural analysis stemming from the photos incident.

Clash of Perceptions: A Picture is Worth 10,000 Academic Theories:

Read The Whole Thing

It’s odd that I can understand the Muslim view easier than the Western. I just don’t get how American lefties can watch the Peace Activists kidnapping soldiers and still view the activists as the victims. Reuters is certainly aware that it’s a fine line which is why they edited out the weapons. I have yet to hear a logical, factually accurate and honest reason from a lefty on this.