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Tasteless Photo - Way to Go, Fox

FrogdogFrogdog Member Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2020 in General Discussion
Is it just me, or is the below photo a really tasteless move on Fox's part?  Just really rubs me the wrong way.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/coronavirus-us-navy-ship-mercy-los-angeles-hospital-relief-outbreak

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    Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,509 ✭✭✭✭
    Someone's idea of an artistic approach to the story.
    Were I to look for some deeper meaning, I guess I would see hope emerging from despair.
    I guess if you want to be bothered, it is your choice.  People look for the oddest things to get their shorts in a bunch.



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    SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,182 ✭✭✭✭
    The photo means to you what you choose for it to mean to you.  I do not consider it tasteless, I think it reflects on humanity, that we never give up and keep fighting to go on.   I doubt you are the only one that sees it the way you do though, so it's probably not just you.
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    FrogdogFrogdog Member Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭✭
    Hope from despair....interesting. Classic case of different perspectives, I guess.
    ....and they are only a little in a bunch. Thanks, Don.
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    Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,509 ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2020
    Frogdog said:
    Hope from despair....interesting. Classic case of different perspectives, I guess.
    ....and they are only a little in a bunch. Thanks, Don.
     :) 
    Haven't really followed your posts, much, Frogdog, but from this response, I do believe I like you.

    Don

    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

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    mark christianmark christian Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 24,456 ******
    The photo was probably taken at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, which is opposite the US Navy base at Point Loma. White ship, white stone markers and the deep blue water make for an artistic photo, and art is highly subjective. I don't find it tasteless.   
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    SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,182 ✭✭✭✭
    Don McManus said:
    Someone's idea of an artistic approach to the story.
    Were I to look for some deeper meaning, I guess I would see hope emerging from despair.
    I guess if you want to be bothered, it is your choice.  People look for the oddest things to get their shorts in a bunch.



    We must have been posting at the same time.   Hope from despair is a good way to put it.
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    AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,066 ✭✭✭✭
    Looks like it is sailing past Fort Rosecrans, Pt. Loma.
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    He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,977 ✭✭✭✭
    And you just had to pass it on?  Way to go Frogdog.
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    FrogdogFrogdog Member Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2020
    Okay, now that I have read some alternative perspectives and, perhaps even more importantly, had some coffee.......my mind has changed. I'm onboard....... "Hope from Despair" it is. 
     :) 
     


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    bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,664 ✭✭✭✭
    I am just glad to see that ship coming to help!
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    GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 16,776 ✭✭✭✭
      It is a deep art thinking picture if you get my drift.
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    jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 25,736 ******
    The photo is accredited to Associated Press/Gregory Bull.
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    toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,019 ✭✭✭✭
    Are the big +'s where the tug boats are supposed to push??? -----green font-----
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    BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,440 ******
    Brings back memories of the hospital ship "HOPE" way back when.   The tombstones kind of take away from the hope aspect but in an artsy kind of way could memorialize those that have been lost in the recent tragedies taking place. 
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    FrogdogFrogdog Member Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2020
    https://forums.gunbroker.com/discussion/comment/11169379#Comment_11169379

    You are most certainly welcome, sir. I knew you would love it. Glad to be of service.

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