What I do when I think of this picture (and i've seen it alot), is I let myself relive the plight vicariously. I put myself in that man's position, from the point at which he saw the plane heading for the building. Sitting at his desk, hearing an ear-splitting whistle, turn around and look out the window and watch as a frightful 747 plummits into the side of your building. Feel the sway of the building from the impact of the airplane. Knowing, that there were people on that plane that so unmistakably buried itself in other person's offices down below. Smell the fire, take in the sound of people screaming and hollering as they're flocking to the elevators and the stairwells. Imagine watching a television about exactly what was going on, while you are inside the very building that is so inadvertently burning
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First off, as an amateur photographer, this is a hell of a snap. I can't imagine being able to point the camera and shoot, let alone frame, focus, and adjust. To think, this could be the last picture of this living, thinking, breathing human being. This person who had to make a conscious decision to die...or to die painlessly, and the photographer had to choose to snap it. When he decided to take the picture, what motivation do you suppose he had? Did that little bit of greed inside him tell him to capture these descents of death, knowing that the media would kill for these horrible images? Did he think twice about doing it? How many other people did he capture on film before or after this particular one? I'd hope that his own greed didn't drive this picture
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I would consider staying inside the building when there was no hope of surviving on par (as far as suicide goes) with jumping from the building. In fact, depending on the knowledge of the particular person in question, it might be 'more' suicidal to remain inside than to jump. (I have no idea as to how accurate this article is, but refer to: http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Long-Fall... )
Well, the point of the religious arguments was to illustrate that it's (sometimes) simpler to argue with someone by assuming that they're right about things that can't be proven either way. Of course, the most common instance of this is probably religion, but eh.
Nice. *clap clap clap* Seriously. I'm not very good at articulating on things I like, because when I try to, I sound like Im talking alot of bullshit in order to suck up, and I hate sounding like that, but I did really like this, and you know I wouldn't bullshit you, so, yes...you earn a cookie! +5 Deliciousness
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Seriously. I'm not very good at articulating on things I like, because when I try to, I sound like Im talking alot of bullshit in order to suck up, and I hate sounding like that, but I did really like this, and you know I wouldn't bullshit you, so, yes...you earn a cookie! +5 Deliciousness
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