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23. absolutely true, every word.

Fri Jul 18, 2014, 09:54 AM

Jul 2014

i am conflicted. what would it take to end war in this world?
my son and i went to see Bekah at the hospital the morning after she died. instead of being taken to her, we were put in a room and a nurse came in holding her chart and just kind of laid out the timeline for me. she never said, don't look at her! but everything she said was saying just that. after a while i looked at my son and said, "we'll never see Bekah again."
her best friend was distraught that we would not have an open casket. not long after Bekah died she began seeing a paramedic who looked at Bekah's file and he told her, "you could still tell she was pretty. but she was one of the bad ones." So her best friend got a measure of peace from that.
we did make a conscious (as conscious as possible in the context of the shock) decision to bury her without ever looking at her again. for me it was worse not to be able to hug her than not to look at her - i always knew i preferred to remember her alive and vital and beautiful as she was.
her anniversary is tomorrow so i guess i'm feeling a bit maudlin. peace.

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i think we should see all the pictures [View all] barbtries Jul 2014 OP

I'm so sorry for your loss. vanlassie Jul 2014 #1

thank you barbtries Jul 2014 #2

I think those who want to see should be able to see malaise Jul 2014 #3

thanks malaise barbtries Jul 2014 #33

I, too, am conflicted. Ineeda Jul 2014 #4

that's my thinking barbtries Jul 2014 #39

I think overtime it would only desensitize more Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #5

Desensitization is a psychological defense - just the headlines LiberalElite Jul 2014 #9

Sure. All things can desensitize Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #13

Condolences Scarsdale Jul 2014 #6

let's hope so. barbtries Jul 2014 #34

Iconic photo of naked Vietnamese girl burned by napalm Divernan Jul 2014 #7

It's not so much the graphic explicitness that works, but the depiction of horrible emotion... cascadiance Jul 2014 #24

excellent analysis of the psychology involved - thank you! Divernan Jul 2014 #25

there was a picture that i felt accomplished that barbtries Jul 2014 #40

wow barbtries Jul 2014 #36

I agree very much with your post and the OP BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #38

my point exactly. barbtries Jul 2014 #41

It's part of the plan I think BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #43

i think so too. barbtries Jul 2014 #49

I hope so too BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #50

I wrote a paper on that photo in high school. DemocraticWing Jul 2014 #57

Isn't that how the antiwar movements in the 60s-70s Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #8

Vietnam was the last time reporters really showed what was going on. tecelote Jul 2014 #19

that, maybe, barbtries Jul 2014 #32

Having once had a front row seat for war The Wizard Jul 2014 #10

Kent State HockeyMom Jul 2014 #18

It was a compelling picture. kiva Jul 2014 #61

+1 DeadLetterOffice Jul 2014 #20

you must know better than me barbtries Jul 2014 #42

americans, by and large heaven05 Jul 2014 #11

i am so sorry for your loss barbtries Jul 2014 #44

yes. European friends comment on how protected American children are. grasswire Jul 2014 #52

Sorry for your loss, only time helps, heaping amounts are required! Lost my son in 93, still hurts, Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #12

something i hadn't considered, barbtries Jul 2014 #31

After World War II, Eisenhower made available to every movie theater Stuart G Jul 2014 #14

i just put it at number 1 barbtries Jul 2014 #46

You would have remembered the awful sad music.. Stuart G Jul 2014 #53

I agree Barb - TBF Jul 2014 #15

thank you TBF barbtries Jul 2014 #37

Yes we should Capt. Obvious Jul 2014 #16

yep. short of being there barbtries Jul 2014 #47

I feel as conflicted... ReRe Jul 2014 #17

i agree barbtries Jul 2014 #30

Business Insider yesterday, posted at least one photo MerryBlooms Jul 2014 #21

thank you MerryBlooms barbtries Jul 2014 #29

As a nurse TNNurse Jul 2014 #22

absolutely true, every word. barbtries Jul 2014 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Jul 2014 #26

You Can't Judge War By Keeping One Eye Closed grilled onions Jul 2014 #27

This is what I see as the usefulness of putting the upaloopa Jul 2014 #28

War would end if the dead could return. Stanley Baldwin Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #35

the images of people trapped in buildings on 9/11 and falling have never left me JI7 Jul 2014 #45

yeah. barbtries Jul 2014 #48

wow, i can't imagine what you would have went through JI7 Jul 2014 #51

The Press had a large part in ending the Viet Nam war Jake2413 Jul 2014 #54

You are very wise. Thanks barbtries. Scuba Jul 2014 #55

thank you Scuba barbtries Jul 2014 #56

I agree with your take on it. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #58

thanks Uncle Joe barbtries Jul 2014 #59

She was a beautiful young lady. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #60

thanks. inside and out barbtries Jul 2014 #63

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