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My point, really, is to simply say that pictures need to be free, and discussion of pictures needs to be free. I find it odd that threads get bounced to the Soapbox because they mention, oh, Fox News, but at the same time images that are HIGHLY codified with a wide variety of political content (e.g, partial inert female nudes, where individual portraiture is de-synergized into collections of interchangeable parts) is accepted without a whiff of complaint.
Bjorke,
Actually, I was disappointed at first that you didn't comment on my post.
But it seems as if you, too, have fallen into the syndrome of equating the word "politic" with the actions of governments and their related ilk such as "political parties".
In reality, politics exists at many levels and in many venues - for it is simply the effort of one or some to influence the behavior of another or others. Simple examples of this are such phenomena as "office politics"; "club (i.e. fraternal organizations of any sort) politics" etc.
This is why I phrased my comment with a lower case "p".
What I did note from this thread was how those here who are generally on the "right wing" side of the (big P) political spectrum (almost exclusively American, BTW) assumed you meant the upper case "Politics" and took the greatest umbrage at your initial photo. It was if they were reacting (and yes, that is the best word to use) to the
au courant interest of much of society in "the environment".
You will recall that the original photo show "god awful" towers in the background of what appears to be an otherwise idyllic tidal basin.
But you want to know what I find interesting about the first photo?
If you read the caption, it is an old BBC Atlantic relay station antenna system. From its appearance alone, most of us who are knowledgable about radio could tell you that it is older than just about anyone commenting here. Today, the BBC World Service (as you would more likely know it) uses satellites and web-based streaming etc. to reach all over the globe.
Those towers are unlikely to still be in active service and these days, if in more accessible locations than the South Atlantic, would more likely be considered "historic landmarks" or have been torn down as "eyesores"!
Most similar relay stations (for all kinds of shortwave broadcasters and locational servicers etc.) have been torn down. Whereas, if these towers still exist, they are wonderful relics of an earlier time - protected by their remoteness and the cost therein of tearing them down!
One man's visual pollution is another's memoir!
What is sad is that now, at least by reading the posts of my fellow Americans here, the very word "politic" is now a "loaded" word that causes people to race to their defenses.
Simply put, we're getting more and more "dumbed down" that no one here seems to have first read the definition of the word before opining.
. I'm very flattered, thank you. When I do have an official calendar I'll send you one.
