Department of silly pictures 4/27/2006
“Controversial”
We start off with this picture
and the caption reads
A masked Palestinian man sprays graffiti on Israel’s controversial security barrier
perhaps it should have read
A masked Palestinian man sprays CONTROVERSIAL grafitti EQUATING ISRAEL WITH NAZI GERMANY on Israel’s EFFECTIVE security barrier …
Let’s use the adjective “controversial” in other circumstances.
Palestinian supporters of Hamas peer out from behind a CONTROVERSIAL billboard CALLING FOR ISRAEL’S DESTRUCTION …
Palestinian supporters of the Fatah movement wave their hands IN A CONTROVERSIAL SALUTE REMINISCENT OF THE GENOCIDAL NAZI REGIME …
(CAPS are my additions to Reuters’ text)
Ineffective
Then there was this caption Palestinian security force officers hold plastic pistols as they take part in a training session in in the Jebaliya Refugee Camp
Would those things help if someone attacked them with pointed stick?
Where’s the Pulitzer winning Robin Givhan when you need her?
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The captions read
Palestinian security officers stand guard at the Karni crossing, east of Gaza, after an explosives-laden car was found
2 questions:
1) After all that specialized training, don’t you figure they could look a little more alert?
2) So the Palestinian Security Forces stopped one terror attack. What about all those attacks that they didn’t stop? (via Backspin)
Rally or news conference?
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A Palestinian militant from the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades … as he attends a rally in Gaza City
The AP reports that this was a rally. As long as we’re using adjectives though perhaps we could change the caption to
A Palestinian militant from the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades DISPLAYING ILLEGAL WEAPONRY as he attends a rally in Gaza City
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Interestingly, Reuters caption is
Palestinian gunmen from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades attend a news conference
A news conference? With such an impressive display of weaponry, I find that a bit hard to believe.
Technorati tag: Palesitnian Authority.
Crossposted on Israpundit and Soccer Dad.
Actually the Palestinian in the first picture isn’t “spraying” anything. He’s posing. The graffiti is already complete, its message perfectly legible, and the man with the spray paint can is striking a fetching pose for the obliging photographer.
Nice job, Reuters.
Comment by asher813
— April 27, 2006 @ 7:26 am
Good catch Asher.
I didn’t pay attention.
Comment by soccerdad
— April 27, 2006 @ 7:33 am
Actually, we in Israel see such Balestinian news conferences many times.
Perhaps that just goes to show you what they don’t show you.
Comment by Shy Guy
— April 27, 2006 @ 8:31 am
I don’t wish evil on any man, however, some days I’d like to see a quicker turnaround time on “sow and reap”…like that fence could become a giant BUG ZAPPER. That would give the world more of an understanding of “Touch not mine anointed.” 1Ch 16:22; Ps 105:15.
Comment by Teshuvah
— April 28, 2006 @ 12:13 am