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On June 21 2011 06:26 Roeder wrote: Not being a mod and all, but shouldn't we keep political opinions out of the thread and just focus on the pictures?
Agreed. Political opinions always lead to discussions destroying the original topic.
+ Show Spoiler +Benno Ohnesorg after being shot in the head by a policeman in 1967
+ Show Spoiler +Hanns Martin-Schleyer held hostage by terrorist group RAF in 1977
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R12318%2C_Eysden%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II._auf_Weg_ins_Exil.jpg) + Show Spoiler +Wilhelm II. last emperor of Germany fleeing to the Netherlands in 1918
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On June 21 2011 06:34 drlame wrote:I've been to every single one of them, I was very young though and could not appreciate the sights for what they were. Also if I remember correctly, most of them are cemetery monuments of sort (a list of names on people who died in war and so on).
Oh wow, those look stunning. The first one in particular is really striking, and seems like something you would see in a videogame, maybe final fantasy. Wow, I'd love to visit those too.
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On June 21 2011 06:30 WyghtWolf wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2011 06:26 Roeder wrote: Not being a mod and all, but shouldn't we keep political opinions out of the thread and just focus on the pictures? I'm keeping the neutrality. simply showing a personal experience and giving voice to the silent.
Being neutral is showing both sides of the conflict.
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On June 21 2011 07:15 Skee wrote:![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/JsMmk.png)
funny
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On June 16 2011 06:58 Stijx wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2011 02:11 Jaiden wrote:On June 05 2011 14:37 HaN- wrote:![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/3jtGE.jpg) This one has given me chills. Thank you for posting this great picture. Is this actually real? And if so, where is it?
Wow i have actually been there! Have a crappy picture of me standing in the front of the lake, but it doesnt do is justice at all..
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On February 13 2011 07:14 buickskylark wrote:This picture should always come with some explanation as people who don't follow history probably have no idea the minutes that happened after this picture was taken. Everytime I see this picture I always wonder if the tanks rode over the man or they stopped. You simply can't tell from looking at that picture alone.
He was arrested in quite a harsh way, and is believed to have never been freed from jail...
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On June 17 2011 05:10 ComaDose wrote: They arnt making out?! that crushed me. I was in love with that picture... im just gonna keep pretending they are.
It seems they were kissing after all, thankfully.
+ Show Spoiler +http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/17/vancouver-kiss-couple-riot-police
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![[image loading]](http://aigg.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/1308292077691_original.jpg) + Show Spoiler + A Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, Bulgaria, built in 1954. Painted by unknown artists. Sign says "Keeping up with the times".
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On June 21 2011 07:26 iNbluE wrote:Show nested quote +On February 13 2011 07:14 buickskylark wrote:On February 13 2011 07:07 fOrQQ wrote:Iconic picture  ![[image loading]](http://voyage.typepad.com/lfc_images/Tiananmen_Tank_Man.jpg) This picture should always come with some explanation as people who don't follow history probably have no idea the minutes that happened after this picture was taken. Everytime I see this picture I always wonder if the tanks rode over the man or they stopped. You simply can't tell from looking at that picture alone. He was arrested in quite a harsh way, and is believed to have never been freed from jail...
There was no jail sentece for the people in the protests. They got excuted, so most likely this got got executed as well
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On February 13 2011 09:05 Sm3agol wrote:Pretty much the saddest picture I've ever seen. ![[image loading]](http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/27/world/28vigil-2-600.jpg)
Dude.... not the most commenting guy on this site, but that was... horrible.
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On June 21 2011 07:21 aderum wrote:Show nested quote +On June 16 2011 06:58 Stijx wrote:On June 07 2011 02:11 Jaiden wrote:On June 05 2011 14:37 HaN- wrote:![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/3jtGE.jpg) This one has given me chills. Thank you for posting this great picture. Is this actually real? And if so, where is it? Wow i have actually been there! Have a crappy picture of me standing in the front of the lake, but it doesnt do is justice at all..
so, where is "there" ?
this picture is stunning
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On June 29 2011 07:51 anatem wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2011 07:21 aderum wrote:On June 16 2011 06:58 Stijx wrote:On June 07 2011 02:11 Jaiden wrote:On June 05 2011 14:37 HaN- wrote:![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/3jtGE.jpg) This one has given me chills. Thank you for posting this great picture. Is this actually real? And if so, where is it? Wow i have actually been there! Have a crappy picture of me standing in the front of the lake, but it doesnt do is justice at all.. so, where is "there" ? this picture is stunning
pretty sure its lake louise, Alberta, Canada .
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Chernobyl.
![[image loading]](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XynkZS3XyMw/TKET7YXocRI/AAAAAAAAH7k/98xwyTIH6Ko/s1600/Paul+Fusco.JPG)
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It's terrible I know, but people need to remember this kind of shit..
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