A message from Iraq?

Perhaps yes, but not the message that was obviously intended…

I’m sharing a picture that a number of people sent me. I’m not sure how to feel about this one. I do enjoy jabs at Michael Jackson. He’s so easy to pick on being as eccentric acting and looking as he is. But there’s something a little deeper here. Apparently pedophilia is funny. I know I’ve taken part in this kind of humour before, but honestly, it doesn’t sit well with me any more. Laughing at the darkness doesn’t make it any less dark. I forget that sometimes.

Secondly, here we have another sign written in English being held by two young boys who probably have no clue what it says. It smacks of the same cultural insensativity and intolerance we were horrifeid by in the Abu Ghraib photos we were so recently assailed by. I understand there is a ‘war’ going on and that people’s emotions and thinking are out of whack as a result. However, it is this underlying attitude that is making the U.S. less and less loved throughout the world. Did the soldiers involved in taking this photo even consider any of this? Some how I doubt it…

Thanks for the picture folks. It got me thinking.