tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post7116646173643525397..comments2024-01-08T19:49:13.932+00:00Comments on Froogville: Dark humourFrooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-59563318076763269182009-05-30T04:03:46.886+00:002009-05-30T04:03:46.886+00:00I suspect the Square is going to be closed on that...I suspect the Square is going to be closed on that day this year. <br /><br />I know some professional photographers who go down every year, and always get a ton of hassle from the cops - including the deleting from memory cards of photographs deemed 'inappropriate'(although apparently there is a way to retrieve such 'deleted' files if you're tech-savvy enough). Oddly enough, it is the massive police presence that they are most embarrassed about. You can photograph just about anything else, but pictures of the police get them anxious.<br /><br />I was thinking, in fact, that if there is going to be any kind of vigil by local people - and any chance of such a thing happening without the police immediately stomping all over it - it's more likely to be out at Muxidi on the evening of the 3rd.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-54966183377078717032009-05-30T01:48:05.975+00:002009-05-30T01:48:05.975+00:00Froog,
I hope you can get down to the Square next...Froog,<br /><br />I hope you can get down to the Square next Thursday and take a couple of pictures that reflect a sombre mood.<br /><br />Maybe you could catch the flag as it's being hoisted and snap it at half-mast, which is exactly where it should be on the anniversary.stuarthttp://foundinchina.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-24935846397557860562009-05-28T20:19:52.806+00:002009-05-28T20:19:52.806+00:00I do love these kinds of jokes. (Well, most kinds ...I do love these kinds of jokes. (Well, most kinds of jokes, actually, but these are right in there.)<br /><br />They seem allied to the sick jokes about GOOD news. Not sure if it's available to you over there, but the satirical <EM>The Onion</EM> "news source" seems fond of both forms. For example, there's <A HREF="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/32779" REL="nofollow">this item</A> (headline "Former Chinese Dissident Has Your Order Ready"), about the events over your way which are soon to be commemorated, or ignored. And then there's <A HREF="http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/black_man_given_nations" REL="nofollow">this item</A> ("Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job") about the most recent US election results.<br /><br />Over here, there seems to be an unspoken taboo regarding jokes about the events of 9/11/2001. But they do exist, and some are quite funny in a "this is cleverly phrased" way rather than a "this is about a funny incident" way. Still, if you catch yourself laughing at one you suddenly stop and look around, guiltily, much as the old heretics probably did in the days leading up to their final moments atop a pile of combustibles.JEShttp://johnesimpson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-35754100440149049732009-05-27T15:34:40.398+00:002009-05-27T15:34:40.398+00:00Someone was reading Newsweek on the shuttle ride t...Someone was reading Newsweek on the shuttle ride to the metro this morning and I could see him reading a "Twenty Years After..." article, and had to hold myself back from ripping it out of his hands so I could read it. <br /><br />I was in 8th grade when it happened and still remember having an argument with my social studies teacher on why we should care about it. My classmates thought I was a freak and didn't understand why I was making such a big deal about it.Carenhttp://figcookies.blogharbor.comnoreply@blogger.com