Misanthropy Today

I watched this documentary the other night in bed and it really stuck with me.

There is a photo of a man who jumped out of the world trade center and a picture was taken of him falling, almost perfectly vertical upside-down.

This picture was used to show the horror of 9/11. Shortly after, it was replaced with pictures of firemen and clean up crews. People didn’t like the picture because it was too terrible and voyeuristic, watching this guy’s last moments alive after making the decision to burn inside the building or jump. Because people were uncomfortable with the way this guy died, it was quickly removed from the pool of stock photos used to reference 9/11.

In a lot of ways I think seeing this is important for us so that we don’t forget how horrible it was or why it happened. Also that it could happen again, and there are people in this world who would like to see it happen again.

And if you think it happened because of Oil or George Bush or Foreign Policy i’d like you to come by my house sometime so I can beat the college out of you.

Here’s The Video After The Jump:

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