ItotallyON, a never-before published photo of the Tank Man of Tianneman Square.
That's incredible.
I was thiiiis close to putting it up on Facebook, but I remembered that my cousin who was there is a "friend". It may not be a chatty topic for him.
Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.
'Shindig'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Jun 04, 2009 11:11:15 am PDT #22808 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Gudanov - Jun 04, 2009 11:12:57 am PDT #22809 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
This is the kind of stuff I'm talking about. It doesn't seem really metalish to me. But it is classified as various forms of metal.
Music Videos are Freaky.
Liese S. - Jun 04, 2009 11:15:32 am PDT #22810 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Wow, that photo is really amazing. It's such a different angle it just puts the whole scene in a different perspective.
Gudanov - Jun 04, 2009 11:16:41 am PDT #22811 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
That is a cool photo.
Connie Neil - Jun 04, 2009 11:29:23 am PDT #22812 of 30000
brillig
When you know the other photo, you have to wonder what's going through Tank Man's head, standing there and waiting for the tanks to reach him. Wow.
Toddson - Jun 04, 2009 11:33:32 am PDT #22813 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've always wondered what happened to him afterwards - is he still alive? or is he in a prison somewhere?
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 04, 2009 11:34:01 am PDT #22814 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Calli, nah. Just my wits a bit rattled - and those weren't all that sharp to begin with.
you have to wonder what's going through Tank Man's head, standing there and waiting for the tanks to reach him.
Absolutely. A fascinating expansion on an existing record of heroism. How many people could stand there while others were, perfectly sensibly, running away?
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 04, 2009 11:34:48 am PDT #22815 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
is he still alive? or is he in a prison somewhere?
IIRC, the general impression was that he must have been executed, as the Chinese government wouldn't say otherwise.
Kathy A - Jun 04, 2009 11:35:52 am PDT #22816 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
There was a Frontline ep a few years back on the Tank Man, and basically it boiled down to no one knows for sure who he was or what happened to him. There were rumors that he was later arrested, and other people were positive he got off scot free.
Liese S. - Jun 04, 2009 11:37:07 am PDT #22817 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, the decision was made so much earlier than I realized, with the tanks farther away in the picture. And he just said, no, I'm going to stop them.
How can I be more like that?