Pic of the Day

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    • This is really upsetting.Xopher
    • wtf, no!ApeRobot
    • thank you for posting this!!ApeRobot
    • http://www.independe…spl33nidoru
    • Did they pick him up/turn him over to see if he was still alive, and then put him back for the photo opportunities, or what?set
    • heart breakingBluejam
    • this fuckwad.. http://www.independe…autoflavour
    • Set, i guess the fact he was facedown in the ocean is a pretty good indication he was dead. this kid was 3 years oldautoflavour
    • Well sure but you wouldn't check to make sure????

      Um.
      set
    • Yes, exactly, they saw a kid in the water, but rather than giving him some small shred of dignity they thought 'fuck it, this will make a great photo op'ian
    • Im sure they all got selfies with him too. Jesus, do you ever actually think about what you write? or does it just come pouring out like vomit?ian
    • I think this does a good job to put the evil face on immigration and the basic human right to live in peace... we see statistics, we hear the words "swarms"..necromation
    • "cockroaches"... but they are us, humans whos very rights we take for piss snatched away (see most western teenagers). This made my heart sink as a father.necromation
    • he was 1 of 12 bodies washed up..autoflavour
    • Get fucked Ian you whiney little fanny.set
    • Grand, will do, you absolute fuck nugget. Bravo on another great contribution.ian
    • As a father of a 4 year old, all i want to do is go hold my kid and never let him goautoflavour
    • its amazing how something so sad can still manage to get people on this forum to make it about themselves.. whats next, a PSB?autoflavour
    • I asked a genuine, honest, utterly non personal question. I can't apologise for how ian reacted.set
    • in answer to your question Set, probably went down something like this...Bluejam
    • http://www.colorsmag…Bluejam
    • Sometimes a picture is more powerful than words and can makes things move forward. Its a heavy picture, but i think its necessary.Ben99
    • What Ben said.

      for a decade the UK press has been anti-immigration on the whole, that photo changed it all yesterday: http://www.telegraph…
      kingkong
    • poor mite, this is truly upsetting...cruddlebub
    • It's upsetting but it needs to be seen, so the assholes that can at least to end this situation do something. Over 120k dead in Syria already.ernexbcn
    • This is today's front page for the Independent in the UK. Truly horrible, but yeah, it made me appreciate just how bad things are.Ianbolton
    • Thanks Bush? Obama? aaaaaaaaah!!!GeorgesIV
    • Every fuckhead who thinks Muslims are just pretending to be refugees so they can infiltrate and overthrow the west needs this dead kid rubbed in their eyes.i_monk
    • http://www.theguardi…
      :(
      yuekit
    • My brother in law was smuggling people from Turkey to Greece (it was Christian Iraqis right at the beginning of sectarian violence). He got 3 years in prison.pr2
    • @pr2 -- prison in greece or turkey?Gnash
    • Hundreds of times throughout history, photos have shown the gravity of tragic situations and caused the world to notice. This isn't any different.mg33
    • sadly, definitely pic of the day.sarahfailin
    • this is so fuckn sad :(GeorgesIV
    • Heartbreaking.Krassy
    • this will definitely be in the next World Press Photo..autoflavour
    • @gnash - Greecepr2
    • pr2? why? what was illegal?yurimon
    • one time during storm they abandoned the boat (before the called in local coast guards). The coast guards rescued the refuges and also their escape boat...pr2
    • ...if the refuges died he would be serving way more then 3 years.pr2
    • That's so fucked up :(Akagiyama

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