Hunger

[donnashuggy]

My favourite pic today

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[raptor_rebooted]

interesting that you did not highlight this part:

The troubles started on March 11. Carter was covering the unsuccessful invasion of Bophuthatswana by white right-wing vigilantes intent on propping up a black homeland, a showcase of apartheid. Carter found himself just feet away from the summary execution of right-wingers by a black "Bop" policeman. "Lying in the middle of the gunfight," he said, "I was wondering about which millisecond next I was going to die, about putting something on film they could use as my last picture."

His pictures would eventually be splashed across front pages around the world, but he came away from the scene in a funk. First, there was the horror of having witnessed murder. Perhaps as importantly, while a few colleagues had framed the scene perfectly, Carter was reloading his camera with film just as the executions took place. "I knew I had missed this f--- shot," he said subsequently. "I drank a bottle of bourbon that night."

[azureline**]

There you go AM3, check with Julia about how to post.......................

[cherry*135]

Yes, post the whole article and highlight every sentence! That would be useful (not!)

[cherry*135]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

interesting that you did not highlight this part:

The troubles started on March 11. Carter was covering the unsuccessful invasion of Bophuthatswana by white right-wing vigilantes intent on propping up a black homeland, a showcase of apartheid. Carter found himself just feet away from the summary execution of right-wingers by a black "Bop" policeman. "Lying in the middle of the gunfight," he said, "I was wondering about which millisecond next I was going to die, about putting something on film they could use as my last picture."

His pictures would eventually be splashed across front pages around the world, but he came away from the scene in a funk. First, there was the horror of having witnessed murder. Perhaps as importantly, while a few colleagues had framed the scene perfectly, Carter was reloading his camera with film just as the executions took place. "I knew I had missed this f--- shot," he said subsequently. "I drank a bottle of bourbon that night."

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It was included in the C&P... really, clutching at straws now!

[bluecat*dancing]

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@azureline** wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Maybe the sun is over the yardarm earlier in some places.     

Or simply, LOSW.

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Someone did tell me once that they need a few drinks before posting in here.

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Or need a few drinks after posting in here.

[bluecat*dancing]

So, are you saying that those with "personality flaws" cannot live a fulfilling and active life? His line of work definitely contributed to his eventual suicide.

[donnashuggy]

Reached tipping point I would say, that is common with suicide

[raptor_rebooted]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

interesting that you did not highlight this part:

The troubles started on March 11. Carter was covering the unsuccessful invasion of Bophuthatswana by white right-wing vigilantes intent on propping up a black homeland, a showcase of apartheid. Carter found himself just feet away from the summary execution of right-wingers by a black "Bop" policeman. "Lying in the middle of the gunfight," he said, "I was wondering about which millisecond next I was going to die, about putting something on film they could use as my last picture."

His pictures would eventually be splashed across front pages around the world, but he came away from the scene in a funk. First, there was the horror of having witnessed murder. Perhaps as importantly, while a few colleagues had framed the scene perfectly, Carter was reloading his camera with film just as the executions took place. "I knew I had missed this f--- shot," he said subsequently. "I drank a bottle of bourbon that night."

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It was included in the C&P... really, clutching at straws now!

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i will ask again, why did you not highlight it?

[azureline**]

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@bluecat*dancing wrote:

So, are you saying that those with "personality flaws" cannot live a fulfilling and active life? His line of work definitely contributed to his eventual suicide.

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I don't believe anybody could claim to have no personality flaws.

The issue, in this thread, is that his life was very turbulent, his whole life and the choices he made, played a part in in his eventual death.

Alcohol and drugs were a contributing factor as well.

[raptor_rebooted]

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@am*3 wrote:

From the link (and highlighted in my post above)

If there is a paramount lesson to be drawn from Carter's meteoric rise and fall, it is that tragedy does not always have heroic dimensions. "I have always had it all at my feet," read the last words of his suicide note, "but being me just fit up anyway."

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why don't you read the rest of the suicide note

and draw your own conclusion instead of copying

and pasting an article by whom?  

carter's sister wrote a letter of complaint about that

article.

why don't you watch the documentary? see the story

for yourself.  told by family friends and colleagues.