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real vs. doctored G8 shooting photo

hal9000 | 25.07.2001 09:31

The real photo of Carlo Giuliani, the murdered G8 protester, vs. the doctored "Italy" photo.

real vs. doctored G8 shooting photo

I realize this is a morbid subject, but for the sake of clarity, I felt I should bring this to people's attention.

There is a doctored photo of the shot Genoa protester, Carlo Giuliani, making its way around the web and on IMC. This in itself is not necessarily bad. But some people have mistaken the doctored "Italy" photo for the real one.

Recognize this doctored photo! The bloodstain in the doctored photo is shaped like the country of Italy. I will leave others free to speculate and analyze the meaning of the Italy bloodstain; that is not the point of this article.

The point is: If you are going to post the photo of this murder somewhere on the web, use the real photo. And make sure to recognize that the "Italy" photo is doctored.

hal9000

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Where is it

25.07.2001 10:16

This is very important. All I see is a broken image link. Please could someone repost the image or publish a link to it if it exists elsewhere on the internet.

Someone

The photo is here

25.07.2001 10:32

The URL got mangled is all.

Try:-

http://images.indymedia.org/imc/uk/real_vs_doctored.gif

This is indeed a very sick society where the 'upholders of law and order' are the root cause of most of the violence and disorder. I am very sorry for Carlo's parents having to deal with the senseless death of a dearly loved son and a martyr in the making. Perhaps there's some local politics we are not aware of behind this?

'What is gained by violence must be lost before superior violence.' - Mahatma Gandhi

http://mkgandhi.org/epigrams/v.htm#Violence

mango
Homepage: http://www.environment.org.uk/activist/

Masking tape

25.07.2001 12:14

Does anyone know why the body of Carlo Giuliani has what looks like a roll of masking tape around his arm?

I can see he was wearing this thing during the attack on the Carabinieri Jeep (according to reuters photos)... but why? Is there a reason for this or is it just a thing he found in the street?

anyone????

dgb

real vs doctored image of Carlo Guiliani

25.07.2001 13:24

have tried to get a look at the real vs doctored images but links are broken can you please sort this out - it's important

lesley
mail e-mail: lesley@lowtech.org
Homepage: http://access.lowtech.org/freepeople

repaired the link

25.07.2001 14:30

probably corrupted as the techteam had to resort to improvisation with load sharing code since fri/sat when the servers were under heavy strain from all the demand. but there are still a few bugs to be ironed out, so bear with us.

webcrew
mail e-mail: webcrew@indymedia.org.uk

Well Seen

25.07.2001 21:00

Thanks for putting this out perhaps there r more ppl like me who in all this confusion of looking for pics, reading text and downlowding didn´t realize about this detail, thats explains why i could find the doted pic when looking for it....

Machinatio

doctored picture

25.07.2001 21:13

i cant accept this as a simple technical glitch. if it is its of the same nature as a virtual crop circle or glyph created by forces out there.or perhaps its an image created by italian establishment nationalist satanists for use in their rituals. the very same people who created the riots?
wierd!

scud
mail e-mail: billygoatplum@aol.com

doctored picture 2

25.07.2001 21:38

actually - looking at the real image, i can see in the blood trail a masked face with a bullet entering just below the nose. and underneath a distorted image of a machine gun.
even weirder.
perhaps this is just morbid inkblot stuff
sorrows go out to the family and fiends

scud

doctored image 2

25.07.2001 21:51

have tried to put this on once, but it didnt appear so sorry if it turns out to be a repeat.
the real photo contains in the blood trail what appears to be a masked face with a bullet about to enter just at the base of the nose.
underneath a distorted image of a machine gun.
this may all be a rorscharch kind of thing
sympathies and love to families and friends