@wildgrass saidYes:
I heard somewhere that this dude's wife is in this photo but it's not the girl he's kissing! Is that true?
https://nypost.com/2024/03/05/us-news/fascinating-tale-behind-famed-wwii-kiss-photo-from-times-square/
@wildgrass saidYes:
I heard somewhere that this dude's wife is in this photo but it's not the girl he's kissing! Is that true?
@vivify saidVivify, Come on.
You're right. It's an iconic photo that became famous when societal values were less progressive than they are now. We can acknowledge both its historical significance and the moral failing of the sailor in the pic.
Same with slave-owning presidents.
@vivify saidGood thoughts.
It's a bad idea to ban the photo.
I'm all for properly contextualizing such content, like if the public wants to remove statues of confederate generals and put them in a museum where it's clear they were fighting on the side of slaver owners. But banning them from being displayed at all is a bad idea.
Understanding where we've come from as a society is important for moving forward.
@vivify saidIt's the latter, vivify. We found out that not all was kosher because the woman *did* state her true feelings.
That's also a point to consider. Despite contemporary values we have to consider whether his actions were considered immoral at the time. Maybe it was considered a "boys will be boys" kind of act and perhaps she wasn't particularly bothered by the act.
Then again, it's also possible the woman didn't want to sully the man's reputation or the legacy of the event by stating her true feelings on the matter. We'll never truly know.
@cliff-mashburn saidThis is an important passage here:
Yes:
https://nypost.com/2024/03/05/us-news/fascinating-tale-behind-famed-wwii-kiss-photo-from-times-square/
@earl-of-trumps saidHahaha yeah it was fine to molest some random woman in front if your date back in the Olden days
This is an important passage here:
{George Mendonsa, 23, had just come back from the Philippines on leave as a Navy quartermaster and was on a date with Rita Petry, 20, when the pair joined the throngs of thousands flocking to the Crossroads of the World in Manhattan on Aug. 14, 1945, to celebrate V-J, or Victory over Japan, Day."
But as the future husband and wi ...[text shortened]... ll, killing hundreds.[/b]
We cannot properly judge people of that era, under those circumstances.
@divegeester saidRape might look like a great shag in a snapshot moment but it’s not is it
It looked like a great kiss to be fair.
@mott-the-hoople saidAnd you people are hopelessly stupid
😂 you people are hopeless