Comments on: Caption Competition: foreign games… http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/ Conversation, politics and stray insights Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:22:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Picador http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-113074 Picador Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:24:27 +0000 #comment-113074 Johnny Adair slips back into the country unobserved. Johnny Adair slips back into the country unobserved.

]]> By: c me http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112907 c me Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:55:43 +0000 #comment-112907 great pic!! great pic!!

]]> By: laois-marsharab http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112620 laois-marsharab Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:47:16 +0000 #comment-112620 Reflexive action makes 'Canon' fodder a victim of Carl Zeiss lens. Reflexive action makes ‘Canon’ fodder a victim of Carl Zeiss lens.

]]> By: Henry94 http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112576 Henry94 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:29:04 +0000 #comment-112576 In charity we must admit the possibility that he held the placard for a comrade without reading it. In charity we must admit the possibility that he held the placard for a comrade without reading it.

]]> By: Henry94 http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112571 Henry94 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:13:20 +0000 #comment-112571 I made an inquiry to the Press Association and received the following reply "Thank you for your email. The Press Association prides itself on its editorial integrity and has robust rules in place about picture handling. The photographer who took the picture which appeared on The Telegraph web site has supplied me with both that frame, and an adjacent one. Both show the man holding the same banner, and there is no evidence of the image having been tampered with. The picture on the Telegraph website is not a crop of the Indymedia picture you refer to. You will see that the Telegraph picture has a rail at the bottom of the frame: in the Indymedia frame there is a printed banner hung from that rail. I would suggest that between the two pictures being taken, the printed banner was hung on, or removed from, the rail. You will also notice that in the Indymedia picture the sign being held by the person in the Telegraph picture is being held by another person a few feet away. I hope that my comments will provide you with the assurances that you sought, but if I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me again. With best wishes Martin Keene" I made an inquiry to the Press Association and received the following reply

“Thank you for your email.

The Press Association prides itself on its editorial integrity and has robust rules in place about picture handling.

The photographer who took the picture which appeared on The Telegraph web site has supplied me with both that frame, and an adjacent one. Both show the man holding the same banner, and there is no evidence of the image having been tampered with.

The picture on the Telegraph website is not a crop of the Indymedia picture you refer to. You will see that the Telegraph picture has a rail at the bottom of the frame: in the Indymedia frame there is a printed banner hung from that rail.

I would suggest that between the two pictures being taken, the printed banner was hung on, or removed from, the rail.

You will also notice that in the Indymedia picture the sign being held by the person in the Telegraph picture is being held by another person a few feet away.

I hope that my comments will provide you with the assurances that you sought, but if I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me again.

With best wishes

Martin Keene”

]]> By: John McCormack http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112540 John McCormack Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:56:58 +0000 #comment-112540 Typical indymedia stance to say this was photoshopped. They will go to extreme lengths to defend the actions of the working class, no matter how abhorrent. Typical indymedia stance to say this was photoshopped.

They will go to extreme lengths to defend the actions of the working class, no matter how abhorrent.

]]> By: Diluted Orange http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112413 Diluted Orange Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:46:27 +0000 #comment-112413 "Dublin GAA fan objects to Croke Park staging Armagh vs Tyrone Gaelic football final." ...... cue Nationalist pelters for me! “Dublin GAA fan objects to Croke Park staging Armagh vs Tyrone Gaelic football final.”

…… cue Nationalist pelters for me!

]]> By: Diluted Orange http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112408 Diluted Orange Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:41:06 +0000 #comment-112408 " Scottish ptarmigan farmers protest after imports of pheasant meat hit sales" ” Scottish ptarmigan farmers protest after imports of pheasant meat hit sales”

]]> By: Diluted Orange http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112405 Diluted Orange Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:34:36 +0000 #comment-112405 "Scottish "Golf Sale" sign man changes sales pitch after market research shows that Glaswegian thugs prefer using baseball bats, rather than golf clubs, to beat up junkies." “Scottish “Golf Sale” sign man changes sales pitch after market research shows that Glaswegian thugs prefer using baseball bats, rather than golf clubs, to beat up junkies.”

]]> By: Diluted Orange http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112402 Diluted Orange Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:30:45 +0000 #comment-112402 "Republican graffiti artists cruelly target face of extremely pale, rectangular shape-headed Dublin youth." “Republican graffiti artists cruelly target face of extremely pale, rectangular shape-headed Dublin youth.”

]]> By: Diluted Orange http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112401 Diluted Orange Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:29:05 +0000 #comment-112401 " P O'Neill discards balaclava in favour of sign, out of fear of wrecking his new haircut, for latest televised IRA statement." ” P O’Neill discards balaclava in favour of sign, out of fear of wrecking his new haircut, for latest televised IRA statement.”

]]> By: Diluted Orange http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112399 Diluted Orange Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:27:24 +0000 #comment-112399 "Sun reporter attends historic rugby match at Croke Park" “Sun reporter attends historic rugby match at Croke Park”

]]> By: Diluted Orange http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112398 Diluted Orange Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:26:36 +0000 #comment-112398 Irish surgeons hail world's first ever irony by-pass operation a resounding success Irish surgeons hail world’s first ever irony by-pass operation a resounding success

]]> By: Shore Road Resident http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112395 Shore Road Resident Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:19:44 +0000 #comment-112395 Definitely not Photoshopped - Photoshop couldn't have removed the crease from the jersey in Indymedia's claimed 'original' and I don't see how it could alter the lighting as it changes between the two shots. Definitely not Photoshopped – Photoshop couldn’t have removed the crease from the jersey in Indymedia’s claimed ‘original’ and I don’t see how it could alter the lighting as it changes between the two shots.

]]> By: darth rumsfeld http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112387 darth rumsfeld Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:03:18 +0000 #comment-112387 "Lord Ballyedmond hits the campaign trail for the Ulster Unionists" “Lord Ballyedmond hits the campaign trail for the Ulster Unionists”

]]> By: Diluted Orange http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112355 Diluted Orange Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:19:58 +0000 #comment-112355 Blind Celtic fan cruelly exposed to ridicule when asked to hold hurling stick for friend at Croke Park. Blind Celtic fan cruelly exposed to ridicule when asked to hold hurling stick for friend at Croke Park.

]]> By: Bob http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112329 Bob Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:49:44 +0000 #comment-112329 Are they doing a protest for the Wales football match, or is the matter now deemed closed for the time being? Are they doing a protest for the Wales football match, or is the matter now deemed closed for the time being?

]]> By: laois-marsharab http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112323 laois-marsharab Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:35:19 +0000 #comment-112323 Apart from the 82,000+ spectators (participants, more like) who think they were actually at Croke Park, does anyone really know if we witnessed a beautiful, historic sporting occasion ... or we all just transported to a parallel universe for the weekend -- much like the handful of alien protesters from the planet Zog (or wherever) who inspired this little blog from Mick (and Henry)in the first place... ? Apart from the 82,000+ spectators (participants, more like) who think they were actually at Croke Park, does anyone really know if we witnessed a beautiful, historic sporting occasion … or we all just transported to a parallel universe for the weekend — much like the handful of alien protesters from the planet Zog (or wherever) who inspired this little blog from Mick (and Henry)in the first place… ?

]]> By: CaveCanem http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112277 CaveCanem Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:34:15 +0000 #comment-112277 Yeah, I'm with the placard-swopping theory - there was another pic of a guy with about three in his hand so they were obviously sharing them around. And PA is a reputable agency, not in the habit of altering or manipulating news photos as far as I know, except for aesthetic purposes. Yeah, I’m with the placard-swopping theory – there was another pic of a guy with about three in his hand so they were obviously sharing them around.
And PA is a reputable agency, not in the habit of altering or manipulating news photos as far as I know, except for aesthetic purposes.

]]> By: Wilde Rover http://sluggerotoole.com/2007/02/25/caption-competition-foreign-games/comment-page-2/#comment-112271 Wilde Rover Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:55:36 +0000 #comment-112271 “Unless of course ‘Carling man ‘is’ the photoshop - or is that what you meant?” The brilliant science fiction writer Iain M. Banks imagines a future where photos or recordings are inadmissible in court as evidence of anything other than advanced technology. How soon will it be before sluggerites begin to disbelieve any photo that doesn’t suit their viewpoint until a panel of independent experts verifies it hasn’t been “photoshopped/INSERT LATEST SOFTWARE VERB”? Maybe the world has gone mad. “Unless of course ‘Carling man ‘is’ the photoshop – or is that what you meant?”

The brilliant science fiction writer Iain M. Banks imagines a future where photos or recordings are inadmissible in court as evidence of anything other than advanced technology.

How soon will it be before sluggerites begin to disbelieve any photo that doesn’t suit their viewpoint until a panel of independent experts verifies it hasn’t been “photoshopped/INSERT LATEST SOFTWARE VERB”?

Maybe the world has gone mad.

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