April 21, 2011

There were 3 posts published on April 21, 2011 (this is page 1 of 1).

Chris Hondros

I was sad to hear that war photographer Chris Hondros died while covering the fighting in Libya. He took amazing photographs of some of the rawest human events imaginable. I admire journalists who are still willing to go where the action is and bring it back to us. Sometimes that means putting one’s life in danger. It looks like Chris’s luck simply ran out.

I was thinking earlier today that I would’ve probably liked Chris had I met him, but upon reading more about him I realized I might have actually had my chance. Chris was photo editor at the Technician around the time of my week as a Technician photographer. He obviously took his photography more seriously than I did!

Not funny

Dear Facebook friends,

Thanks for thinking of me when you posted that video of some poor soul falling off a table, smashing head-first into an ice-covered lake, or the myriad other unfortunate injuries that occur to people. Though you might think it’s “HILARIOUS!!1!!!!!!!,” I certainly do not and it only makes you look like a callous jackass. I don’t find it funny when people get hurt and you wouldn’t either if the person in question was a friend, family member, or (perhaps one day) you!

Karma is a bitch, y’all. Best not to go there. Show some compassion or one day that poor bastard in the video might be you.

KTHXBYE,
Mark

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