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kpete

(71,984 posts) Mon Jul 23, 2012, 04:34 PM Jul 2012

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Joe Paterno's "Legacy" In One Pic

The scars remain.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/23/1112832/-JoePa-Legacy-in-a-single-photo
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/joe-paterno-statue-penn-state_n_1694899.html

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Joe Paterno's "Legacy" In One Pic (Original Post) kpete Jul 2012 OP

Hiroshima comes to mind.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #1

Wow! More powerful than the original art that was there. I hope they leave it just like that nt riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #2

you and me both. It's intense. I love it... CTyankee Jul 2012 #3

I love that its shadowy and grubby looking. That you can see clearly there are missing "pieces" riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #4

sad...vaporized spanone Jul 2012 #5

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

1. Hiroshima comes to mind..

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 04:38 PM

Jul 2012

The shadows of people cast by the bomb light..

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)

2. Wow! More powerful than the original art that was there. I hope they leave it just like that nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 04:41 PM

Jul 2012

CTyankee

(63,903 posts)

3. you and me both. It's intense. I love it...

Reply to riderinthestorm (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 04:48 PM

Jul 2012

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)

4. I love that its shadowy and grubby looking. That you can see clearly there are missing "pieces"

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 09:31 PM

Jul 2012

its almost the most perfect piece of "art" - the art that's left - as an analogy to the Penn State case that I've seen.

spanone

(135,823 posts)

5. sad...vaporized

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 09:34 PM

Jul 2012

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