EID: Chapter 14

Our position in the world shape us to over-analyze certain situations and events to the point where it can burst into a huge story.  We live in a society that heavily criticizes people for certain actions.  For example, the article about the bank clerk who took a snapshot of the controversial photo during the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing back in April 1995.  The pictured showed a fireman cradling a presumably deceased infant in his arms with a feeling of compassion.  The photograph was ultimately sold to the Associated Press and streamed across the world.  Many people disagreed that the photo should have been on the front cover of newspapers.  The irony of the situation is the man was not a professional photographer.  He took the picture with a cheap, disposable camera and developed the picture at a local conveninent shop.  He never believed his photo would become circulated throughout the entire world and spark a huge debate on whether or not the snapshot of the presumably deceased infant was humane.  Our world has shaped us to think about certain issues as an issue toward humanity.