# This pic says it all.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017 "2001-09-12T05:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/1 "2001-09-12T05:39:19Z")
[![](http://www.bailbondsupplies.com/chris_only/home_page/home_p1.jpg) ](http://www.bailbondsupplies.com/chris_only/home_page/home_p1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/2 "2001-09-12T05:48:39Z")
Yeah, I’d definitely agree with that. I was on my way to work today, and this older man was driving his car down Johnston Street and he had a gigantic American flag hanging out of his car window, flapping in the breeze. I think that it was probably the most refeshing thing I’ve seen in a long time. I guess that in times like these, we just have to be reminded of the “American Spirit”, no matter how bleak things may look. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/3 "2001-09-12T06:58:10Z")
Oh, man. ---
**Author:** ![Viscera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@Viscera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viscera)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/4 "2001-09-12T07:08:45Z")
Wow, that was probably the longest duration of “chills” I have ever had. Very touching. Vis ---
**Author:** ![caircair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caircair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caircair)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/5 "2001-09-12T15:01:01Z")
Reeder, thank you. I have a “Thought for the Day” whiteboard at work and had been searching for just the perfect quote to express my feelings. This pic says it all, better than words ever could. ---
**Author:** ![evilhanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@evilhanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhanz)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/6 "2001-09-12T16:37:12Z")
That picture is garish and extremely tacky. It is no better than a typical velvet Elvis. A picture like [this one](http://www2.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/images/rubb09122001.jpg) is more suitable. ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/7 "2001-09-12T16:44:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by evilhanz \* > \*\*That picture is garish and extremely tacky. It is no better than a typical velvet Elvis. A picture like [this one](http://www2.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/images/rubb09122001.jpg) is more suitable. \*\* I agree completely. The pic in the OP had more in common with the myriad Dale Earnhardt “memorials” than a dignified tribute to those harmed by real tragedy. The picture in your post is far more appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/8 "2001-09-12T16:57:01Z")
Wish I had a video tape in, but in surfing through the many covereages, I caught one scene of a rescue worker in the street covered in dust, handkerchierf over his nose and mouth, looking at the camera. In his hand was a child’s rag doll. From a child in the building? A momento from someone’s cubicle? That is the moment I lost it. Wish I could have saved that picture. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/9 "2001-09-12T17:27:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by evilhanz \* > \*\*A picture like [this one](http://www2.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/images/rubb09122001.jpg) is more suitable. \*\* The first thing I thought looking at that picture was, “We will overcome.” ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/10 "2001-09-12T18:04:36Z")
What really got me was on all the news stories. A lot of reporters, etc. were broadcasting from across the harbor. It’s a scene we have all seen hundreds of times. The skyling of New York across the water, a few boats in the foreground. . . except the entire area over Manhattan was filled with smoke. This damn familiar picture was ruined now. Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/11 "2001-09-12T18:19:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by evilhanz \* > A picture like [this one](http://www2.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/images/rubb09122001.jpg) is more suitable. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. thank you for posting this pic evil. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/12 "2001-09-12T18:55:35Z")
I agree, the pic linked in the OP is so ridiculously maudlin it would be laughable in any other context. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/13 "2001-09-12T20:27:43Z")
I agree, it’s so true. ---
**Author:** ![Sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@Sasquatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/14 "2001-09-12T20:38:50Z")
This picture really got to me. If anything sums up the spirit of this country, it’s this: [http://www.flavacountry.com/america.jpg](http://www.flavacountry.com/america.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/15 "2001-09-12T23:13:04Z")
I’m moving this to MPSIMS-see you there. ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/16 "2001-09-12T23:23:56Z")
The LA Times this morning had a picture with the Statue of Liberty silouhetted against a background of smoke. I really liked it but when I went back there I couldn’t find it. Rats. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/17 "2001-09-12T23:43:08Z")
Do you mean [this picture](http://a388.g.akamai.net/f/388/21/1d/www.cnn.com/images/0109/top.statue.of.liberty.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/18 "2001-09-12T23:52:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sasquatch! \* > \*\*This picture really got to me. If anything sums up the spirit of this country, it’s this: > > [http://www.flavacountry.com/america.jpg](http://www.flavacountry.com/america.jpg) \*\* Although that picture looks doctored, it got to me. Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![HomeSlice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HomeSlice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomeSlice)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/19 "2001-09-13T00:10:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Francesca \* > \*\* > > Although that picture looks doctored, it got to me. Jesus. \*\* This is the original… [http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=647321&a=5846788&p=54075208&Sequence=0&res](http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=647321&a=5846788&p=54075208&Sequence=0&res) ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017/20 "2001-09-13T00:24:38Z")
Thank you, **Reeder.** And some of the rest of you, yes. You had really good pictures. It was entirely appropriate to post them to this thread. I don’t, however, appreciate the way you presented them. **Reeder’s** picture was entirely appropriate, and I see no need for you to have degraded it. Scotti [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pic-says-it-all/81017.md?page=2)