# Thread with photograph of child in aftermath of Nagasaki

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**Created:** [August 16, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-photograph-of-child-in-aftermath-of-nagasaki/918272 "2020-08-16T18:56:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-photograph-of-child-in-aftermath-of-nagasaki/918272/17 "2020-08-19T16:50:42Z")

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> [@This photo and description may be the saddest thing I have ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-photo-and-description-may-be-the-saddest-thing-i-have-ever-seen/918174/37):
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> > [@Alessan](#):
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> > CS is a discussion forum, and what’s there to discuss about the photo other than its context?
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> That’s been addressed in the thread itself.
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> > [@This photo and description may be the saddest thing I have ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-photo-and-description-may-be-the-saddest-thing-i-have-ever-seen/918174/37):
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> > you could analyze the photo, or the description which IMO is itself a powerful piece of writing. Or post similar photos that have moved you. Or connect it to works of literature or film about similar incidents.

Except if you do that (post similar photos), the OP gets sarcastic, and also calls you hostile.

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