# "We want Porn in Iraq" real or photoshop?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-want-porn-in-iraq-real-or-photoshop/276832>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 27, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-want-porn-in-iraq-real-or-photoshop/276832 "2004-11-27T03:46:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-want-porn-in-iraq-real-or-photoshop/276832/21 "2004-11-28T05:47:46Z")

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> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> Looking specifically at the O and R in “porn” they clearly do not bend where the rest of the paper does. However, the “P” does, which makes me think the sign originally said “We Want Peace in Iraq” or something similar.

Nice call. I opened it in Photoshop, and you can clearly see that between the “N” in PORN and the “I” in IN the space is whited out very poorly and obviously.

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**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-want-porn-in-iraq-real-or-photoshop/276832/22 "2004-11-28T21:12:00Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> Why was your friend’s stepbrother stationed in North Korea? Was he a dirty dirty commie?

South Korea. Must be the commies, infiltrated my keyboard.

He comes home for good January 1. I don’t like him (at all) but I don’t want him dead.

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