Standing up for what you believe in

pauldun170 · 06-09-2009, 01:43 PM

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...le-on-history/

shmike · 06-09-2009, 02:35 PM

Very cool.

I think the fact that it was released 20 years later adds something extra, I can't find the right word though...

HurricaneHeather · 06-09-2009, 02:42 PM

I guess maybe I am too young to know who the 'tank man' is?

shmike · 06-09-2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

I guess maybe I am too young to know who the 'tank man' is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananm...otests_of_1989

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man

Papa_Complex · 06-09-2009, 02:53 PM

There's a video and series of pictures that were taken during the student protests in Tiananmen Square that became very famous, in part because no one seemed to know who "tank man" was at the time. No one knew if he was alive or dead. The images showed a lone man, holding up his hand, in front of a tank. The tank commander wouldn't run him down and "tank man" didn't back down, so one lone man held back the tanks for no one knows how long.

Trip · 06-09-2009, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

There's a video and series of pictures that were taken during the student protests in Tiananmen Square that became very famous, in part because no one seemed to know who "tank man" was at the time. No one knew if he was alive or dead. The images showed a lone man, holding up his hand, in front of a tank. The tank commander wouldn't run him down and "tank man" didn't back down, so one lone man held back the tanks for no one knows how long.

They know how long, you just said they had video. Some bystanders or secret police in plain clothes took him away into the crowd. Here is a decent google vid on the protests.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...FonKqgK-_52WCg

Papa_Complex · 06-09-2009, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

They know how long, you just said they had video. Some bystanders or secret police in plain clothes took him away into the crowd. Here is a decent google vid on the protests.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...FonKqgK-_52WCg

Just going by what I remembered from the time.

Particle Man · 06-09-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

I guess maybe I am too young to know who the 'tank man' is?

more amazing is that people in China don't know either

HurricaneHeather · 06-09-2009, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

more amazing is that people in China don't know either

Yeah I was just reading that anything about this is banned in China....

Very interesting. I never knew anything about any of this. Thanks for the Wiki link.

LeeNetworX · 06-09-2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by shmike

Very cool.

I think the fact that it was released 20 years later adds something extra, I can't find the right word though...

Significant reminiscence?

06-09-2009, 02:35 PM	#2
shmike Follower Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,549	Very cool. I think the fact that it was released 20 years later adds something extra, I can't find the right word though...

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HurricaneHeather AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Moto: '98 Honda Fireblade Posts: 3,696	I guess maybe I am too young to know who the 'tank man' is?