+555 There are so many pictures of children starving, just so we can donate money. Some are even close to death. What I'm wondering is why the photographer didn't give them any food. amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Even if the photographer gave the starving child food that would be just one day, you're not taking into account the rest of its life.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

it?!?!?!?! ooh hell no

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yeah i was gonna say

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I hope you're joking haha.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well, you can't say "he or she" because that sounds weird, and you can't say he because the statement also refers to girls, so they decided to go with "it". chill.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"it" refers to an animal, so they are basically dehumanizing them a "they" or "them" would have been fine

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"it" can refer to many things, animals, inanimate objects, or, in this case, a group of mix gendered humans. "they" would be grammatically incorrect when referring to a singular person that may be male or female, when it's not specified, according to my English teacher.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It- refers to a nonhuman, animal, plant, or inanimate thing, example : it looks dangerous ; give it a bone. so yeah like I stated above^ dehumanization and saying that these poor people are not people just because they didn't have the same privileges we have.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well, "they" is grammatically incorrect, "it" is grammatically incorrect, what's grammatically correct then?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because surely once you eat a hamburger or two you revive suddenly to the average weight with no ribs showing and a healthy smile on your face.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They probably say "If you let us take a picture of you looking miserable, you can have this hamburger." D:

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've always wondered that exact same thing!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They probably do help...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How do you know they don't feed him/her? I think they probably bring food along with them.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I read once that when the photographers visit a third-world country, they have promise not to interfere with the lives of anyone, whether they are starving or not. And in some cases, if you give an extremely malnourished person the wrong food, you can make their condition worse. But I do agree they could help, by donating the money that goes towards the trip to go photograph these people, or help them get to one of those places (I forget what they're called) so they can get back on their proper diet.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Or they could at least give them the camera, it's gotta have some kind of nutrients in it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

''Stand there, look sad and depressing, and let me take pictures and videos of you, so maybe someone will give you food''

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1385/1016152029_42a69f11ea.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/alex978/1016152029/&usg=__lIsXvVlyAXW3_x9g_RXpFA_3c1Q=&h=321&w=500&sz=123&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&tbnid=bsJ_NMMwRxWU0M:&tbnh=83&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchild%2Bby%2Bvulture%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1283%26bih%3D606%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1 This image by Kevin Carter is infamous for asking the same question about why the photographer doesn't feed the children. Like anonymous said, photographers in places with war, poverty, and disease are not allowed to interfere on anyone's lives there.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They aren't allowed to interfere with what they photograph. Its not that they're heartless or anything. One man committed suicide after taking a photo of a starving child because he couldn't have saved him...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How do you know they don't feed the starving? What are they suppose to do? Take a picture of themselves giving food to them? Moron.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Without those pictures no one who isn't living around situations like that would have a clue what is going on.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wow, it's getting really hard to find something on the internet that DOESN'T offend someone. Also, you're all right, in your own twisted little imaginations.

by Anonymous 13 years ago