My God, it's full of THREAD BOMBS!

That was good. I almost forget MODMAN is behind some curtain somewhere.

 

But...but it was on a blog...

 

I almost wrote that. It just seemed too obvious.

 

Holy shit

 

Genius!!!!

 

Has anyone posted a link to the tapestry creation webbysite yet?
'Cos if they have, here it be again.

 

Here's the collection it came from:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/08olympictorchrelay/pool/page20/

The page of the person who took the photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dead-ro/page9/

And the comments on the photo itself, including one from the person who took the shot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dead-ro/2403957312/

Now, why he'd photoshop that specific picture when he has several others in the same style posted sequentially and clearly has no agenda against the protesters, I don't know. And considering that the shadows covering the lettering line up with those in the background of the picture, and the writing has a distinctly handwritten quality, I'm going for it being real.

There's the possibility of it being a counter-protest sign designed to make the surrounding protesters look like idiots, but that theory is kind of blown out of the water by the fact that the sign has Tibetan prayer flags on it (the tape-like things along the top).

The funny thing is, Berlin was awarded the 1936 Olympic Games in 1931, two years before the Nazis rose to power, so technically the person who made the sign is correct, though obviously not intentionally.

I can confirm however that there were in fact no large yellow letters floating through the air at the time, so those were clearly added after the original shot was taken.

In closing, I'd like to give a hearty "fuck you" to Photoshop, for making me actually search for the Flickr page the original shot came from, and for destroying our faith in basic human stupidity.

 

Alright, perhaps this is a little too subtle for you fellas...

"Would we have allowed Nazi Germany to host the Olympics?"

Yes

 

Thanks for clearing that up Locutus! -You must really have been bored…

But tell me; how does one go about searching for an image -or rather- an original image? -I've been trying that on many different occasions but only been able to find obvious 'fakes' or copies without any mention of who made them originally.

 

You still don't get it.

 

Do YOU get it?

 

[edit] This thread will make a lot more sense if you skip to trekkiedane's post that used to be right above this one. It's right below sobrero'd Bender now.[/edit]

 

^ ...What?

 

Sorry 'bout that

Wrong image; I didn't know how long it would take me to make the right one so I deleted that post. But here it is again (with the right image):