With these last few posts, I think it's safe to say you already have, at least in my mind.
I find it regrettable how politics and society has become so binary and disappointed in much of the discourse towards this issue. Having originally read your posts as mere trolling, I can see now that it could have been meant as a deeper and more insightful statement. It's hard to tell the trolls from the devils advocates sometimes, especially on a medium like the internet.
The idea about the split photo is something that intrigues me as well. I have a hard time making my mind up as to which would have been the better option. Whether the contrast would have detracted from the emotional shock of it or enhanced it. There's some pretty interesting discussion going on at slate towards this.
The problem with the just boat/mugshot photos is that they have been so ubiquitously used in the coverage of this whole situation. There's not that many pictures floating around that are worth using, and they had already been used repeatedly by other news organizations. I imagine RS wanted to stand out and use a unique photo, or at least one that had been downplayed in the media up to now.
Anyways, I'm glad we didn't have to leave this conversation on a sour note. Have a good one.
