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Shock site. A shock site is a website that is intended to be offensive or disturbing to its viewers, though it can also contain elements of humor [1] or evoke (in some viewers) sexual arousal. [2] Shock-oriented websites generally contain material that is pornographic, scatological, racist, antisemitic, sexist, graphically violent, insulting ...
Nanjing Massacre denial is the pseudohistorical claim denying that Imperial Japanese forces murdered hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians in the city of Nanjing during the Second Sino-Japanese War. This is relevant today in Sino-Japanese relations. Most historians accept the findings of the Tokyo tribunal with respect to the ...
Shell shock is a term that originated during World War I to describe the type of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that many soldiers experienced during the war, before PTSD was officially recognized. [2] It is a reaction to the intensity of the bombardment and fighting that produced helplessness, which could manifest as panic, fear, flight ...
Peter ( fl. 1863) (also known as Gordon, or " Whipped Peter ", or " Poor Peter ") was a self-emancipated, formerly enslaved man who was the subject of photographs documenting the extensive scarring of his back from whippings received in slavery. The "scourged back" photo became one of the most widely circulated photos of the abolitionist ...
20 May – "Friday of Azady (freedom)" [ edit] Over 23 people, including 2 boys, were killed by security forces across Syria. Most of the deaths occurred in Homs. For the first time Assyrian Christians joined protests, in which many were arrested. [46] Protesters burned down the Ba'ath Party headquarters in Abu Kamal.
Maria Elisabeth Ender, better known as Mariska Veres ( pronunciation ⓘ; 1 October 1947 – 2 December 2006), was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue. She was known for her sultry voice, eccentric performances, and her striking appearance which featured kohl-rimmed eyes, high cheekbones and long ...
The Tamil Tigers had been waging a full-scale war for an independent state of Tamil Eelam in the North and East of Sri Lanka since 1983. After the failure of the Norwegian mediated peace process in 2006 the Sri Lankan military launched offensives aimed at recapturing territory controlled by the Tamil Tigers.
Adams' photo of the event, titled Saigon Execution, became one of the most famous and influential images of the war, winning him the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography. The photo also came to haunt Adams: "I was getting money for showing one man killing another. Two lives were destroyed, and I was getting paid for it. I was a hero."