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(2005) I am totally bewildered by the loud protests of those who object to the recent photo in the Sentinel of the eight-month-old little girl fatally injured in last week’s tragic Highway 17 accident. I saw love, concern, and compassion in the picture of the fireman carrying the little victim away from the scene of the tragedy. It was poignant, human, and so sad – but offensive and insensitive? – nonsense. It was a picture of life, and life happens. We should feel comfort in knowing that our police, firemen, and medics are there to help when help is needed and time is of the essence. It is wrong to verbally assault the Sentinel or Nick Lovejoy for capturing a prize-winning picture of life. It is déjà vu all over again.

There will always be those in our midst who are selective in their human concern and compassion. Seeing pictures of graves full of hundreds of murdered innocents in Iraq elicits no public emotion from these critters, but a picture of an injured or possibly dead infant being carried to safety by a caring fireman being offensive blows my mind. Seems like misplaced and misguided political correctness is showing its foolish ugly head yet again.