Is this not the saddest, most creepy, patheic thing?
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/08/30/guard_families_cope_in_two_dimensions/
2006-09-29 17:43:29 · 7 answers · asked by answer faerie, V.T., A. M. 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
it's a cardboard cutout to given to military families in place of a flesh and blood parent while they're away serving in Iraq.
2006-09-29 17:50:27 · update #1
I just realized how much like primitive animals we are, longing for comfort in strange infantile ways and so easily distracted from reality. It's like watching a dog nuzzling her pet toy when her entire litter is sold and gone.
2006-09-29 17:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I suppose for some, it is much like having a photograph, only on steroids.
Leave 'em alone. Let them have their flat daddy. If they're happy with it, how does that affect you?
When I was in Korea, my nearly two year old had a photo of me beside her bed. Is that creepy? Pathetic? Sad?
2006-09-30 01:40:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really wish I had a good cynical answer for that, but it's just too bizarre.
But somewhere, someone is making a ton of money from it.
Probably Osama Bin-Laden.
2006-09-30 01:02:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like having a picture of someone. What's sick and pathetic is your thinking. I guess you never missed anyone who is close to you. Unless you are some pathetic loser who has no one.
2006-09-30 10:37:55 · answer #4 · answered by sappergary 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sad and disturbing at the same time.
2006-09-30 01:10:44 · answer #5 · answered by powerofconviction 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you just explain it?
2006-09-30 00:45:53 · answer #6 · answered by GRANNY12GR1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That if freaky.
2006-09-30 00:48:22 · answer #7 · answered by jrnh5150 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋