De Sade / Depleted Uranium

I refused to visit hospitals. Consciously I believed it was because I refused to engage in war pornography. But on sleepless nights when the clarity of purpose gives way to other motives and illuminations, I thought I had seen the real reason: the pain of seeing bodies mutated by depleted uranium shells left in the first gulf war was too much to bear.
Just today the New York Times reported dangerously high levels of radiation around Baghdad. Bodies reshaped by munitions made from the scrap material of nuclear power plants (used because the metal is denser than un-radiated metal, and also because the metal explodes on contact at a high velocity). What would Sade say?
I did not take this photo. It was a picture used by Damacio Lopez, director of IDUST (International Depleted Uranium Study Team) for his presentation at the United Nations Developmental Program in Baghdad. I helped him with his powerpoint presentation. Yes, I did powerpoint for peace.

	Marquis De Sade and Depleted Uranium
	The hope is always that the pain inflicted upon the body will yield new insights and pleasures that will teach us to outgrow our madness. Back
	I refused to visit hospitals. Consciously I believed it was because I refused to engage in war pornography. But on sleepless nights when the clarity of purpose gives way to other motives and illuminations, I thought I had seen the real reason: the pain of seeing bodies mutated by depleted uranium shells left in the first gulf war was too much to bear. Just today the New York Times reported dangerously high levels of radiation around Baghdad. Bodies reshaped by munitions made from the scrap material of nuclear power plants (used because the metal is denser than un-radiated metal, and also because the metal explodes on contact at a high velocity). What would Sade say? I did not take this photo. It was a picture used by Damacio Lopez, director of IDUST (International Depleted Uranium Study Team) for his presentation at the United Nations Developmental Program in Baghdad. I helped him with his powerpoint presentation. Yes, I did powerpoint for peace.