27th August 2011, 09:53 AM
...and let us not forget that the airing of such a programme led to the comments from our dear Friend in the Fens about not needing to excavate because of the "availability" of such technology (mentioned on the Radio 4 programme/interview?)
And yes, Kevin, far more profound applications and sadly just as necessary.
What I would say, however, is that if these images are mass graves it does not necessarily mean that they are the result of massacre. One would consider that if you're going to murder people out of hand and bury them, why bother to wrap them first? This certainly wasn't the case with the some of the mass graves in Bosnia Herzegovina or, I believe, Rwanda.
And yes, Kevin, far more profound applications and sadly just as necessary.
What I would say, however, is that if these images are mass graves it does not necessarily mean that they are the result of massacre. One would consider that if you're going to murder people out of hand and bury them, why bother to wrap them first? This certainly wasn't the case with the some of the mass graves in Bosnia Herzegovina or, I believe, Rwanda.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!