Do Digital Photos Endanger History?

Ant writes "Experienced photographer Jayne West wrote her degree dissertation on the historical impact of digital capture. She argues that the use of digital photography in news reporting means we could lose a valuable pictorial record of history." Much of her argument seems weak to me (precisely because digital photography allows the instant culling West talks about). The digital storage itself, though, perhaps ought to make us nervous.

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Veganism and limitations

[No Such Agency]

Obviously any activity you engage in (modern or primitive) probably has animal-killing involved somewhere down the line. Walking down the street probably involves stepping on a lot of tiny bugs, after all. Washing yourself kills numerous tiny bugs that reside on your skin. Veganism is about avoiding harm or exploitation of animals, but of course you can't have zero impact on the world no matter how hard you try. From Everything2.org:

Veganism may be defined as a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as possible and practical, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose.

"As far as possible and practical". Anti-Vegans love to bait Vegans by looking far enough "down the line" to find some fault in their behaviour, but this is not a productive mode of criticism. After all, at least they're trying.