Libya: The revolution will be Photoshopped

Anti-Gaddafi demonstrations continue in Libya today, amid ever-increasing reports of violent response by pro-government forces. In the photo above, protesters prepare caricatures depicting Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, inside a burnt state security building in Benghazi. (REUTERS/Suhaib Salem)

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C White

My kind of protesting.
Anonymous

One question I see nobody asking is; why do they draw something as simple as caricatures in a complex application as Photoshop. Even Widows Paint might be considered up to that task, and that would have already been installed on the PCs anyway. Maybe they don’t know any application other than Photoshop, implying that they were trained in its use. I’d like to know who trained them.
TEKNA2007

> protesters prepare caricatures depicting Libyan
> dictator Muammar Gaddafi

Gaddafi! Ah waiyv mah pravat parts in ur generahl direcshone!
Prufrock451

Hey! Those copies of Photoshop are clearly licensed to the government of Libya! EULA violation!
Brainspore

That caricature is actually more flattering than any recent photo I’ve seen of Gaddafi.
turn_self_off

Hmm, XP. One would have thought they had upgraded by now.

Still, nice to see a graphics shop without a fruit in sight.