This morning's segment on photos of the war dead with Harold Evans and the L.A. Times' James Rainey struck a chord with many listeners. Here are some of the emails we received:

Let's put a more subjective face on this problem of photographing and printing pictures of war dead. Should my son be killed in action, (planes do go down) I would hate to see pictures of my son splashed all over the newspapers and other printed media. On the other hand I would still like the world to see his sacrifice and the great inhumanity of war. -- "A Conflicted Mother of Naval Flight Officer"

I am opposed to the Iraq War. I force myself to watch the photos of the American soldiers who have died in the war shown on the PBS Newshour. These are portrait photos, most in uniform, some graduation pictures, some in civilian clothes. I do this because I believe I must face the costs of the war for our troops and our nation. -- L.G.

I can't believe that one of your guests actually said that Americans don't want to see the violent photos: (a) three quarters of the tv lineup ---both network and cable--- is composed of violence like murders, recreations of murders, drug violence, home violence, etc. etc. -- V.

What do you think? Email us.

Sydney Schanburg, in a recent Village Voice Press Clips column, advocated showing photos of the war dead and the Village Voice, as James Rainey mentioned, published several photos with the column.

Posted by leboheme at 12:10 PM