Winston Churchill's cigar airbrushed from picture!

[Bravo Zulu]

In the well-known original image, Churchill makes a "V" shaped symbol with his fingers – while gripping a cigar in the corner of his mouth.

But in a reproduction of the picture, hanging over the main entrance to a London museum celebrating the wartime leader, he has been made into a non-smoker through the use of image-altering techniques.

"So much for the notion that only communist tyrants airbrushed history."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7828755/Winston-Churchills-cigar-airbrushed-from-picture.html

[Fuzz]

1. Stupid.

[supernova]

2. Why? That WC enjoyed his stogies

is well known. It's not like whoever did it will be altering history.

[Angry Dragon]

4. A picture is worth a thousand words

If it changes nothing then why spend the time to alter the picture??

[blondeatlast]

5. Exactly. I can find no sense to this at all. nt

[snailly]

3. Oh for fucks sake

Ridiculous!

[XemaSab]

6. As a MILITANT nonsmoker I will say this

Churchill with the cigar adds a casual sense of play to the picture; taking it out just makes him look like he had a stroke. x(

[Luminous Animal]

7. Smoking is evil. Car exhaust is a necessity.

[qb]

8. What a shitty photoshop! If you're trying to revise history you should at least get a pro to do it!

:sarcasm: