Joseph HunterE 78th St between 2nd Ave and 3rd AveHeart Three · Location 311 · Drawn June 2003Hover over or select the image to reveal a hidden view.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Download photograph 11Download photograph 12Video podcast0:00266 East 78th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue is a green door.0:07The door prominently displays in contrasting bronze numbering the numbers 266.0:13To the left of this green door is a patch of brick just wide enough to draw a figure.0:19It's underneath a solitary external night lamp and to the left of it is a hip-high brick0:27brick planter with a sprinkling of green vegetation sprouting up from it.0:31This is Joseph Hunter. He was drawn in June of 2003. His drawing is counting 10 people.0:42Terrorism has a simple definition. The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a0:49person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or0:57societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. The war that has been waged1:04on Iraq is legal in some courts and illegal in others. The United States is working from the1:10premise that it is legal. It is using several international law ideas that, if proven,1:16clearly back up our claim. Resolution 1441 and imminent threat are, from what I understand,1:25the two main pillars justifying this war. If in the near future they find the weapons of mass1:30destruction are widely accepted by the people of Iraq, can prove that Iraq was a direct threat to1:36the United States, and can provide intimate details of just how awful and monstrous Saddam,1:41Mr. Face of Evil, has been, then the war will appear more legal. The gray areas between the1:48legalities of the war and the international community make for a precarious situation.1:52situation. The outcome of whether it is legal or not is still up for debate, and that fills me with1:59suspense and dread when I think about it. It is my hope that it will become more clearly defined2:03as legal in the immediate future, because if it doesn't, the situation ends in an awful bit of2:09irony. Waging the war and occupying Iraq will read like the definition of terrorism itself.2:16He was probably the most revered member of our department. It wasn't just that Hunter was six2:22and stunningly handsome that attracted people to him. The young bachelor always2:27drew lively crowds when bartending in Rockville Center and Long Beach on the2:31weekends. A developmentally disabled man had become one of the firefighters fans2:36and would come every Saturday night to take his place among the crowd gathered2:40at the bar. Hunter took him under his wing and God forbid anybody picked on2:45the man.← Location 310Heart Three · Location 311Location 312 →
