What has this world come to when Tibetan Buddist Monks are considering taking a cue from Middle Eastern extremist suicide bombers in order to retain their land and religious freedom? I just finished reading this article in Rolling Stone, I hope you will read it too.

It's just another stain of blood on our American hands. As if we are not already drowning in the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women and children, let alone our own who we deny proper health care. America supports billions in trade with China, one of, if not the top violator of Human Rights in the world. How is this fucking possible that we support trade with a country who's government allows nuns to be raped with electric prods by police?

Blood on your hands every day that you shop at Old Navy and Wal Mart, blood on your hands each day that goes by that you do not step up and Vote. Blood on our hands each day that goes by that we do not pressure our Senators and Representatives.

Blood on our hands that we will pass to our children and their children until we have all become violent and selfish and extinct.

Amy V. Cooper photos of Evanescence were taken on location in Montreal on January 3rd, 2007. Here is one of the shots chosen for publicity circulation.

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Portraits of Deftones and Chino Moreno December 2006 by Amy V. Cooper

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Amy V. Cooper photos of Chris Cornell were featured in MTV's "Best Photos of 2006"