Would you watch a public execution?

No. Unfortunately I've seen (1st hand) people being killed and irrespective of whether or not they were guilty I couldn't actively want to watch it. I haven't been scarred by what I've seen, it's just sobering.
 
I haven't seen someone die before (well, not since I was small)

I'd go and see it. Even if it scared the hell out of me, shook me up, upset me... Still needs to be seen I think. If it does nothing other than highlight death, and the fact that we're so muted to the fact worse things are happening every second around the world, it would be beneficial.
 
_Jimlad_ said:
why on earth would anyone want to watch someone die, even if they deserve is
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Agreed.

trescodrucey said:
I haven't seen someone die before (well, not since I was small)

I'd go and see it. Even if it scared the hell out of me, shook me up, upset me... Still needs to be seen I think. If it does nothing other than highlight death, and the fact that we're so muted to the fact worse things are happening every second around the world, it would be beneficial.
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I kinda see what you're saying. But I think to desensitise people to the death of others is a bit dangerous as it could cause a sort of nonchalance amongst those people towards death of a fellow human being.

I've unfortunately witnessed (from a large distance but close enough to remember the details unfortunately) what a volley of bullets and the devastation shells do. It's truly sobering and strangely surreal, but also actually really quite disturbing and upsetting.
 
it's a difficult balance!
At the moment, most people are blasé about death. You watch the news, how 100 people died in a blast, and you think nothing more.
Perhaps watching one, might make them think a bit more. But, as you say, it could go the other way, and desensitize others
 
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