You know that "what has been seen cannot be unseen" meme, well have you ever

Yas786 · 17 Mar 2012 at 14:04

Tefal said:
because the country doesn't have the death penalty.

Ahhh ok, didnt know that...all i read is that they received life sentences or something to that effect.

Tefal · 17 Mar 2012 at 14:05

not sure if they got hard labour alongside those life sentences though, as iirc they still ahve that.

Yamahahahahaha · 17 Mar 2012 at 14:08

Slightly tangential to this topic:

On foreign news channels (Al-Jazeera etc.) they show the aftermath of events. Suicide bombings with body parts still visibly scattered around the streets and such. It is obviously a more accurate and real depiction of events, instead of some talking head going on about the bodycount and death toll, which are essentially meaningless without a frame of reference.

Does anyone else think our media's choices to not show this kind of footage is naive and Victorian?

Tefal · 17 Mar 2012 at 14:09

Not really, what do you gain from showing it?

Gammawolf · 17 Mar 2012 at 14:10

decmatt · 17 Mar 2012 at 14:11

kwerk said:
Well it's no going to stop it from happening if it's illegal so what would that law accomplish? Mexican drug cartels are going to stop posting videos? "oh wait carlos, snuff videos are illegal in the UK we better not".

Like someone else said if CP was legal you'd have a ton more of it because people would pay money for it.

I suppose it would then have the grey area of why is JFK assassination legal but others arn't...

Yamahahahahaha · 17 Mar 2012 at 14:47

Tefal said:
Not really, what do you gain from showing it?

The sense of not infantilising serious news?

Tefal · 17 Mar 2012 at 14:50

Yamahahahahaha said:
The sense of not infantilising serious news?

not really, showing the gore is just a way of trying to sensationalise it for mass market appeal.