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  Stu

  2 years ago

  I think it *is* pretty creepy / unsavory that someone would want to watch it. You like snuff films, too?
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  Mathew

  2 years ago

  Did you watch it, Stu?
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  Nav

  2 years ago

  I think I'd disagree with you here Mathew. One of the most difficult aspects of the mass dissemination of media that the internet allows is the disjunct that occurs between images and that to which they refer when there is a lack of context. This video is, on one hand, simply a car crashing and, if played out in a movie, might be almost entertaining. On another, it is the filmic representation of someone dying. While one can obviously divorce the two if one wants, I don't think it's something we should encourage, at least devoid of explicit contextualisation. I understand that censorship is a difficult issue - one that I cannot claim to 'get' completely - but I don't see how the distribution of this video achieves anything more fostering than a morbid sort of voyeurism that puts up yet another comfortable wall between the viewer and others' pain and suffering.
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  Mathew

  2 years ago

  That's a fair point, Nav -- and I don't want to appear callous or unfeeling. But with a couple of exceptions, most of the sites the video was on mentioned that someone had died (which I think was relatively obvious). So I'm not sure how the video differs from watching the aftermath of a car accident or other crime on the news.
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  Stu

  2 years ago

  No, I didn't watch it. I get no gratification out of watching someone die. If I go in some gruesome way, I hope there are people out there who respect my earlier wishes or family wishes to not have it blasted all over the airwaves. Didn't see a compelling public interest in the desire of some to gawk over the autopsy photos of the guy who died racing in NASCAR a few years back, either.
  
  And yeah, I do find being titillated over watching someone die to be extremely unsavory.
  
  P.S. I can't stand rubberneckers. If you hear someone honking at you the next time you slow freeway traffic down to 15 mph while I'm running late for work just because you're looking for some blood, well that's probably me and just be glad that you didn't get put in the ditch as well.
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  Mathew

  2 years ago

  Fair enough, Stu. I didn't get any "gratification" out of watching it, nor did I find it titillating in any way. It's simple human curiosity.
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  kampanye pemilu damai

  6 months ago

  i can't watch the video. My internet connection is so slow.
  whereas, i want to watch it.
  
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  memulai bisnis online

  6 months ago

  unfortunately i can't watch the video because of my connection speed.
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