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Originally posted by bhutocracy
I don't think it's a bad thing, if there wasn't a financial imperative it would be harder for these things to be made public.
Why would i want to watch the decapitation video? So that this guy isn't a sound bite.. isn't a 5 second grab on the news.. isn't just another statistic that numbs you to the reality.. It humanises the war-porn and de-videogames it.
if every soldier and every innocent Iraqi's daeth was televised we wouldn't be so easily rushed into going to war and killing far away brown people. I'm not suggesting we do this but I find places like cj to be an invaluable service and I don't begrudge them their money.
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The fact that footage like this is only available on sites like ogrish and cj makes sure the vast majority of the audience consists of those looking for shocking entertainment.
Is the guy still just another soundbite? No, now he's a "cool" vid with a shock value - much like the "faces of death" series and stuff like that.
It doesn't show people the atrocities of war, it shows them something that makes them go "Holy fucking shit!", or maybe "it is hard fucking core" or even "
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Does the war get de-videogamed by stuff like this? I've seen threads on gfy about how "cool" it was to see people get shot to bits in real vids as if they were action movies, and I distinctly remember a thread where everyone pretty much laughed their asses off because of a vid of a woman getting stoned to death.
Really, if people don't get the fact that other people have lives, families, feelings and all that shit, a video of someone getting beheaded won't enlighten them. In fact, I dare say that there is no hope for them whatsoever.