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Three bored teens, from wealthy families, decided they wanted to have memories to look back upon, in their old age. So in the span of a month they murdered 21 people; sometimes attending their funerals. They ended up video taping the tortures with cell phones. One of the gruesome videos is making its way around the Internet.
It seems most news agencies are not touching the story, while websites which cater to shocking and offensive material have be linking the video. An Internet domain name, related to the incident, has been registered (anonymously) and is selling advertising space.
So there are a lot of issues one could talk about:
1) with so many people having easy access to video making and distribution, we're starting to see many images which were once censored (in one form or another)
2) which forms of censorship will develop to counter the flood of these images?
3) should there be more censorship on the Internet?
4) obviously there's money to be made, but is there some innate human desire to share horrible things we have seen?
5) do people "enjoy" watching these videos because they have never witnessed first hand a human suffering and bodies broken?
6) even though I haven't provided any links, am I guilty of doing my part in encouraging copy cats, but mentioning this story? should I self-censor?
In regards to #6, my strongest urge was to share what I found. I think I added the six intellectual questions as a cover for my initial desire.
[this event didn't occur in the U.S.]
It seems most news agencies are not touching the story, while websites which cater to shocking and offensive material have be linking the video. An Internet domain name, related to the incident, has been registered (anonymously) and is selling advertising space.
So there are a lot of issues one could talk about:
1) with so many people having easy access to video making and distribution, we're starting to see many images which were once censored (in one form or another)
2) which forms of censorship will develop to counter the flood of these images?
3) should there be more censorship on the Internet?
4) obviously there's money to be made, but is there some innate human desire to share horrible things we have seen?
5) do people "enjoy" watching these videos because they have never witnessed first hand a human suffering and bodies broken?
6) even though I haven't provided any links, am I guilty of doing my part in encouraging copy cats, but mentioning this story? should I self-censor?
In regards to #6, my strongest urge was to share what I found. I think I added the six intellectual questions as a cover for my initial desire.
[this event didn't occur in the U.S.]
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