Well I think that snuff films classify as murder (people killed for the sake of the camera) and therefore should be banned because of that, I don't think content like that should be legal or legalized. I am referring more to the common violent content shared on the internet which involves horrific deaths that happen to be recorded on camera spontaneously out of coincidence.
I agree that it makes sense for the government to give an option to people as to whether, in the event of their death being recorded on camera, they would want the videos taken down for privacy's sake. The decision should be in the hands of the citizen and their family, not the government.
To the in-effective altruists I will say that they are mad for considering the opinions of their fanfiction omnissiah 9000 gorillion years in a future that only exists in their imagination more important than... solving world hunger.
By banning I mean hunt down the murderers who profit from their killings and shut down the site permanently. I do not agree that all government regulation is futile, for instance, the manufacture of nuclear weapons should be banned wholesale by any government (unless the BETA invade or something).
Furthermore, in my view, a video which coincidentally captures a violent death is a sincere snapshot of reality at the time and it in itself is neither good nor bad. However, I do acknowledge that there are sick fucks (e.g. les francais) who use free speech as an excuse to get a rise out of mocking and belittling the victims of a tragedy through such videos. The issue I see with banning the videos themselves is that the bullies will remain bullies and move on to something else. After all they are the products of a capitalist society where human life and death is cheap.
Rather I think it would be better to ban the behaviour, as in allow the archival of gore away from sites where people can be accidentally traumatized by stumbling upon it, presented with sobriety without a comment section. The best strategy would be to build a world such that human life is treasured and everyone is taken care of, reducing levels of sick fuckery.
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Well I think that snuff films classify as murder (people killed for the sake of the camera) and therefore should be banned because of that, I don't think content like that should be legal or legalized. I am referring more to the common violent content shared on the internet which involves horrific deaths that happen to be recorded on camera spontaneously out of coincidence.
I agree that it makes sense for the government to give an option to people as to whether, in the event of their death being recorded on camera, they would want the videos taken down for privacy's sake. The decision should be in the hands of the citizen and their family, not the government.
To the in-effective altruists I will say that they are mad for considering the opinions of their fanfiction omnissiah 9000 gorillion years in a future that only exists in their imagination more important than... solving world hunger.
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By banning I mean hunt down the murderers who profit from their killings and shut down the site permanently. I do not agree that all government regulation is futile, for instance, the manufacture of nuclear weapons should be banned wholesale by any government (unless the BETA invade or something).
Furthermore, in my view, a video which coincidentally captures a violent death is a sincere snapshot of reality at the time and it in itself is neither good nor bad. However, I do acknowledge that there are sick fucks (e.g. les francais) who use free speech as an excuse to get a rise out of mocking and belittling the victims of a tragedy through such videos. The issue I see with banning the videos themselves is that the bullies will remain bullies and move on to something else. After all they are the products of a capitalist society where human life and death is cheap.
Rather I think it would be better to ban the behaviour, as in allow the archival of gore away from sites where people can be accidentally traumatized by stumbling upon it, presented with sobriety without a comment section. The best strategy would be to build a world such that human life is treasured and everyone is taken care of, reducing levels of sick fuckery.
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