re: #202 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

You may have a problem with it, but it’s an incredibly rare phenomenon, so we as a society don’t have a problem of it happening.

The problem with not having a death ‘publicized in any way’ is that it also makes it really easy to hide murders and the conditions in which they’re taking place. I agree it can be unseemly, but a sober documentary on lynching which uses photos of lynchings is obviously very different from Stormfront gleefully putting up the same pictures.

It’s not just Stormfront, it’s those who view crime scene photos for the titillation if provides as well. Voyeuristic, even. Such photos are viewed regularly by LE, attorneys, juries, etc. as a case wends itself through the legal system.

A responsible person would take those photos to the appropriate authorities and report the crime, not just splash it all over the internet.

I think an important question does comes up additionally: In viewing such material, do we actually become more informed or just desensitized?