Posted by Cidsa at mnet-baca244-27-161.monarch.net on May 22, 2002 at 22:23:53:
In Reply to: What canYOU deal with seeing? posted by adamapple on May 22, 2002 at 22:18:33:
It is. Rotten.com was basically born because someone had the domain and needed something. Eventually it became a freedom of speech thing.
Sure it's incredibly sick and oftentimes incredibly gory, but the sad truth is that these things *do* happen.
Now I don't entirely agree with morgue photos and such being posted on the internet, but they do show you what happens in the world. It also shows everyone the reality of killing and gore and violence. I mean, one can handle it in a movie or video game because it's *not real*, but for a lot of people, when they see something *real* like that..well, they don't think it's cool anymore.
I stay away from that site usually because I can't handle it. I do know people who go there to look at it because they think the gore is *cool*. I doubt many people would think the same thing if they saw it directly.
Many people have tried to take the site down, but doing so would go against free speech and such. It's a really touchy subject.
Bottomline I guess is, if you don't like it or can't handle it, don't look.
~Cidsa
When have the *really* gone too far?