Some of the horrific things I've seen on sites like 4Chan are IMO one of the reasons I'm so empathic and concerned about stuff like this. A few months ago now I

Some of the horrific things I've seen on sites like 4Chan are IMO one of the reasons I'm so empathic and concerned about stuff like this. A few months ago now I saw a really horrific murder there and it messed me up for weeks. I was visibly distant that night I watch it and my girlfriend asked me what was wrong. When I tried to explain I realised there were just no words I could use to invoke a similar emotional response or concern about what occurred. The 9/11 attacks were awful, but I think part of the reason there was such a strong emotional response was simply because for the most part the media showed us exactly what happened. We saw people dead and others desperately trying to escape. We saw the sacrifices emergency responders had to make. We heard from the heartbroken parents who would never see their child again... So yeah, I think you're right, and I'd even go further to say I think it's probably a duty to watch content like this and does us a disservice when the media sanitises terror attacks (such as the ones which have happened in Europe more recently) when they report on them. As awful as it sounds you need to see parents looking at their now deceased and blooded child to even begin to understand the unbelievable suffering involved in these events. Whenever someone says to me something like "terror attacks aren't a big problems, it's just x number of deaths" you know they're saying that because they're getting sanitised information from the media because that isn't a possible any feeling human could have if they saw the suffering involved. I know a similar unemotional rationales are used in support of drone strikes, and I accept the arguments for against their use are complex, but at the very least there needs to be far more caution and accountability. If there is one thing videos of drone strikes have shown me is that there is currently a total disregard for the loss of innocent human lives by people who know there will be zero consequences for their actions.