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I consider suicide extremely sad, and would not feel particularly inclined to watch the video. Why are we even thinking about censorship in this hypothetical sc
by pjscott 15y ago
I consider suicide extremely sad, and would not feel particularly inclined to watch the video. Why are we even thinking about censorship in this hypothetical scenario? What good would censoring the video do?
Put a warning on it saying that it's NSFL, maybe run a free banner ad next to it for a suicide prevention hotline. Those things are reasonable, productive responses. Censorship of the video would be as symbolic as waving a flag, and about as useful.
- BadCookie 15y agoIt is not just a hypothetical. See http://news.cnet.com/report-teen-commits-suicide-on-justin-tv/ http://news.cnet.com/report-teen-commits-suicide-on-justin-t... Censoring the video may actually have prevented the suicide, because viewers were egging him on. It's hard to know.