Multiple deaths, including children, at Connecticut school shooting

Yes, by all means let's demand the photos to satisfy our own emotional needs.

 

Did I "demand" them?

I said if they were available, I'd be interested in seeing them. As a journalist. As a citizen. As a parent. As a human being. I think I tried to articulate all of those, in response to Ruckus's inquiries, which were well-worded and fair.

I say this with no rancor and no heatedness, but you need to hear it: The next productive post you make will be your first.

 

Your emotional experience. Your duty as a citizen. Your connection.

Why don't you call the parents directly? Demand the Dick Whitman Experience.

 

The next productive post ...

 

Hey, as long as you save that last one, no worries.

 

Huh?

You outsourcing your posts to dog eat dog?

 

It's a really interesting question.

If images like the ones under discussion aren't influential, why do governments censor combat photos in time of war on the assumption that they weaken civilian resolve?

 

I don't think so, either. This is not a case in which the two sides have different goals. They have the same goal: Reducing violence. They merely have different ideas about how to achieve this. It's not the same as, say, war, which some romanticized, at least in the pre-Vietnam days. People then NEEDED to see what the battle field was actually like.

 

Ouch.

 

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) today said we would have won Vietnam if we'd seen it through.

 

I think they should release the Sandy Hook shooting pictures right after they release the pictures of bin Laden's body, post-raid. I should think both have substantial editorial value, wouldn't you say?

 

Depends how you define the two sides. There may be individuals on the anti-gun control side who want to reduce violence, but the NRA? Their only goal is selling more guns.