nausea November 29, 2007
Posted by ocmpoma in : society , trackback A post title over at FP Passport: “YouTube shuts off Egyptian blogger’s torture videos”.
The reason offered, of course, is that the content was “inappropriate”. I assume, having not seen any of them, that the videos featured some very graphic, violent content. I’m sure that someone — perhaps many people — out there was rather disgusted.
But I’d rather that many people be rendered nauseous watching video of “a police officer binding and sodomizing an Egyptian bus driver” than anyone be rendered so by having to read about someone who is trying to put such content out there in order to fight the activities being recorded having their access shut down.
Are there other sites that would be willing to host those videos? I’m sure there are. Is it YouTube’s fault that the activist lost his videos? No.
Am I disgusted that people are willing to let the offense taken by someone — anyone — dictate to everyone else what should and shouldn’t be out there to watch? Nauseating.
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