Disturbing..to say the least.

[Kasha]

Well, I was talking to my mom today and she said she had a website I should go to. She said she was listening to the radio in L.A today and whatever she was listening to was talking about the death of Daniel Pearl. I went to the site and I am just horrified. I have seen some really disturbing shit in my day but this right here was just too much. I chose to view it... in a way I am glad that I did..but I feel so awful now.. just really sad and disgusted.

Do ya'll think that the American public should have access to this... (this may have been discussed before but I don't remember seeing it.) I feel so awful for this man's family and think that it must be horrible for them to know that people are able to view his death...I am not sure what to think to be honest... The whole thing makes me very upset and terribly angry.

 

[Baraka]

Do what ???

I have no idea who Daniel Pearl is ... but death on the web - not sure how I feel about that one - it seems to open the question about censorship - what level is the right level !!! ??? !!!

Well, my two cents is that each to their own ... censorship should be handled by the individual - otherwise, sites like this would probably be censored too !

 

[punkrockpoet]

are you talking about that propaganda tape with some radicals killing that american guy?

 

[Guru]

 

[Kasha]

CNN) – Daniel Pearl, the man in that now-famous but frightening image -- the photograph of a reporter with a gun to his head -- was born 38 years ago in Princeton, New Jersey.

Pearl graduated from Stanford University with a degree in communications. Journalism was his calling, and he returned to the Northeast to begin his career.

He joined the Berkshire Eagle, a daily newspaper in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1988, and won an award for a story the following year.

"He was such a sharp kid that you knew he was going places," said Greer Horner, the Eagle's former editor.

Clarence Vanto, managing editor of the Eagle, agreed. "The way he interviewed people and the way he wrote stories made it clear that he was destined for the big leagues," Vanto said.

Pearl proved his bosses right. The Wall Street Journal hired him in 1990. Over the next decade, he would see the world, beginning with the Journal's bureau in Atlanta, Georgia, and then in postings in Washington, London, England, and in Paris, France, where he met his wife, Mariane.

"We are two people who met and fell in love because we have the same ideal, and all my life and all his life and our life together is just a big effort to try to create dialogue between civilizations," she said in a recent interview.

His next stop was Mumbai, India, better known as Bombay. Pearl arrived there in December 2000, and his most recent articles for the Journal had dealt with the increasing tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region.

He was in Karachi, Pakistan, working on a story about the Islamic militant underground when he was kidnapped January 23 by a group calling itself the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. Initially, his captors claimed he was an agent for the CIA, which brought quick denials from federal officials.

"Mr. Pearl is a respected journalist," Richard Boucher, a State Department spokesman, said in an interview in late January. "He has no connection with our government."

Later, his captors claimed Pearl worked for Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. His colleagues at the Journal scoffed; Pearl, they said, was a top-flight journalist, nothing more.

"This is a man who lives for three things," Paul Steiger, the Journal's managing editor, said recently. "He lives for covering stories accurately. He lives for his wife -- they have a wonderful relationship -- and he lives for his unborn child."

The video I am talking about is of him being killed by his captors. So, what I was saying is that while I feel horrible for his family, should the we be able to see this death even though they have asked for it not to be shown?

 

[Guru]

 

[alexandraaah]

Re: Re: Disturbing..to say the least.

Oh no! What would happen if people were allowed to access information that the government didn't approve of? We'd all be... in England! LOL...

Das a goo one, Guru.

 

[Baraka]

Still ... that's what the media's about

Kasha, I seem to believe that Daniel Pearl most likely published information that many would have preferred never saw the light of day ... after all ... publishing via the net is another form of media ????

 

[GuyJD]

I know what you mean. I saw the same video 3 weeks ago on rotten.com (as broadcasted on CNN).

I don't condone such a thing to be viewed by the public. However, it does serve a purpose to the many individuals in this country who feel that the terrorists are the victims and we (the U.S.) are the enemies. Maybe they can appreciate the freedom that we have.

 

[penguindance]

Re: Still ... that's what the media's about

 

[Baraka]

I can see we're gonna get along well Pretty !

No, it doesn't mean that killing is right, but it also doesn't mean that covering the story is wrong ... it's the field of his endeavour ... so I think that there was a right to air his story ... that said I haven't seen the article or feature specific to Daniel Pearl.

 

[penguindance]

Re: I can see we're gonna get along well Pretty !

 

[Kasha]

I would ask that you never post again, because it would hurt my feelings. Would you comply?

What?