Should the Goverment Show the tape of Danny Pearls killing?

[bored1]

I just read an account of the execution of Danny Pearl,If true its some gruesome stuff.Should the world be able to see what kind of barbarians were dealing with?

 

[Southern37]

No they shouldnt show the tape.

But I'm pretty sure it will surface. It has to be the hottest video in media right now. I think there are a shitload of Americans who would want to see it.....and another shitload ready to kick some pakistani fundementalist ass.

 

[Andreina]

No, I dont think the government should release the tape. It is bad enough for his family right now, but seeing the tape then on TV and being confronted with the reality that everyone else sees the gruesome evidence might make it only worse for them.

Halo

 

[Spinaroonie]

I'm pretty interested in the account of the tape...

 

[MissTaken]

No. The tape shouldn't be shown, but I expect someone will get their hands on it and broadcast it.

The family deserves peace, they deserve some element of respect for their grief and shouldn't be subjected to anymore publicity than absolutely necessary. The epitome of crass and irresponsible journalism would be to broadcast the tape.

 

[teresafannin]

The tape should not be shown. I realize the authorities need to see it, but it would only cause more pain for the family & they have enough to deal with. My heart goes out to the Pearl family, I know only too well what they are going through. My son videotaped the man who shot him & a lady who was taping the youth rally also had video of that night. Her tape just showed the kids ducking under the pews, but my son's tape showed the man firing at him. The tape goes blank when my son was hit. Both tapes were destroyed without me ever seeing them, but I have a recurring nightmare that there is are copies of those tapes somewhere in an evidence locker & that some day they will surface. Different tv shows offerred up to 20,000. for copies of those tapes & I will be eternally grateful that the money was turned down.

 

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

Re: No they shouldnt show the tape.

But I'm pretty sure it will surface. It has to be the hottest video in media right now. I think there are a shitload of Americans who would want to see it.....and another shitload ready to kick some pakistani fundementalist ass.

i agreed with you then you had to use the democrat word fundementalist to describe these sick people, the word to me is extremeist there is nothing fundamental about these sick bastards

 

[christophe]

In a word.... NO

I figured something like this would happen. I t is a tragedy that this ever happens, like so many things in life, but to sensationalize this on TV or other media sources will just foster more hatred and resentment

 

[p_p_man]

I just read an account of the execution of Danny Pearl,If true its some gruesome stuff.Should the world be able to see what kind of barbarians were dealing with?

That has got to be the sickest question on the internet tonight.

Are you on medication?

 

[RhumbRunner13]

tapes of an execution?

No, death is horrific enough without having to see the blood spilled

I don't think it would be the government that would show it, I think it would be CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox......whatever that would show it so we could all sit around watching, saying "That was simply too gross to be on TV......hit the replay button!!!"

Don't we all slow down, looking at the accident wondering if there isn't a body laying out there somewhere?

I feel so sorry for his wife.........

Runner

 

[Siren]

 

[Lost Cause]

Absolutely! The press doesn't have a problem showing dead U.S. soldiers being abused in Mogandishu, why not one of their own? Why is this such an issue?

 

[p_p_man]

Absolutely! The press doesn't have a problem showing dead U.S. soldiers being abused in Mogandishu, why not one of their own? Why is this such an issue?

Because it panders to the basest within all of us...

ppman

 

[SINthysist]

Yes, it should be shown

As mentioned before, the press has no problem with showing horrible things, especially when they wish to make political points. They have done so ever since the first images of war brought into our homes during Viet Nam.

This smacks of press elitism and the closing of ranks, the "He's one of ours." mentality. Yet they are broadcasting every aspect of the Yates case for ratings. I think they need to play it and admit to themselves that we are dealing with bloodthirsty thugs who believe, rather like Mao or Stalin, that power is achieved at the end of a gun.

Then maybe they will tone down their collective pathetic whine about Cuban Prisoners and the Axis of Evil...

 

[SilverVeil]

The tape should not be shown. I realize the authorities need to see it, but it would only cause more pain for the family & they have enough to deal with. My heart goes out to the Pearl family, I know only too well what they are going through. My son videotaped the man who shot him & a lady who was taping the youth rally also had video of that night. Her tape just showed the kids ducking under the pews, but my son's tape showed the man firing at him. The tape goes blank when my son was hit. Both tapes were destroyed without me ever seeing them, but I have a recurring nightmare that there is are copies of those tapes somewhere in an evidence locker & that some day they will surface. Different tv shows offerred up to 20,000. for copies of those tapes & I will be eternally grateful that the money was turned down.

I'm sorry.

That media people are such vultures to peoples pain and suffering. And we as a society in general are willing to watch this pain. In this case it would have no beneficial quality to show the tape to the public. If there is something to learn from such an act of horror that would be different. But there is nothing to learn from someone brutally murdered.

 

[sch00lteacher]

I think it will surface and be shown when it is needed. It is bound to bring about another wave of super patriotism, close to that of 9/11.

The government will need that when we launch an attack upon another country.

I wonder which one will be first... My bet right now is North Korea. That's why all the visits to China.

 

[Demian]

These Nuts Wanted Planes and Release of War Criminals

I wept for Him the first day they showed a gun to his head...Third world religious nuts are worse than anything you'll find on the god channel

If I were in hiz position, I'd try to let America know...Don't let them hold you at bay, they'll kill me anyway

They are going to make the money they really wanted by selling this killing...it's not about politics...just more greedy Fuckheads

May Allah swallow you whole

Demian

 

[Cherry]

Absolutely NOT!

It would be a nightmare for his family, that would haunt thier every moment for the rest of their lives.

Just the specific reporting of details is harmful enough.

That was a horrific execution that is beyond human understanding.

 

[SirGalahad67]

No, I dont think the government should release the tape. It is bad enough for his family right now, but seeing the tape then on TV and being confronted with the reality that everyone else sees the gruesome evidence might make it only worse for them.

Halo

I don't think it should be released either...but if they don't it will be stolen and broadcast by CNN anyhow.....and in the meantime critics will harp about the USA's "censorship".......

 

[SINthysist]

No, terrorists are methodical...

This was a warning, a warning of things to come. A threat to the United States, that says, next time we are going to take someone important and you had better pay up and pay up quickly.

That leaves us three choices:
1). Allow the hostage to die.
2). Pay the demands.
3). First strike.

Which strategy would you play?

I'd go with 3). It is the unexpected one.

 

[HARDKOREBJ]

NO WAY

that would not be right.think about his family.

 

[kiwiwolf]

BOLLOCKS...

As mentioned before, the press has no problem with showing horrible things, especially when they wish to make political points. They have done so ever since the first images of war brought into our homes during Viet Nam.

This smacks of press elitism and the closing of ranks, the "He's one of ours." mentality. Yet they are broadcasting every aspect of the Yates case for ratings. I think they need to play it and admit to themselves that we are dealing with bloodthirsty thugs who believe, rather like Mao or Stalin, that power is achieved at the end of a gun.

Then maybe they will tone down their collective pathetic whine about Cuban Prisoners and the Axis of Evil...

His wife has just lost her husband to a bunch of fucked up asswipes, who believe they can bend intrnational will through the barrel of a gun. He was an innocent, no matter what his fucking job. His wife and family have to deal with the loss of a loved one. Why the hell put them through the torture of having to review it in sparkling Kodachrome...

Press elitism my arse... it's a matter of humanity, and common decency. Fuck the common good.

 

[kiwiwolf]

Re: Yes, it should be shown

. I think they need to play it and admit to themselves that we are dealing with bloodthirsty thugs who believe, rather like Mao or Stalin, that power is achieved at the end of a gun.

Then maybe they will tone down their collective pathetic whine about Cuban Prisoners and the Axis of Evil...

Do you really believe that anybody with half a brain believes that the pricks that pulled this bullshit, are anything but thugs. Do you think that jounalists view them as benign misguided boys just gone off the rails? Yeah the media are a bunch of whining bullshit merchants... always have been, always will be. You or I are not going to change that. They are there to sell papers and create ratings first, then to inform the public.

But why should Danny Pearls wife be the one to suffer to make a point. Why should the tape be grist for the propoganda mill? You wanna make a point on terrorism... do it by killing as many of the little motherfuckers as possible. Chase them as far as you can... then chase them some more. Don't allow them any safe haven.

But give Danny Pearls widow her peace.

 

[hornylady]

No, definitely not!

It's horrific enough that someone is kidnapped, paraded and executed in this way, without giving the perpetrators the satisfaction of even wider publicity. His family also have to live with what happened, without seeing it screened on television for people to discuss and dissect over cups of coffee - not just his wife, parents etc, but the baby that will be born in a couple of months time. The only way he will know his father is through what he is told about him - don't let this taped murder be included in that.

 

[bored1]

Re: Re: Should the Goverment Show the tape of Danny Pearls killing?

That has got to be the sickest question on the internet tonight.

Are you on medication?

Explain to me why the question is sick. Inquirering minds want to know. I remember Americans being dragged through the streets of Somalia and the burned bodies of Americans in the Iranian desert. The media is quick to show others pain,But when it comes to there own its a different story. They should take about 100 GITMO detainees and have a public execution broadcast live,Beam it right into the Arab world. Gota love that old time peaceful Islam religion.The idiots in some of the American media are still asking why they hate the west,Isnt that like asking a spouse who has been beaten what they did to be beaten? You can not deal rationally with irrational people.But I dont think the tape should be shown. In answer to your ? about medication I only need medication when I read liberal BS.