Crikey redux
Sep. 8th, 2006 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andygatesThe BBC are running a poll on whether or not the footage of Steve Irwin's fatal stingray attack should be aired.
With the entertainment media already a glorified freakshow and part of the appeal of programmes like Crocodile Hunter the vicarious thrill of the risk, isn't it hypocritical to say that the one time the beastie got lucky, it's inappropriate to show it?
It's definitely hypocritical for people who furtively scoped out the Nick Berg beheading video to say this is inappropriate.
With the entertainment media already a glorified freakshow and part of the appeal of programmes like Crocodile Hunter the vicarious thrill of the risk, isn't it hypocritical to say that the one time the beastie got lucky, it's inappropriate to show it?
It's definitely hypocritical for people who furtively scoped out the Nick Berg beheading video to say this is inappropriate.
