Like most others, I have essentially grown up with the JFK footage because again, it is a hugely significant event in contemporary history.
Neither event compares in any way to seeking out footage of the deaths of men whose names you don't even know in order to get some sort of cheap thrill.
sense.
ISIS are the world's most dangerous terrorist group and their acts of violence are unprecedented in their dissemination. How do you claim they are not major news stories?
I should mention that I always feel sick doing so, which reassures me that I'm not a psychopath
certainly not watched footage subsequently) and as I say, I grew up watching JFK's death on telly, so had no opportunity to avoid it, really. In neither case did I go out of my way to watch something horrific.
And as for your stuff about ISIS, they are releasing these videos to titilate and impress. They are simply propaganda designed to attract recruits and scare whitey. You can't claim there is any current affairs value - or any other higher purpose - in watching the deaths of these people - it is nothing but thrill-seeking prurience.
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