I think exploiting another family's/other families' tragedy is gross. I don't know that it shouldn't exist (this isn't the sort of thing I watch, so it doesn't affect me much), but it's depressing that (A) it has an audience and (B) the people responsible for producing it are so completely indifferent to the feelings of actual human beings |
I find it fascinating. I can assure you that I am not sick and twisted. I just have different preferences than you do. |
You sound like an annoying gatekeeper. I'm sure your S don't stink, right? |
| It’s funny how people who are so adamant that content like this is enjoyable and that it should be made are also so incredibly sensitive about how other people think they are gross and sick for enjoying it. You can’t police how other people see you. Stop whining about it. |
I’m not that PP but I definitely think you’re sick and twisted. |
You can think whatever you want. Doesn’t make it true. |
I watch dateline with my daughter as part of my homeschool unit on "How not to get murdered." |
| I'm not sure if I will finish it - its an insanely disturbing story and I had trouble sleeping last night. I put it up there with the Exorcist except it's real. |
NP. Lots of people, regular, normal people, find it fascinating. Mostly bored women aged 20-50. A pretty large group. True Crime, even the worst of the worst, has a big following. It is fascinating. |
The Exorcist was based on a true story in PG County, btw. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism_of_Roland_Doe |
OMG. Change the channel and shut up already. Everyone has an opinion about something, and 99% of the time they suck. Just don't watch if you don't like it. Just because you don't like the idea of something being made or told is no reason for censorship. |
They are definitely fragile little creeps, and their insistence that anyone calling attention to the problems with making some of this content is "policing" or "censorship" really tips their hand. No one is arguing that it should be outlawed. I'm not Governor Youngkin or one of his pearl-clutching devotees. I'm just asking if you've considered the ways that this stuff is dehumanizing for the victims and their families. Clearly you don't want to. |
I’m not sure why, then, your problem is with those who view it. I would think those who produce it would be the bigger issue. |
+1 People enjoying this stuff like it’s some fictional British mystery is repellent. These were real people, real victims. |
Shows like this are made ALL THE TIME. Documentaries. Mini series. Movies. Tv Series. You tube clips. Are you seriously suggesting that these things should be banned? Or do you just have a problem with the people who watch them? |