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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]Those of you who don't like "shocking" headlines, how would you categorize this one?

"Hit and run at Chevy Chase Circle"

Would it change your opinion if it was:

"Child Killed in Hit and run at Chevy Chase Circle" (note, the real incident didn't involve a child)

I'm honestly trying to get a feel for where you expect lines should be drawn.
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No, not at all. That meets the litmus test for what I care about / can possibly do something about and it also impacts me personally. The difference between that and "grandma throws child off of tysons balcony" is that NO GOOD can come from me reading about and gawking over the latter, but if there is a hit and run and a problematic intersection, etc, then maybe it makes a difference.

Look, there IS a subjective / judgment call involved. I'm personally talking about the more gruesome posts "child hacked to pieces, dad rapes 4 and 6 year old and makes child porn out of it" that really upset people. It's the Springer / Nancy Grace type stories, where people rubber neck just for the sake of rubber necking, that really stand out. I think it brings the forum down. But...maybe I am a minority. I definitely have not been the first person to post about it though. In fact, I'm not the OP in any of the "enough with the shock thread" posts, though I do post in most of them. [/quote]

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