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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm confused - sensitive PPs, how do you rule on the story about the NYC nanny who murdered her charges? That was obscene by any stretch of the imagination, but lots of parents wanted to discuss it.

I have been a regular DCUM user since the website was launched and I don't agree that there is a proliferation of horror stories that are likely to alienate readers. I also wonder if those of you who are so outraged by this have ever subscribed to a newspaper in your lives? If so, you managed to survive daily material on tragedies through a print format, why not via the internet?[/quote]

PP, if you can't see the difference between a legitimate news story and just posting gruesome details of children being hurt, then I can't help you see that difference. My problem is that there are some people who are posting the most horrible stuff, like "did you hear about THIS one?" just as something to shoot the shit about. To gawk and take a little side trip through someone else's misery. Who knows why? But let's not confuse it with something valuable.

There are fine lines to be sure here, and what is one peson's news item is likely to be someone els'es horror story. But honestly, I feel like half this shit is none of my business. Like "maggots found in baby's diaper" etc. That's just shock stuff. And that's NOT the stuff you see on the front page of the NYTimes. You can call it whatever the F you want, but this is NOT news, this is stories of news and violence and harm to kids being traded around as a form of ENTERTAINMENT. Nothing more, nothing less. You're posting these for your entertainment and that of others. So don't cry around that I'm sticking my hands in my ears because I don't feel ENTERTAINED by torture stories. I think it's sick and the people who post the things are sick. [/quote]

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