Boston Marathon Terrorist Attack

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Originally Posted by FormerFF

I understand that this is a family oriented forum, so this is probably not the place, but I've come to the conclusion that pictures of the aftermath of violence should be part of news coverage. When people see what violence looks like, maybe then they'll be more willing to act to prevent it.

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You are so right. The fact that we never saw the coffins of the young men and women coming back from Iraq inoculated us to the horrors of war.
Before anyone thinks I'm being political on this would be incorrect. I believe a government should allow it's citizens to view what is happening to our military and civilians.
There is a book by Tom Clancy and some other guy I believe is titled Politika. Almost the exact scenario occurs in the book except it was NY and New Years.
Pray for all those poor people hurt/injured yesterday.

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Originally Posted by Spafranco

You are so right. The fact that we never saw the coffins of the young men and women coming back from Iraq inoculated us to the horrors of war.
Before anyone thinks I'm being political on this would be incorrect. I believe a government should allow it's citizens to view what is happening to our military and civilians.
There is a book by Tom Clancy and some other guy I believe is titled Politika. Almost the exact scenario occurs in the book except it was NY and New Years.
Pray for all those poor people hurt/injured yesterday.

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You are missing the point. Another moderator took action to remove pictures which were reproduced on this forum, as it is considered to be a "family orientated forum'. This has nothing to do with what the News media are showing.

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Originally Posted by D-Type

You are missing the point. Another moderator took action to remove pictures which were reproduced on this forum, as it is considered to be a "family orientated forum'. This has nothing to do with what the News media are showing.

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I agree. I have no desire to see such pictures, and have no wish to be, in effect, forced to.

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Originally Posted by Spafranco

There is a book by Tom Clancy and some other guy I believe is titled Politika. Almost the exact scenario occurs in the book except it was NY and New Years.
Pray for all those poor people hurt/injured yesterday.

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There are claims that this bombing was inspired by a movie called "Four Lions".

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Originally Posted by FormerFF

I understand that this is a family oriented forum, so this is probably not the place, but I've come to the conclusion that pictures of the aftermath of violence should be part of news coverage. When people see what violence looks like, maybe then they'll be more willing to act to prevent it.

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Showing carnage will make most people we aren't psychopaths turn away. I don't want to look at the news and see blood and limbs and people suffering.
Forcing such things on the news would be quite traumatic for many, many people. My girlfriend was crying and shaking for half a day after she saw the Chinese child being crushed several times on the news.

Being informed and being shocked are two different things, and no one should be forced to view something of this nature.

Do you honestly believe that a terrorist witnessing this carnage on TV would be put off?
Or how would your average guy be able to prevent something like this?

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Originally Posted by BleAivano

The two deaths in Boston are tragic, in the same time over 30 people were killed in several bombings in Iraq:

BBC News - Iraq deadly bombings hit Nasariyah, Kirkuk and Baghdad

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Sad that some news agencies did not report this at all.

supposedly the man in this picture have been claimed to be possible suspect, handing over a backpack over the fence.

http://i.imgur.com/gwh5u65h.jpg

The image does not contain any blood or gore or anything.

Also there is claims by the CNN that a suspect have been arrested.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us...html?hpt=hp_t1

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An arrest has been made in the Boston bombings investigation based on two videos
showing images of the suspect, a federal law enforcement source told CNN's Fran Townsend.

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Originally Posted by BleAivano

Also there is claims by the CNN that a suspect have been arrested.

Confusion over arrest reports in Boston bombing - CNN.com

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CNN has been proven once again to be a sick joke!!!

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Originally Posted by D-Type

You are missing the point. Another moderator took action to remove pictures which were reproduced on this forum, as it is considered to be a "family orientated forum'. This has nothing to do with what the News media are showing.

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What point have I missed?

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Originally Posted by Spafranco

What point have I missed?

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I hope D-Type doesn't mind be saying that it's quite obvious. By posting them directly onto this site, the viewing of them was unavoidable by anyone who happened to view the page on which they appeared. Rather different from merely posting a link, on which one can choose to click. The moderator who removed the pictures was absolutely right to do so.