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Hell  ·  4051 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Should you go to jail for posting video of a real murder?

Unpopular opinion: I think it should be illegal to keep these videos away from the public. Any instance of the government overstepping the grounds of what is obscene is just one more way of controlling us as a whole. If a video is of no worth other than exploitation, I will be the judge of that, not some collective opinions of some people I may or may not share values with.

Do I think it is wrong to frame these videos in such an exploitative manner? Sure. Has it been done before? Of course. In 50 years, are these videos going to be considered obscene or historical? In 100 years? In 200 years, will these videos be exploitative or a document of history? The way he presents the videos is morally ambiguous, probably inappropriate, but definitely not something you can convict anyone for.