but in recent news there has been talk about the beheading of one of our soldiers. of course floating around the internet is the "alleged" video of the actual event.
being who i am i opted to click the link to watch what was being taken place. however, i normally post links to everything..but this time i will not post any links to this particular tragedy. why? it goes like this: it had been a long time since i surfed the net, checked out some of my fav forums. well last night i did that. okayplayer being one of my stops...i had an interesting conversation regarding what happened in iraq.
there seems to be mixed views surrounding those who watched the video and those who wouldn't. no i said those who wouldn't not didn't. the argument goes: one side is saying the reason they chose to view the video was out of curiosity and a need to know what exactly goes on in REAL life. opposers said: it was highly disrepectful and those who watched have no respect for that life which was taken away so tragically. added to that- it was also compared to a circus sideshow act: "yes, a man being killed in a rather horrible way" is a curiosity, much like a circus sideshow often referred to in the same way. step right up and take a look through the hole in the wall to see something aMAZing."
this is where i disagreed. i agree that this should not be taken out of context and viewed as some cool stunt installment of faces of death. however, i do think it should be viewed by all "americans." turn on bbc news and your gauranteed to see the same images if not worse ones on regular prime time news. why in america are we so pot bellied and pacified that we deem it immoral to view this particular image? why yes we can sit and watch texas chainsaw massacre(by the way-this really happened in texas) and mock what is happening on screen. why it was okay for old masters to gather round the burning pit or an old tree to watch the good ole lynching of a NIGGA!
so once again AMERICANS are shook by a video. one of which we don't know if it really happened. the same way americans were shook after 911. where you this shook when james byrd was dragged to his death? mind you the james byrd tragedy happened just a few years ago. where you really this shook reading the slave narratives or seeing mass haitians being thrown from ships into the ocean....
i'm saying stop whining and do something about it. if you don't like the way something is going down- spark change! sparking change is not criticizing those with opposite views.
"on another note...i'm not here to justify anything.i watched the video because i felt it necessary
just as if there was a posted link to the actual
resurrection of jesus. i'd watch that too...just to see it
for myself. doesnt mean i lack respect. i simply want to know."
for those who want to know or see i will give info on where to find it but out of repect i will not broadcast that energy on this site. we can verse about it..because i'd like to know where others stand on this issue.
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ah yes, i have been eagerly awaiting this...
...there's some good stuff on this album...
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