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By: West Wheeler

West Wheeler — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:00:30 +0000

Ben,

did you change the channel? I didn’t. I was sickened while watching, but I didn’t turn it. I was fascinated and saddened….I prayed for this man and his family. maybe….just maybe….it will give us some prespective on how to help someone else who is suffering from some of the same delusions this guy was under.

why shouldn’t someone get spiritual? maybe someone will get a different perspective about the media and their business.

I am personally not for or against what they did. all I know is I didn’t change the channel. I couldn’t turn away.

(los, look what you did with this argument…LOL!)

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:58:30 +0000

What you got to get all Spiritual on us? It’s not about censorship. It’s about ethics. Not one victim had even been buried before that guys voice was blaring.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:10:45 +0000

The press should have the right to report anything that is news worthy or that pertains to a particular story that is currently relevant. NBC had/has every right to air whatever information that was left behind by the murdrer. Censorship is an evil way of allowing only one side to be told. The transmitting end should never be monitored and if people want to monitor media it should be monitored on the receiving end only. If it offends you turn it off. If we start removing the freedom of press then it is a slippery slope to one day censoring Christian broadcasts.

What a shame if the Gospel of Jesus Christ was censored and all of the gory parts were removed when telling the story. We have a right to hear the entire story without fear of censorship. I applaud NBC for their decision to air the murderer’s media kit, as horrific as it may be, to get a glimpse into the mind of a sick individual who apprently needed the grace and mercy of God’s love.

By: Bush

Bush — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:03:24 +0000

Ok Guys, so based on your comments we could issue the Whitaker New Testament…All visual depictions of the crucifixion have been redacted so as not to offend our sensibilities. How dare Paul use graphic language and visuals!!!

By: bobby

bobby — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:02:21 +0000

Hmmm. Quite a conversation.

Sorry Clay, but i think that unfortunately, most of those headlines would be found regardless. It’s the jacked up world we live in. I do remember hearing things on Columbine anniversaries. If a guy had an explosive device that powerful, he probably didn’t plan his attack in the past two days. There are bomb threats made regularly in our society.

Both sides make some good points. I tend to lean toward Anne’s camp, though. (Now that it’s kind become Los’ camp vs. Anne’s camp. ) I think the thing that scares me the most, is who is the person or the people deciding what is and isn’t appropriate for us to see/hear and at what point does it cross the line? Don’t have an answer on that, just a fear.

As far as focusing on victims, I’ve seen more coverage overall on the sadness of the event, on the effect of the community, and the loss of the student than I have about the killer over the past week.

To be honest, maybe I need to watch more news, but I hadn’t even heard about this til I read this post, so I went to MSNBC to see what we’re talkin about here. I guess it just didn’t seem that horrible to me. To be honest, I’d be really interested to hear a point of view from someone who had family involved. I wonder how much it really does add to their pain. Of course, their probably way to busy grieving and taking care of each other to let us know about this. If anyone sees anything though, let us know.

By: Clayman

Clayman — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:25:44 +0000

Retraction alert!
After perusing the news over the last couple o’ days, I guess I’m more inclined to agree with Los. And everyone else who agreed with him. Here are some of the recent headlines from our local news station’s web page:
Arizona Capitol reopens after bomb scare
Man barricaded in engineering office at NASA with a gun
Threatening Note found at UT’s library
Columbine massacre marks 8th anniversary (I honestly don’t remember anything about 6 or 7…)
School district closed as police search for man who planned mass killing (”He had some sort of explosive device and he was going to make the incident at Virginia Tech look mild by comparison,”)
Missouri man charged with plotting to kill 14
Teen kills himself after threatening others at high school
Two dead, others held hostage in Tijuana hospital
Bomb threat forces evacuation of University of Minnesota

Hmmm – I see what you mean. Stinkin’ copycats!

By: Compassion Matt

Compassion Matt — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:40:36 +0000

Anne, I think you understand how painful seeing those videos has been for everyone in our community. I understand that we can’t base all media decisions on the fact that someone may be hurt, but I will suggest that reading the manifesto is a very different thing than seeing it.

Those of us who live here, if we haven’t been working, have been ministering to the hurting, on campus or glued to the news all week. I didn’t need to spend all day Thursday seeing his face, watching him point a gun at me. I can only imagine what that did to the families sitting at a hospital bedside. I pray the families of the dead didn’t see it.

By: Crystal Renaud

Crystal Renaud — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:09:52 +0000

i’m too emotional right now to make a real debateable argument with the dirty flower, but i agree 100% with Los – for whatever that’s worth.

By: anne jackson

anne jackson — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:41:58 +0000

Why thank you Mrs. M! (and Jenna)

(And Los for degrading FlowerDust to Dirty Flower….)

much love to all
and to all a good
friday.