This picture...
Caption: "The body of a victim of Hurricane Katrina floats in floodwaters in New Orleans."
Was on the front page of the New York Times newspaper, as well as on the website. From the website:
www.nytimes.com
Quote:
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Bodies floated in stagnant floodwaters, and food and water supplies dwindled for thousands of trapped, desperate residents who had not yet managed to find a way out.
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Now here's my beef, and where the poll fits in. Some have said that this picture is "graphic", "awful", and "terrible" to put on the front page of a newspaper. It was also noted that putting it on the front page prevents the person from seeing this "graphic" image.
So I guess people are ok if it's on page 2? It's still gonna be looking you in the face when you turn the page. It's not like on the internet where you can put a link and a "this might disturb some people" next to it.
I say this is far from "graphic" or "terrible" or "awful". I think people don't want to see this because seeing something that disturbs or bothers them forces them to reconcile it in their mind- and oh my god! People might actually realize what's going on down there! People DIED. Wow, how horrible are those NYTimes people to make us have to face that people died. It's the way of life. Everyone and everything dies. Saying, "I just don't want to have to look at it" or soemthing similar, is exactly the attitude that makes so many people turn a blind eye to the problems of the world.
Thoughts?