It can hardly be labeled a travesty if they guy was of reasonably sound mind and WANTED to be eaten.
Their selection is hardly based on any value that the information itself may have, it's simply for shock value because shock sells.
Considering that the main purpose of the current news media (regardless of political affiliation) is to exert some degree of CONTROL over what people are thinking about the information they are fed moreso than to present information and allow people to decide for themselves, the elimination of this news story makes perfect sense.
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Date: 2007-10-25 03:59 pm (UTC)It can hardly be labeled a travesty if they guy was of reasonably sound mind and WANTED to be eaten.
Their selection is hardly based on any value that the information itself may have, it's simply for shock value because shock sells.
Considering that the main purpose of the current news media (regardless of political affiliation) is to exert some degree of CONTROL over what people are thinking about the information they are fed moreso than to present information and allow people to decide for themselves, the elimination of this news story makes perfect sense.
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