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I mean, /r/watchpeopledie was active for nearly a decade and never had legal issues.. I'm not sure this is enforced in any meaningful way.


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Wow, that's an incredibly judgey and myopic perspective. And wrong, I believe.

I've personally watched a decent amount of gory stuff just because I like to understand the world I live in better.

Do you think people who watch violent R rated movies are sick fucks too?


There's a difference between watching fatal car accidents or faked scenes in movies as opposed to live criminal acts of violence on real people, but there are certainly grey areas too. Who hasn't seen people jumping from the World Trade Center fires?

We're drawn to, and learn from, the plight of others, but there are also legal standards to protect real people who are being filmed while being criminally abused, rather than just acting the part in a video portrayal of such.




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