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Camera phones are a great invention, but it's kind of encouraged us to take a picture of everything no matter how distasteful and post it online.

There were video clips on the news the other night of the aftermath of a suicide bombing and people receiving emergency care.  One person was being pumped in the chest whilst this onlooker videoed it and it was then shown on the main evening news for the world to see.

Just now I clicked into yahoo and there's a photo of a woman who fell 23 storeys and landed on a cab (don't go searching till I've finished me point ) on the internet, again for the world to see.

I hate to go all Carrie Bradshaw, but have we really forgotten the boundaries of privacy?  Is it not a bit distasteful to take pictures of people at their worst/lowest and post them for all to see?  (drunken photos on a saturday night do not count )

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My own photos and videos are personal and actually MEAN something to me.

So do mine Charli...   but I don't have a problem with other people seeing them...  (with the exception of the private collection )  



In terms of pictures & videos taken just after accidents & disasters..   I suppose its no different to news reporting (although I have always wondered about the person who's first thought...  when facing a tsunami coming at him...   or is in the middle of a bomb site...    is to pull their phone out & start videoing it... it wouldn't occur to me to do it). ... 

I have always felt uncomfortable seeing dead or dying people on the telly...   it feels intrusive..    most of the time though I can see the context and that its not being done in a bad way...  there are exceptions though
Dirtyprettygirlthing
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have we really forgotten the boundaries of privacy? Is it not a bit distasteful to take pictures of people at their worst/lowest and post them for all to see?

I think we have, i too really don't think it appropriate to show people badly injured/dying in the public domain, that one time when it's not their fault and they deserve at the very least their dignity!

Although i do think this woman is hilarious http://news.sky.com/skynews/Ho...15903411?f=rss  she falls over in a public place and cries  when someone posts the very funny clip online pfft put your toys back in your pram love if you were clever you would use the 15mins of fame and get a mobile phone advert etc!
Jen-Star
agreed your own photos are your responsibility and that's why you take them I suppose Charlisock, to show the world the craic you're having

Ditty I do also wonder who'd stop and take a piccy of a tsunami...I'd be like run you muppet!   But those videos were actually quite interesting to see for those of us who'd never seen a tsunami before or even to the scientists in seeing how it actually works.  But like you say there's something about the sick and the dying that's taking it too far.

Jen   Loving your work   The whole clip snap send business is a bit cut throat it seems
Temps
A few days ago 2 men in Iran were executed.
Part of the case against them was that they took pictures on their phone of the riots following the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
(Apparently someone is hanged every 9 days in Iran.)
This sort of photography can inform the rest of the world of things they might not otherwise know. But it can also be your death knell.
brisket
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But those videos were actually quite interesting to see for those of us who'd never seen a tsunami before
oh yeah....   I bet we are both picturing the same one...   and yeah...   until I'd seen that footage it was all very "cartoon tidal wave" in my head.

I still think whoever thought it was "get my mobile out" moment is weird though 
Dirtyprettygirlthing
I saw a clip on the news of a woman in Australia in the floods, someone had thrown her a rope, she had a little black dog in her arms.... She took the rope and jumped with dog, she was pulled out by the rope with no dog and her clothes hanging off (they did blur certain areas) ....... that poor woman has footage of herself not being able to save her little dog to relive the guilt over and over again.... Thats the kind of thing i dont agree with.
Jen-Star
Brisket, I think anything which shows the world what's really going on in places like Iran etc is fair enough.  Anything with a moral point behind it kind of serves a purpose in my book.  But taking a picture of someone who's receiving emergency treatment, or who's seriously injured, or dead even and posting it on the web just seems a bit sick.

Ditty, I'm with ya   I don't think I'd stop and take my mobile out, but the inquisitive side of me is very glad they did

Jen, that's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.  Showing people at their worst.  Surely there's a limit to the whole information age?
Temps

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