Christopher Mahan wrote:
On the whole discussion on pictures:
What about pictures of:
Dead, bloody people (common on european TV)
Drug paraphenalia
Step by step bomb making
Dangerous animals
Deformed lifeforms from genetic experiments
Injured people from combat (limbs tangled, guts spilled, heads
disfigured)
Medical pictures of diseased bodypart
Election proceedings (hello PRC)
War crimes (remember the photo of the US officer executing a
vietnamese during the vietnam war?)
Sexual acts, such as penetration, arousal, nipple clamps, bondage,
etc.
Domestic violence
Aborted Foetuses
Of the ones you cited, I think the great majority should be included
with "click here for a photo of [blah]", not inline in articles. I do
not generally want to see a graphic picture of an aborted fetus even if
I am reading an article on abortion; if I wish to do so, I am quite
capable of clicking on the link to display the image. I see no benefit
to forcing our readers to see images they may not wish to see based on a
highly POV claim that they are "normal" images that they should not be
offended by.
-Mark