Severed head (wasRe: [WikiEN-l] Offensive photos policy)

Wed May 12 23:17:12 UTC 2004

I rarely comment anymore.  But in this case I would
just throw this out.

There is a very famous photo of a South Vietnamese
officer blowing off the head of a Viet Cong fighter on
a Saigon street.  This is quite offensive to view but
it is nonetheless one of the most important photos of
the last 35 years.  Would you want this famous picture
to be pushed out of an article on Vietnam due to its
terrible content?  

Similarly, there is a ghastly photo of a naked young
child running down a road with severe burns from
napalm.  A horrible picture, but one that should not
be pushed aside.

The bodies of babies at My Lai are another example.

And finally, there are horrible photos of Dachau and
Auschwitz that make this photo look like nothing.

The fact is that Al-Qaeda cut off this young mans head
in a gruesome manner.  It is sometimes more necessary
to know a horrible truth for what it is than it is to
protect our sensibilities.

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