I've seen many clips over from the war posted on LiveLeak, - is seeing someo!
Question: I've seen many clips over from the war posted on LiveLeak, - is seeing someone die considered a snuff film!?
I've seen many clips over from the war in Iraq posted on LiveLeak and sites as such, and someone died on one that I saw!. I did not want to see it, I didn't go searching for it, and I didn't enjoy it, so please don't tell me I'm sick!. It was a video of a suicide bomber who didn't get completely blown up, and it showed him dying afterward!.!.!. It made me feel sick!.
I'm just wondering if something like that is illegal, and is this considered a 'snuff film' !?Www@Enter-QA@Com
I'm just wondering if something like that is illegal, and is this considered a 'snuff film' !?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Sadly, even though it might belong in the same category, it isn't!.
At least not what you're talking about!.
I'm sorry you had to see that, but hopefully it'll someday inspire you to help put an end to war!.!.!. not that I realistically think that'll ever happen, but I can still optimistically hope it might!.
Unfortunately, war "doesn't count" when it comes to things like that!.
A snuff film (from what I've gathered from movies & tv, not the best sources, but it's a start!.!.!.) is when someone deliberately films either themself or someone else intentionally killing someone- it's more !. !. !. personal and/or "intimate" (not in a good way) than war footage!.
The point of war is to win!.!.!. people dying that way is viewed as a side effect or "collateral damage," which is a callous way of looking at it!.
The point of murder (which is what's being filmed in a "snuff film) is for someone to wind up dead!.
Usually, people who do this kind of thing are either keeping a record (like Dexter's blood sample collection, or a photo album), or they want to see how "artistically" they can do it, and film it to either improve in the future or sell it to people who "don't have the guts" to do it themselves!.
Nicholas Cage and Joachin Phoenix were in a movie called "8 mm," (which refers to the size film home movie cameras used a long time ago) which was about "snuff films"!.
It was also used as an element in "Videodrome" back in the early 80's!.
Snuff films, as such, are illegal!.!.!. obviously!.
What you saw is in some ways worse, because it's considered war footage and nobody will get in trouble for filming it or sharing it!. It's not illegal (unless it was supposed to be classified, in which case somebody is gonna be in a lot of trouble!.!.!. eventually!.!.!.)!.
Unfortunately, not everybody is going to react the same way you did!. Some people could look at the same thing and cheer, or worse- laugh, because the bomber survived for a little while!.!.!. long enough to be aware of dying!.
"Serves him right!!" they'd say!.
The really sad thing is there seem to be more of them than there are of us, which is why wars will always be, and war footage will always be!.
Getting back to the point of your question, though- no, what you saw was not, in the traditional sense, a snuff film!.
Try to keep in mind, this is the kind of thing our soldiers have to deal with every day they're over there!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
At least not what you're talking about!.
I'm sorry you had to see that, but hopefully it'll someday inspire you to help put an end to war!.!.!. not that I realistically think that'll ever happen, but I can still optimistically hope it might!.
Unfortunately, war "doesn't count" when it comes to things like that!.
A snuff film (from what I've gathered from movies & tv, not the best sources, but it's a start!.!.!.) is when someone deliberately films either themself or someone else intentionally killing someone- it's more !. !. !. personal and/or "intimate" (not in a good way) than war footage!.
The point of war is to win!.!.!. people dying that way is viewed as a side effect or "collateral damage," which is a callous way of looking at it!.
The point of murder (which is what's being filmed in a "snuff film) is for someone to wind up dead!.
Usually, people who do this kind of thing are either keeping a record (like Dexter's blood sample collection, or a photo album), or they want to see how "artistically" they can do it, and film it to either improve in the future or sell it to people who "don't have the guts" to do it themselves!.
Nicholas Cage and Joachin Phoenix were in a movie called "8 mm," (which refers to the size film home movie cameras used a long time ago) which was about "snuff films"!.
It was also used as an element in "Videodrome" back in the early 80's!.
Snuff films, as such, are illegal!.!.!. obviously!.
What you saw is in some ways worse, because it's considered war footage and nobody will get in trouble for filming it or sharing it!. It's not illegal (unless it was supposed to be classified, in which case somebody is gonna be in a lot of trouble!.!.!. eventually!.!.!.)!.
Unfortunately, not everybody is going to react the same way you did!. Some people could look at the same thing and cheer, or worse- laugh, because the bomber survived for a little while!.!.!. long enough to be aware of dying!.
"Serves him right!!" they'd say!.
The really sad thing is there seem to be more of them than there are of us, which is why wars will always be, and war footage will always be!.
Getting back to the point of your question, though- no, what you saw was not, in the traditional sense, a snuff film!.
Try to keep in mind, this is the kind of thing our soldiers have to deal with every day they're over there!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
A 'snuff' film is when a person is taken, kidnapped etc!. expressly for the purpose of being killed while the killing is filmed!. The film is then sold to other sick people to make money!.
What you saw was a most unpleasant news clip of what happens in a terrorist war!. Unfortunately I think that some of these are broadcast partly for the sick pleasure of some psychos but they are technically not 'snuff' films!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
What you saw was a most unpleasant news clip of what happens in a terrorist war!. Unfortunately I think that some of these are broadcast partly for the sick pleasure of some psychos but they are technically not 'snuff' films!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I believe this is 'technically' illegal just as jaywalking is illegal!. But not really enforced unless you are caught redhanded!. Take the faces of death videos from the '80s for example, these were released to the public!. The problem is even worse with sites like youtube where you have 10 clips uploaded for every one that is taken downWww@Enter-QA@Com