Sick grandad becomes first person in Britain to die on national television
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Personally, I'm not against it. Witnessing a non-violent death may hopefully help with this enormous, paralyzing terror the West has about death in general. Plenty of other cultures celebrate death and embrace it. If this is a step in that direction, good job.
There's a MAJOR difference between filming a death for entertainment/pornographic purposes to put it on the air and filming it for educational purposes and putting it on the air. How is death an inappropriate subject for kids? Kids can die, too, ya know.
The family and the man provided informed consent and the program was shown post-watershed. I understand that this may have made you feel uneasy and I empathise with you for that, but something making you feel uncomfortable and something being immoral are two very different things, it's failing to realise this which has been the downfall of a lot of "moral guardians" in the past.
Where can I watch it? This concept actually sounds quite thought-through and everything...
Y'know, like a documentation. Not like they put him on a stage and spun the wheel of cancer until it came out "death". Now that would be sick.
This on the other hand... I've seen worse, really.
EDIT: Huge wall of rules? Don't make me read them all again to see what has changed, just tell me "X is now different, check it out!" and it'd be much easier.
Y'know, like a documentation. Not like they put him on a stage and spun the wheel of cancer until it came out "death". Now that would be sick.
This on the other hand... I've seen worse, really.
EDIT: Huge wall of rules? Don't make me read them all again to see what has changed, just tell me "X is now different, check it out!" and it'd be much easier.
i personally didn't watch it (may have a gander on iplayer at some stage) but i have no objections. death is the only certainty in life, the family and the man gave full consent, and most importantly you decide if you want to watch it. if it offends you, change the channel.
you aren't being forced to watch this, and if you're watching it just so you can complain, you need to get out more
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off topic, the wall of rules they changed the warning systems, i didn't notice anything else different.
you aren't being forced to watch this, and if you're watching it just so you can complain, you need to get out more
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depending on where you live, you might be able to watch it on bbc iplayer, i assume it will be put up there.Quaxar said:
off topic, the wall of rules they changed the warning systems, i didn't notice anything else different.
Well, I can't speak for anybody but myself, but I don't find this harmful in any way. I watched both of my great-grandmothers and an aunt die. It's not pretty, but it's how life works. I am more concerned about parents that sugarcoat the truth for kids with "grammy's gone to a better place now". Sure, you can be religious if you want and say that she's in heaven, but don't raise your kid under the misconception that death and dying should not be a part of their life, or you'll have some real problems once more and more close relatives die.
Well, I'll be able to test that hypothesis myself once I find a partner who will put up with me and my ways xD I'll report back in approx. 20-30 years. brb...
Well, I'll be able to test that hypothesis myself once I find a partner who will put up with me and my ways xD I'll report back in approx. 20-30 years. brb...
Yeah, HOW COULD THEY *wink*Cpt Corallis said:
i watched it earlier this evening and didn't find it disrespectful in the slightest. i'm 21 and in (hopefully) 63 years time i can still remember what i saw and say to myself "i've watched it happen, and i'm comfortable with it." that was the meaning of the recording, to teach people death ain't always that scary.
Well said, I couldn't agree more. It sounds like a very profound documentary and the only reason it's unsettling is because it forces us to be face to face with the truth of our mortality. Granted I think there's probably a suitable age for children to watch it, but I believe parents are well within their rights to decided if it's something they want to expose their children to.k-ossuburb said:
Frankly it sounds like the documentary treats it with the same respect that I've seen the BBC treat everything with. Whether people like it or not the family consented to have the death shown on television and notice that it's not they who are up in arms over it.
Funny thing is if the same thing had cropped up over here in the states the media would have caved in a flipping instant to the pressure.
I hate when people are afraid of something, so they claim that they're protecting children from trauma. I'm sorry, but your fragile inner child is what you're trying to protect, not someone else's kids. I saw my grandparents die--both of them--in the hospital. It was not traumatic. It taught me about life and death. And most kids already get that things, y'know, die.
Child molesters and rapists? Yeah, I think kids can wait a few years. But death? That's like keeping kids ignorant of sex: the longer you do that, the more likely they'll end up weird.
Child molesters and rapists? Yeah, I think kids can wait a few years. But death? That's like keeping kids ignorant of sex: the longer you do that, the more likely they'll end up weird.
Meh people die and this guy clearly lived a full life. What about this is wrong.
It's like sex on tv. I don't really give a toss whether it's on there or not, but if people want to limit it to scientific or artistic displays I'm fine with that too.
It's like sex on tv. I don't really give a toss whether it's on there or not, but if people want to limit it to scientific or artistic displays I'm fine with that too.