I don't see how you can equate the two.
This is an extraordinary, unusual and somehow apt demise for a well-known personality that's gone down as part of TV history, the other is gawking at a stranger's road accident.
Not sure how his family feels about it. I've seen his wife interviewed several times and she didn't speak very highly of him so I doubt she'd mind one way or the other.
Plus this is footage from a documentary about his life shown recently on mainstream European TV - it's not like it's smuggled under-the-counter stuff. I should imagine that the appropriate people were consulted beforehand.
(, Fri 8 May 2009, 12:23, Reply)
Your orwellian use of English not with standing...
This is grim rubber-necking.
As you obviously have not had to deal with rubber-neckers while a family member died you really have no idea what you're talking about.
Sad that this is linked on B3ta, this ain't fucking 4chan...
(, Fri 8 May 2009, 12:32, Reply)
Apologies if it touched a nerve.
Genuinely. I've witnessed a close family member die in a very similar way - sudden unexpected heart rupture (albeit not on stage) and I can sympathise that it's not something you'd want people watching for kicks.
Not the intention behind posting the video, though. It's not "LOL - LOOK AT THIS!", it was meant as a point of interest - as a well-known moment of history that not many people had seen, but had resurfaced in official mainstream channels.
You can't simply label all such footage "rubber-necking", otherwise there'd be very little news. Why film the twin towers collapsing? Why watch it? What's the difference? The experience of watching such things isn't pleasurable in any way, yet we feel like we need to see them.
Maybe it's a way of dealing with things. Sharing things that scare us, frighten us or otherwise have a massive emotional impact on us and are therefore taboo. I dunno, I'm not an psychologist.
(, Fri 8 May 2009, 12:46, Reply)