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)