Bang on point. And that about sums it up doesn't it?
Treat others the way you would like to be treated if in their shoes. But to
blatantly try and profit in such a grotesque manner from such an event
already begs the question of whether "feelings" enter into it, in the case
of this seller.
Tom C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Sheetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 4:59 PM
Subject: RE: $50K for 8 negatives at ebay
> Just my opinion, but since the widow & son are still alive and could see
it,
> its tacky and uncalled for, whether its on Ebay or in a magazine. I know
how
> I would feel if someone published or sold a photo of my father being
killed,
> graphic or not. Dan Sheetz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of William Robb
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 1:07 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: $50K for 8 negatives at ebay
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shel Belinkoff"
> Subject: Re: $50K for 8 negatives at ebay
>
>
> > After reading several messages about how "sick" it is to sell
> these
> > negs and pics on eBay, I've come to wonder why that is. If
> the
> > seller had offered these same items to a sports or racing
> magazine,
> > a newspaper or tabloid, I don't think there'd be a question
> about
> > his "sickness". Rather, I suspect many people would be
> commenting
> > about how lucky he was to get a "money" shot and how clever he
> was
> > to be able to have found a buyer.
> >
> > Is this any sicker than the Zapruder film, or the documentary
> > footage of the Hindenberg disaster - or the thousands of
> frames
> > exposed in Viet Nam during the war, or the prize winning photo
> of a
> > baby being thrown from a burning building?
> >
> > So, could someone please tell me why it's any sicker to offer
> this
> > on eBay than to Motor racing News, Sports Illustrated, or USA
> Today,
> > or why it's sicker than the above photos.
>
> There is no news worthiness in these photos. It seems to me the
> guy is just trying to cash in on a tragedy. My take on this
> would be quite different if he had been trying to sell them to
> the media the day after the crash. I realize that often, non
> media people come up with newsworthy photos just by
> happenstance. The Zapruder film is an example of that.
> What botheres me is not the pictures, or the creating of them,
> it is the obvious attempt at exploitation that offends me.
> William Robb
>
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