Cotty wrote: > On 23/1/07, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >>>Define distasteful ! >> >>I meant it as a generic statement. Distasteful varies from person to >>person, as well as having a cultural side. As a personal guide, I would >>have it mean "to take advantage of the subject". You could add >>disclaimers such as "for no valid reason" but then you are into defining >>validity. Everyone knows what their personal beliefs and customs are. >>Sometimes it is good to move outside them, even by accident, but one >>needs to know why. > > > Granted. Everyone has limits, but I think setting them generically is > implausible. Mercifully we have the rule of law in the civilised world > because obviously we do not want anarchy. It's a tricky area. I'm a > hardass newsguy but I tell you what - if I found a tenner lying in the > road, I'd take it to the police station. And in fact I have. > > I have no bones about filming/photographing a corpse, but trudging along > a beach with bits of motorcycle I find abhorrent ! > > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6291191.stm> > > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6290887.stm> > Good job they are captured on film. 8-)
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