Monday, September 15, 2003
YellowTimes.org - ''The first two years of insanity'': "The press recently ran stories about Americans reliving the horrors of 9/11 through released emergency-call transcripts that include the last gasps of doomed souls. Am I the only one struck by the extremely odd nature of this story?
Why would people expose themselves to material that might well be regarded as pornographic when used for anything other than an official investigation?
The normal human brain works to soften or blot out memories of intensely disturbing events; otherwise, no one could function in times of crisis, and no one could survive imprisonment or torture. You grieve for a while, and then you go on with the often hard business of living. Occasionally, you grieve briefly again, but when you actually indulge a taste for the grim past -- and reading the desperate gasps of the dying is about as grim as it gets -- either you need professional help or you are trying to exploit the dead for some purpose. "
Why would people expose themselves to material that might well be regarded as pornographic when used for anything other than an official investigation?
The normal human brain works to soften or blot out memories of intensely disturbing events; otherwise, no one could function in times of crisis, and no one could survive imprisonment or torture. You grieve for a while, and then you go on with the often hard business of living. Occasionally, you grieve briefly again, but when you actually indulge a taste for the grim past -- and reading the desperate gasps of the dying is about as grim as it gets -- either you need professional help or you are trying to exploit the dead for some purpose. "
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