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imogen
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SMALL toys showing a plane flying into the World Trade Centre were packed inside more than 14,000 bags of candy and sent to small groceries around the US before an urgent reca
They were purchased sight unseen from a Miami import company. I guess that goes to show you should always check your merchandise!
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I'm more disturbed by the fact that the media refuses to show clips from the attack anymore than I am by a toy that does show it.

edit: I don't know if it's an absolute refusal, but it's been years since I've seen any images of it.

[ August 27, 2004, 10:33 PM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]
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Mr. P--It seems a bit strange to me as well. I'm also disturbed by those that take any comments made concerning 9/11 as being exploitive.
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Surely it's been shown enough times already? What could one possibly gain from still another viewing, other than the thrill of violence?
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imogen
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The Australian media show clips quite frequently. I didn't know that the American media didn't - that's very interesting.

I still think a toy depicting it is probably not the best idea.
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TMedina
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Despite the violent content of most popular media, most Americans do not require a massive blood-and-gore content in the news.

Compared to some countries that routinely show bodies hitting pavement.

Any news or media outlet that continued to run 9/11 footage without an express point would be buried in consumer complaints about their poor taste.

From an Australian perspective, it's interesting and sad, but it doesn't impact you directly.

Better example - do Aussie media outlets show footage from the Bali bombings?

-Trevor
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I can't imagine anyone thinking it would be a good idea except in two cases. The first would be that someone wanted to hurt Americans by reminding them of the tragedy. The second would be that some nutcase wanted to remind Americans in order to frighten them into hating other cultures, or something.

Either way, it's not so much bad taste as pure spite, or good intentions gone horribly wrong.

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I don't see why they should be played now, but a ban on playing them makes me worry that in the fairly distant future, students (who rely on certain media - I know pictures in encyclopedias always helped me - to solidify their view of the past) won't have access to it.

We still have many pictures and videos of the Holocaust, for instance, and that was just as much, probably more, of a tragedy than 9/11 was.

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True - and while I don't know the circumstances under which Aussie media plays the 9/11 video, I would assume they don't use it as filler inbetween sound bites.

But the Holocaust visuals aren't shown on a daily basis or even casually - I suspect the 9/11 video and pictures will become accessible in the future as historical records, but as I said, you won't see it played on NBC or ABC as background filler.

-Trevor
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