Regarding the Pain of Others

1. In what direction was Sontag taking this article?

2. Do we view certain situations different once we see a photograph depicting it?

3. Should we just stop certain photos from being seen by the public?

2) I will be touching on question three. I feel as much as some of the public feels as though the pictures that are released during certain periods and events in our lives are too graphic. Because not everyone knows exactly what goes on during wars on the other side. We go through our day to day errands and think nothing of it. The public needs to see certain pictures to show them whats going on. They are necessary for us to understand. To understand what is going on in the world around us. To understand what others are going through. To understand the joys and pains about life. All that can come from a picture that must be taken and shown to the world.

The issue we come across is the censorship of the media by those that don't want the public to see the photos. They try to protect of the the horrors overseas that should not even be worried about. We are shown issues that aren't that big of a deal and that that's the worst that's going on. This is exactly the kind of behavior Sontag mentioned in her article. We are being spoon fed "it's all ok" lies and that sort of media is not the real media we all need to see. We need to all experience what is going on out there. I've witnessed videos on the internet of beheadings going on in Mexico because of the drug cartel and beatings alike. This sort of behavior is real, and if we keep being sheltered from it, people will never be ready for when they finally do so it.