It has its purpose when used by the authorities for trying to solve something, or for students and professionals in the medical field.
I’m not gonna say it doesn’t have other values. I’m sure it does. But as strange as it may seem coming from me, sometimes it really lacks class. I love rotten to no end, and while I don’t believe in censorship, sometimes I do wish some of that stuff was less accessible to the public, or at leas harder to get to, without knowing what you’re getting into. Some of that shit can be highly disturbing to people who might never need to see this for informational or educative purposes. I’m all for showing a buncha nasty shit, but it should come with something constructive to go along with it. Also, we should respect the dead. I remmeber a site that was linked on Fluther that showed dead children, with ’‘humorous’’ captions under the photos.
Now I said I liked rotten; and I do. They do have stupid captions, but at least, some information was offered about most pictures, how it happened and all. (although believe me, that site is more than ten years old, and has drastically dwindled in the past years) That other site didn’t. I have no idea if I have a point or not.
So, whether it’s ever appropriate or not, I do think that it should at least be just a little harder to access.