Would you like the White House to release photos &/or video of OBL's corpse?

[Electric Monk]

Poll question: Would you like the White House to release photos &/or video of OBL's corpse?

This thread is not about "I think he's been dead for years" or "I think he's still alive somewhere" or any of that, just the question in the subject line. There are other threads for those if you want to go there.

Would you like the White House to release photos &/or video of OBL's corpse?

[JuniperLea]

1. The White House has far more brainpower than I do...

I won't look at them if I can avoid it, but I have no desire one way or the other on their release... I don't see the point, but as I said, I don't know all of the circumstances and I have no right to dictate.

That said, one thing I'm really hating right now is the thought and emotion police being out in full force on DU. Nunnayagoddambidnis what another person finds celebration worthy, what they find emotionally cleansing, or how they feel about any of this. STFU to all who profess to be God with all knowing powers and sensibilities beyond their fellow humankind.

[chill_wind]

28. It's a political discussion board. A rough and tumble public square

of course, bawdy political expression and strongly held opinion. If you're coming to DU to spout the same as everyone else, it's a little absurd to partake, and then to complain at various reaction and to expect some sort of "emotional privacy" on the topics you're voluntarily discussing.

The only way it stays "nunnaygoddambidnis" on a public discussion board is if you don't want it to be, and don't publicly put it out there in the first place for reaction and consumption. If it's too much for you, hit the ignore, including me, and hide the threads. I assure you I won't be offended.

[El Supremo]

2. I want to eat his brains!

:evilgrin:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

34. His brains are no longer edible. Too much lead. n/t

[cherokeeprogressive]

3. No. Show the evidence to KO and Maher. Let them tell the world.

Everyone seems to think every word either of them says is the stone cold truth anyway...

[blondeatlast]

4. Other. Theere should be respect for Islamic practices regarding the dead, however,

that respect should not preclude verification by respected, vetted journalists and possibly UN leaders and diplomats.

Or something. :shrug:

But no, I don't think the general 6-packer public should be privvy to them.

[Deep13]

5. Ick! No! nt

[Lars39]

6. I voted No...I think it would fan the flames, etc.

And who wants to see thousands of those pics waved around next time there's a huge protest against the US? Or a little protest by the teabaggers?

[lamp_shade]

12. What she ^ said.

[Blue-Jay]

7. Other.

They should show the video, DNA, and any other evidence to the WH press corps - no recording devices allowed.

[damntexdem]

8. Yes, for once they shouldn't wait for Wikileaks.

;-)

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Other, I don't care to see a dead body

seen enough dead bodies, but it is time this country STARTS following the Geneva Conventions again... and showing the photos violates the Conventions.

[blondeatlast]

16. What nb said. nt

[frebrd]

22. +1000

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. They don't have to do it on my account

I know I won't look even if in the end they do release them or they're leaked out.

I find it disturbing that anyone would want to view them. I could see if heads of state from other countries wanted to see the evidence, and our own politicians as well. Then they could verify that he's dead to the rest of the world. Yet, we live in a society where the media gives attention to idiots like the "birthers." I can only imagine the feigned outrage this is going to generate. :(

[Chris_Texas]

11. Yes. I believe "secrets" are rarely worth the cost

I do not accept the premise that we require our leaders to suppress information, nor the concept that they can handle things that I cannot. I don't particularly care about the pics, as I believe them in this case, but that's irrelevant. Release them ALL.

[kenny blankenship]

13. When the chorus of "You're not telling us the truth!" "What are you hiding?" reaches a crescendo

then release some official documentation of his death - post mortem photos, DNA, stills from the interment-at-sea. It doesn't need to be everything but enough to convince a halfway sensible person.

If you don't wait until you're "forced to" release documentation, the same people who will be screaming you aren't leveling with us about "what really happened" will be screaming that you are barbarically parading OBL's body around to humiliate his followers, etc.

[RoadRage]

14. I put "Yes, I suppose"...

only because I think that this president is only ever believed when he shows every ounce of proof possible. I'd like this country to take his word at face value.. you know, just like they did with "W" when he claimed "Weapons of Mass Destruction" and no questions were asked of that...

[MindandSoul]

15. No. What needed to be done is done. No need to desecrate anyone's body

or to humiliate anyone's supporters.

We need to act more civilised than they did.

I didn't even like all the rejoicing. I'm glad he is gone, but a death should never be a reason to rejoice. Doing so makes us as bad as those who rejoiced on 9/11.

[Poll_Blind]

17. "No need to desecrate (bin Laden's) body or to humiliate (bin Laden's) supporters."

:wtf:

If you're referring to some other famous body the US was in custody of and their supporters, do tell. I'm fine with OBL's supporters being humiliated- I didn't honestly think there was much controversy on that sentiment.

PB

[Ready4Change]

18. No. What purpose would it serve?

Those critical of this administration (ironically, radical muslims and radical right wingers) won't be satisfied by any photo. And those supportive of this administration don't need to see any pictures.

[blondeatlast]

19. Wouldn't this violate the Geneva Convention? Lord knows I'm no expert.

:shrug:

[vaberella]

31. It's irrelevant. Obama will be releasing pics today apparently. n/t

[Electric Monk]

48. Or, maybe not... nt

[SpartanDem]

20. Yes, its simply a picture of dead body

and it's major part of history. We should be as transparent possible anything that able to declassified should be

[Buns_of_Fire]

21. I voted "no," but it doesn't really matter...

One way or another, pictures in all their gory glory will find their way out there.

For many years, broadcasters wouldn't air the few frames of the Zapruder film that showed the spray of blood and brain matter that erupted when the fatal shot hit JFK. But that was then. This is now.

[Demoiselle]

23. Yes. I've seen worse.

...Like the World Trade Center towers crumbling, a fireman holding a tiny baby's body in front of what little is left of the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, a stack of starved corpses in a German concentration camp..
Much as I wish I'd never seen any of these things, I think I can take pictures of a gunshot victim.

[EFerrari]

24. Of course. n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

25. Yes, open government is always good. Even when it is with something like this

I can't vote to withhold information from the American people.

[xchrom]

26. Yes. Nt

[roamer65]

27. No. He's dead.

Al Qaeda woudl already have a video out of him if he wasn't. Al Qaeda is calling him a martyr, so that's admitting he's dead.

[Bluebear]

29. Al Qaeda is not who I am worried about. It's the Tea Party whackos who will say it's all a hoax.

[onenote]

47. anyone who doubts the story now is going to doubt it after they see a photo

they'll claim it was photoshopped or not bin laden or was taken at another time or place. That this is so is apparent from how the birthers react to every disclosure.

[vaberella]

30. I don't want to see either. But photos, maybe videos will be released. Also audio. n/t

[Raine]

32. Yes, of course.

Otherwise some will keep denying it, a few still will but it will be more difficult for them to.

I'll look at them I seen lots worse I'm sure.

[Solly Mack]

33. Sure. I support the releasing of all manner of photos/tapes as evidence and proof

of what happened. Transparency and all that.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

35. I voted no, but don't care that much

The CIA chief wants them out, so they'll leak, regardless of his boss's wishes.

But if anyone thinks the deathers will accept the photos and stfu, I don't think so. They will cry Photoshop, Staged, and Madame Toussaud, until there is a white man in the oval office.

[SoCalDem]

36. I really don;t care.. I will not look at it, and people who want to believe conspiracy theories

will never be convinced..

I would prefer that photos be made available for viewing by the department heads of whatever media wants to send them..and no recordings or duplicates be made./. Let them watch the tapes of the mission and view the pics, and then they can deal with the unbelievers...and the gruesome pics don't end up online, where they can be reproduced over & over for propaganda purposes..

[mmonk]

37. No.

I'm tired of the US displaying dead people as if they were a kill at a deer hunt.

[eShirl]

38. Sooner or later they will be released; I'd personally prefer it be in b&w rather than color.

[Electric Monk]

39. Still topical, talking about this on CNN now, so back to the top with this thread.

[thewiseguy]

40. So what changed since yesterday DUers?

Looks like the majority where in favor of releasing the photos but now that Obama has decided against it you all are celebrating his decision!

[HappyMe]

41. No.

I don't see the point in releasing them.

[Electric Monk]

42. There's another poll, same question, so I'm kicking this one again.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1035144&mesg_id=1035144

Oddly, the other one is currently at 36% Yes, 59% No.

Mine (this one) is currently at 55% Yes, absolutely, while only 21% voted No way / Absolutely not.

I wonder what accounts for them being so different?

[uppityperson]

43. other, it is up to the administration. I don't see what good releasing them would do though.

Conspiracy people won't believe them. Those who want to be outraged at them don't need the excues.

[dems_rightnow]

44. I don't think it serves any purpose.

People who don't believe the truth won't be persuaded by photos.

I guess my response to them would be "He's dead. If he thinks he's not, let him send us a new video."

[DeadEyeDyck]

45. the idea of pissing off Moslems is BS

these people are more prepared for this than we will ever be. What we see on You-tube, many see out their window. If anyone would be offended, it is soft-bellied Americans.

[deacon]

46. NO!!!!!!!!!