In Finland shooting, fallout for YouTube?

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Cork Board analogy is right on!: The article states that the shooter posted the video shortly before going on the shooting spree. Even if there was a policy of reviewing all postings, how long would it take? How much would it cost and are YOU willing to pay to offset this cost?

Also, how would you penalize YouTube? A fine, require monitoring, shut it down? What is your solution and are YOU willing to pay for it?

The whole idea is that this outlet is JUST like a public cork board on a college campus or in a supermarket or in a laundrymat. It's understood that it's not regularly reviewed by the provider because it's not a traditional media outlet. If there is a complaint by another member then the content may be removed. But the point is that this is an outlet for the public to express themselves.

The fact that some choose to abuse this medium comes as no surprise. That is the nature of the human species. You can't regulate it (or at least only so far), you can't legislate it and you can't stop it. All you can do is try to help those who need help.

If you're suggestions were followed, then most of the public bulletin boards around the country would have to be taken down. Yeah, thanks for that! Solved the problem alright, yay! Not really, since all you've done is take down the possible warning. The shootings, attacks, abuse and other nasty things will continue because we're still human. Penalizing or shutting down YouTube solves nothing! A real solution would start with what personal interactions with this teenager should have set off red flags? Where should we have seen this coming? Parents, friends, relatives, teachers, coaches, etc. etc.? Not blaming, but educating the public. "Here's how you may see a problem developing with your teen and what to do about it.". We do this already, but apparently need to do more. This would be so much more effective than penalizing a disconnected third party who had very little chance of spotting or stopping a problem.

By the way, I'm getting tired of the knee-jerk reaction to tragedy of starting up another edition of the blame-game. If we took a more mature approach to these issues, we may actually be able to prevent some of these problems in the future. The mature approach would start with:
1. What can be done to fix/stablize/resolve the current situation?
2. Gather all the available information on the problem and analyze.
3. What could have been done to avoid/stop/minimize the tragedy?
4. How can we implement some/all of the above ideas from number 3?

Seriously, we are currently much too quick to look for a scape-goat and possibly the next law suit defendant. I'm tired of dealing with the legal aspects of a tragedy instead of the emotional or social issues that are really important.; Posted by: gigglypuff Posted on: 11/08/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use