Should You Watch People Die - by Santi Ruiz
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What we mean by "bearing witness."
Are you supposed to watch videos of people getting killed? A couple days ago, Unherd writer Aris Roussinos made a strong argument for the no camp, and I think I agree. Which is a little funny, because if you’d looked at his and my work five years ago, you might have thought we both wanted you to see more videos of dying people. I’m being slightly too flippant, so let me back up: Roussinos is a former foreign correspondent for Vice TV, from back before Vice focused on Bushwick marginalia. He produced lots of excellent warzone reporting (and continues to write great essays). I spent a summer…
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