[Lancey Howard]

Huh.. That was a pretty tame suicide. You couldn’t see any brain matter or blood or anything. I don’t know why the simple Shep got so worked up about it. People at car races don’t turn away when there’s a wreck.

[MissMagnolia]

Shep: Sometimes we see a lot of things that we don’t let get to you – because it’s not time appropriate, it’s insensitive, and it’s just wrong.

It is up to the all-knowing media to determine what 'we the sheeple' will see and how we should see it (and what we should think about it) so our sensibilities are not offended. /s