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To: Doctor Stochastic
No. See the definition in post #14.

The Zapruder film was neither a preplanned filming nor was it done for titillation purposes or for profitable sale. Zapruder just happened to be filming a Presidential motorcade on a sunny day.

Similarly, news footage of deaths and carnage does not qualify; indeed, it is rarely ever seen, and is edited out, unless it's Al Jazeera.

R. "Bud" Dwyer's suicide comes to mind.

20 posted on 04/24/2004 10:55:52 PM PDT by Long Cut ("Fightin's commenced, Ike, now get to fightin' or get outta the way!"...Wyatt Earp, in Tombstone)
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To: Long Cut; weegee
Is there really such a thing as a snuff film?
21 posted on 04/24/2004 11:03:32 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("You guys must have had a big bowl of stupid this morning." --al baby)
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To: Long Cut
Ah but Bud knew what was going to happen and invited to media to film him. He produced his own snuff film even if the media was a pawn in his game.
25 posted on 04/24/2004 11:07:26 PM PDT by weegee (Maybe Urban Outfitters should sell t-shirts that say "Voting Democrat is for Old Dead People.")
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