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Just wasted an hour and half watching the movie, 'Afterlife', starring Christina Ricci and Liam Neeson. What nonsense. You are given evidence throughout that Christina might be dead, and also evidence that she might be alive. And at the end, as is fast becoming the trend in western horror movies, all the good die and the bad guy gets away to do his shit another day....and gets a young boy to be his student as well! The shows main focus seems to be just increasing the tension within the viewer, not giving the viewer enough evidence to decide either way, and finally ending on as bleak and sick a note as possible. Basically, there isn't really any ending. Evidence is given to make people think either way so that the tension and anxiety can last long after the cinema has closed its doors as people attempt to figure out what really happened.  What the white man seems to be coming up with these days for 'entertainment' brings back memories of those days in Ro...

Facebook's decision to remove videos showing people being decapitated leaves the firm in a quandary: should or shouldn't it impose a wider censorship policy?

 Since publishing the article, readers have contacted the BBC to complain about other videos, including:
 - one that shows killings which do not involve beheadings - clips involving cruelty to dogs and other animals - a smartphone recording of a schoolgirl being punched to the ground by another pupil 
In all cases they said the network had refused their requests to remove the material. A spokeswoman for Facebook confirmed its policy had only been amended in regard to decapitations. - bbc Back in the 70s, people criticised The Waltons, Little House on the Prarie, etc, for not reflecting 'real life'. Thereafter came 'real life' shows which basically killed of the Idyllic family in real life or any inclinations towards it.  It became 'corny' or 'embarrassing' to be close to one's family th...