Christine Chubbuck Tape

Indeed. In my opinion it's a disingenuous argument people use to try to reconcile their morality with their morbid curiosity. ("I'm not voyeuristically digging up a family's tragedy, I'm honoring a dead woman's last wish!") Just admit you want to see something none of us has ever seen before, gruesome though it may be, because the taboo is exciting. I will openly admit that I'm the same way--I just draw the line at actively seeking it out myself, especially while the family is still alive. I have far more respect for that position than trying to pretend that leaking someone else's dirty laundry is a noble exercise in virtue. I guarantee that no keyboard warrior who trots out that argument would dare to say they know Christine's wishes to her family or surviving coworkers' faces. (And if they did, that's quite the audacity.) 

At the end of the day, Christine is not here to speak on her own behalf anymore. Nobody can say what she "would have wanted." Nobody can speak on her behalf. Nobody can put words in her mouth. None of us has any right to presume to know this woman at all, much less better than her own family. That said, her family *is* still here, they're the ones still affected by this tragedy and *their* position is clear. You can choose not to respect those wishes if you want, but don't pat yourself on the back for your righteousness along the way, please.

To those *still* clamoring for the damn tape, who'd insult one of the lone voices of sanity on this thread, just admit that you want to see a woman die for real before your eyes and get off your high horse.