Is it illegal by law to post or print a photo of a person who just died? As 3 people (2 impolite and 1 polite) said that it’s “bawal” as I posted (now deleted) 3 photos in Francis M’s Multiply Fan Site that was forwarded to me by my wife which was forwarded to her as well by someone else.
To my cousin who is about to finish law, is there a law that says it’s bawal? If there is, then deleting the photo I uploaded is the best thing then so that I won’t be filed a case. But personally, I don’t think so… I think it’s more of a matter of “belief” rather than “fact”. Beliefs and facts are two different words with two very different meanings.
For me, it’s okay to upload (online) or print (offline) photos of someone who just died. But apparently to the 3 people it’s not. Actually, it’s no big deal for me to delete the photos. What irritates me is the impoliteness being practiced by these netizens in giving out comments to another person. I know that there are always good and bad people, I preach that, but still it gets in my nerves every time there’s an impolite comment (which includes disrespectful comments inline with sex, demeaning comments and other negative comment) given online whether to me or to others.
Below is how wartoys delivered his 2 comments (posted here letter per letter and character per character):
- hoy bawal yan alisin mo yan gago ka
- pare respeto naman oh! sinabihan na kita erase mo yan dmo pa din erase gusto mo mademanda ka muna noh!
These people don’t think before they speak their mind. Words are very powerful. It creates friends and enemies. And by being impolite, you create enemies to those people who are impolite as well. As I’ve said, walang problema burahin ang photos pero to comment impolitely using words “hoy” and “gago” and using “!” is not right. Yes, there are good and bad people, but by commenting such things, you’re being bad. So if you’re unconsciously or consciously giving out comments like this, then you’re choosing to be bad no matter how you deny it.
To think that this person is a fan of Francis M, a patriot and peace loving person (of course, he had his bad moments din when he was younger, most people do). Having an idol to look up to means imitating this idol. That’s the essence of having an idol. And Kiko being a man of peace, will not utter such comments. And to end this blog, let me post one line from the lyrics of Kaleidoscope World by our idol – Francis Magalona, “YOU CAN’T TALK PEACE AND HAVE A GUN”.
It’s just now that I learned that the family of FrancisM requested not to take pictures on the wake which violated the family’s privacy with my upload. IF I knew this beforehand, then as a preacher of respect, then obviously I wouldn’t upload it.
The point of the argument here is how to properly “react” or “comment” on something. The commenter should have taken in account the fact that I may not know Kiko’s family request or he should have taken in account the fact that I may have different beliefs about the subject.
At the start of a response, the first resort should be respect then if it doesn’t work, you can either ignore or pursue.
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[...] from 1 person there. One of the 2 impolite comments was posted in my blog yesterday entitled, “You can’t talk peace and have a gun”. I answered the commenters in the group yesterday and written a blog to educate my readers again [...]
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Thank you watcat. More power!