Logan Paul Should Be Banned from YouTube
(WARNING: This following article contains content which may be potentially triggering or traumatic.)
Recently, news broke of a YouTuber by the name of Logan Paul posting a video of a dead body which he came across in Aokigahara also known as Japan’s Suicide Forest.
Paul not only showed the dead body on camera but, the camera also zoomed in on the dead body’s face. Then, he and his friends proceeded to laugh about it.
Logan Paul should be banned from YouTube.
Suicide is Not a Joke.
Once more for good measure: suicide is not a joke.
A Twitter thread by an account called @flavordays best explained the sadness associated with Aokigahara:
These individuals felt so empty, pained and alone that they felt ending their lives, in general, was their only course of action.
Yet, Logan Paul felt the need to “laugh at the sight of a dead person which is [both] deplorable [and]…DESPICABLE.”
The video in question has since been deleted and was followed by something of apology video from Paul.
Said apology was considered insincere. This was because, throughout the apology, Paul praised himself. The Twitter account of YouTube channel, Nerd City pointed this out with their transcription of Paul’s video.
Perhaps this scandal could be enough for Logan Paul to be banned from YouTube altogether.
Do Not Follow His Example
YouTuber, That Japanese Man Yuta, posted a video entitled: Logan Paul (Don’t be That Guy in Japan… or Anywhere Else).
Yuta watched not only Paul’s video in the Suicide Forest but, there were also other videos that Paul made while in Japan.
Paul went on to disrespect a temple of worship, cause a ruckus in Tokyo’s famous fish market and throw a Pokeball plush at a moving car.
Yuta explained that one should be “extra mindful” whether they are in Japan or anywhere else when it comes to respecting the country and its culture overall.
Further, Yuta commented that some people do get a “disproportionate amount of hate because of people’s knee-jerk self-righteous reactions” however, “in Logan’s case, in particular, I believe he deserves harsh public criticism and possibly termination of his channel.”
Another YouTuber, Reina Scully, posted a video in response to the Logan Paul controversy.
In her video, Scully made this statement about the Suicide Forest:
“Aokigahara is absolutely not a tourist attraction just because the internet glorified it.”
In the description of Scully’s video, she also called for ”YouTube to… ban [Paul] from creating content on YouTube. And that, [banning Paul] should serve as an example of the line you just simply can’t cross by using your career/brand as an excuse.”
Call to Ban Logan Paul from YouTube
There are now “multiple petitions [that] call for YouTube to ban Paul from the platform.”
YouTube is a very public area of the internet and while certain videos do have age restrictions and the like, there are also strict guidelines that content creators are supposed to follow.
A statement from YouTube explained that, Paul’s video very much “did break the rules” and that YouTube also “bans violent or gory content…specifically which is posted “in a shocking, sensational or disrespectful manner”.
Ironically enough, that seems to be an accurate description of the video that Paul posted from the Suicide Forest.
Please remember that suicide is not a joke and not to follow the poor example set by the man who should be banned from YouTube.
The petition with the most signatures to ban Logan Paul from YouTube can be found here.