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Rome03 September 2015 In Bodrum, "the defeat of humanity" has taken place. This is one of the comments on Twitter about the tragedy of Aylan, the three year old boy who died with other refugees while trying to reach the Greek island Kos. A child who had a story, but above all a big smile with which he would have to face life.

In #Bodrum, on that beach, humanity's defeat took place.

- rudy (@rudyponchia) September 3, 2015

That boy on #Bodrum beach had a name, his name was Aylen Alkardi. @ilmanifesto pic.twitter.com/SMdncAxliN

- Il Popolo Viola (@popoloviola) September 3, 2015

Indignation on the web
The photo of Aylan's body on Bodrum beach has caused dismay, indignation, horror but also debates and controversies about the need to publish the image that has become the symbol of the forced exodus of the Syrians who run away from war, from death.

That beach where the heart shatters and floats is our #Bodrum failure

- Ilia Verrocchi (@IliaVerrocchi) September 3, 2015

The network wonders: is it right to publish the photo?
On social networks there are those who stop to comment on the tragedy and those who evaluate the different choices made by newspapers and online newspapers on the publication of the photo. Someone, like the director of the press Mario Calabresi, says that "respect for this child requires that we all know". Many on Twitter write about how important it is to have to publish this image to awaken dormant consciences in the face of the tragedy of refugees. Many choose to support this position by sharing the first page of the Manifesto where the photo of Aylan stands uncensored, with the title "No asylum".

Read article, and I think it is right to show it. Words don't have the same strength as pictures. # Bodrum @lucasofri pic.twitter.com/mlc4pxeQ1k

- saverio giangregorio (@saveriolakadima) September 2, 2015

#Profughi. That baby is our son. # Bodrum, the photo that shakes our consciences. pic.twitter.com/lEqf0uwO1w

- francesco anfossi (@f_anfossi) September 2, 2015

I saw a photo. And my soul has gone to pieces #Bodrum #pace pic.twitter.com/R7BB04oqq7

- Gabriella Insana (@gabriellainsana) September 3, 2015

Do you need an image to move consciences?
But if many are horrified by Aylan's body image, many wonder if it was really necessary to publish and spread the photo of a child to stir consciences. How is it possible that only one image can make the world aware of the dramatic situation of refugees? many comment. And someone, sharing the image of Aylan, calls on Europe and the countries involved not to turn their backs on these people and open borders.

But is it really necessary to look at the photo of a dead child to move our consciences? #Bodrum

- #PAUL (@thehashtagpaul) September 3, 2015

Lucky you. That you need the #Bodrum photos to be horrified

- solaconuncane (@solaconuncane) September 2, 2015

Or maybe: how lucky we are that we only have the problem of whether to publish the photo or not ... #bodrum

- Flavio Fates (@ flavio78) September 3, 2015

Please stop posting the photo of the child on the beach of #Bodrum! Death must not be a spectacle, have respect !!!

- Carmela Angiulli (@CarmelaAngiulli) September 3, 2015

And keep on closing borders and raising walls ... isn't this your right son? #Bodrum #Turkey pic.twitter.com/dNq0ZQmjgS

- elisa festa (@EllyPrincy) September 2, 2015

Less outrage, more humanitarian corridors. #bodrum #noborders

- Adil (@adilmauro) September 3, 2015