Dziekanski - Mega Man Mash-Up Video Distasteful, Disgraceful?

A recent video has been uploaded on the popular website YouTube by someone who calls himself greenRiverThriller. In it, he puts the late Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski inside the Mega Man universe, depicting the blue robot boy tasering Dziekanski to death.

This has naturally created quite a stir in the community, because many are saying that the video is very insensitive and is absolutely in bad taste. I've watched the video and while I agree that it is distasteful, it's obvious enough that greenRiverThriller is trying to make a social commentary on the ineptness of the RCMP.

Mega Man -- a popular video game character originally created in the late 80s -- takes on the role of the RCMP and he is presented with a few options near the end of the "stage" wherein Dziekanski is the "boss" character. Watch the video for yourself and feel free to express your opinion on the matter through the comment form below. What do you think? Disgraceful or insightful?

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