When they say Facebook helps connect people, they really mean it. Unfortunately there are few ways to disconnect from people aside from removing them completely. This afternoon I loaded up my Facebook and staring at me was the picture of a baby with a cracked skull and the child’s brains leaking out. Does that paint a disgusting enough image for you? Well the image is even more disgusting.

One of my Facebook friends thought they would share that image with their friends and for some reason Facebook decided that the image was important enough to display in my news feed. I’d like to remove that story from my news feed but unfortunately I can’t. Why? Well Facebook doesn’t give me the option to remove it. Instead I can only select the option to view less stories about that individual.

Currently Facebook has a ban against viewing images of women breast feeding their child but there is currently no policy against seeing images of dead children. Seems a little bit ironic. Initially I didn’t feel very strongly about Facebook’s breast feeding ban but after seeing this horrendous image, I’m pro-breast feeding photos.

The image was used to promote a Greek Facebook group that has organized against Israel, asking them to stop killing babies. The group has some pretty gruesome photos uploaded to the Facebook group but for the sake of keeping your stomach in a comfortable situation, I’ve decided not to display the images in this article. If you really want to view them you can visit the group.

For the next couple hours, I have the pleasure of logging into Facebook to view this disgusting photo. One of two things should take place: Facebook should give users the ability to remove news feed stories for their homepage, or they should develop a more effective filtering system. While they’re at it they should allow breast feeding photos as I would much prefer seeing such images over seeing dead babies.