Miller Place Area Locals: Rolling Stone Crossed the Line

The cover of the latest Rolling Stone features Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. It's not a grainy image from a surveillance camera or a mug shot but it shows a hip-looking young man, his mussy hair and goatee making him seem more like one of the rock stars the music magazine frequently covers rather than possibly the most hated man in the United States right now. A suspected terrorist. The cover photo supports the investigative piece inside outlining what made the boy turn into a killer.

But since the cover was announced to the public there has been a backlash. Several stores, including Stop & Shop, CVS and Walgreen's, have refused to carry the latest issue of Rolling Stone Magazine because of its decision to put Tsarnaev on the cover.

We posed the question on our Facebook page and asked readers if they agreed with the retailers' decision. Here is what a few of your neighbors are saying:

Johanna Kratzer Pititto: I think it is disgusting that they are treating him like a rock star on the cover... as far as the article goes I will NEVER read it because of the way in which it was presented. Had they put the faces of those who lost their lives and /or limbs (the TRUE VICTIMS) of the story on the cover, then maybe I would have given the article a chance. This is extremely hurtful and disrespectful to everyone that was there when that monster detonated the bombs.

James O'Connell: Just more riff raff to keep you eyes off the big picture, just like the Zimmerman case. Y'all didn't forget the Bradley manning trial did you? Or the IRS scandal? Or Benghazi?

Dorothy Lombardi Voight: Ditto, everything Johanna below me said I agree 100%.

Karen Ierna Petrie: BRAVO Stop & Shop, CVS and Walgreen's!!!

Jen Reese Conti: DISLIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Michael Mangino: This is disgusting it should be a cover of the victims

Thomas J. Lynch "Timothy Leary's dead" as the moody blues said in Legend of a Mind. Rolling Stones has been "dead" as well for some time, not relevent, like most printed media and object's d'information of the 60s and 70s. Much like the liberal political media and the big networks and the "talking heads". They can't report the news very well so they just make it up, or repeat what some other knucklehead reported. I think the worst part of The Rolling Stones cover is that all the REST of the newspapers, TV and online media keep posting it and reporting on it! They are just as culpable and offensive as RS for printing/publishing it first. (at least RS had an agenda to get noticed - well we have all done that for them?) I don't buy or pay or even read RS anymore after having a subscription for decades. The best response is <delete key> or <turn off the computer> or <mouse click> to another page or item. (why are you still reading this?.........go now!) <smile>

Barbara Quibell Sclafani: I agree all the stores should ban the magazine

Nick Derosa: His face belongs in the obituaries

Diana Blaising: sick!

Michael Mangino: Hey let me kill a few ppl in an act of terror so I get my picture on rolling stone

Michael Brett: This contributes to our failing nation. Garbage like this. People like negative stuff. It is mind boggling.

Deborah Schmitz: I wouldn't even post this in FB. Just block out his picture when asking the question on this. Who needs to see his face?

Kristina Mirell: Money maker. This will be worth big bucks in years to come. It'll be a rarity. U watch. Anyone have any stats on their sales figures over the last few years?

Continue the conversation. Tell us what you think. Do you agree that stores should ban the issue on their shelves?