Okay, how much is a bone sticking out of a leg going to bother you?

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Does that seem like a silly question? Well OF COURSE it's going to bother you. A lot of you know, especially if you live in the States, that this weekend a college basketball player named Kevin Ware went up to block a shot (in the NCAA tournament against Duke), came down, and as a result of how he came down, his bone was sticking out of his leg. I mean right where you could see it. I didn't see the replay when it first happened. And once the network grasped how bad the injury was they quit showing the replay. But you can find it online, and you can also find pictures of him laying on the court with his bone sticking out of his skin. For a few days I debated whether to find the photo. I was curious, but you can't "unsee" things, and I didn't want the image to haunt me. But I ended up finding it. And it didn't bother me. Didn't make me want to throw up (a few players on his team almost threw up, but that's because he landed right beside their bench and they got a front row seat to the injury), and it isn't going to gross me out if I happen to see it again. Whereas my sister was grossed out entirely, and my dad absolutely refuses to look because he is so squeamish. So I guess I'm asking, how strong is your constitution? I can watch an actual surgery on TV and not be bothered. My dad can't stand to see any of it. I guess I just have a strong stomach. Incidentally, I've never seen so many men cry at one time. Players from his time, players from the opposing team, and men in the crowd watching the game. If you're wondering, he had immediate surgery on his broken leg, and is already released and walking on crutches. They estimate it will be a year before he is fully recovered. *Don't misunderstand. The injury bothered me in the sense that I hate to see someone suffer. It's just how gruesome it was didn't bother my ability to view it.