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So 80+ teens and young adults were ruthlessly gunned down in Norway by a lone gun-man. But what REALLY got our attention as a society.....
....Amy Winehouse found dead in her London flat.
Don't get me wrong I loved the late singer. She could croon with the best of them, and had an awesome back-beat in her songs. But, I mean c'mon, was it really all that shocking. Ever since she made it BIG she's been in and out of rehab, making a complete hash of her live performances, and let's not get started on her marriage. Yes, she seemed to be doing better, was looking healthier, and staying out of the press.
But still, SHE took precedent in the Media over this incident in Norway. Some friends and I were having a discussion regarding these two events over on Facebook. Granted I won't go into the one about the whole conspiracy theory of it all......and yes believe it or not, there are some theories out there. But I'll save that for another post.
The thing we noticed is how desensitized we've become over things like this. I mean 30 years ago, if someone would have said they were gay, HOLD THE PHONE! Now, famous actor comes out and says their gay, gay marriages, Tibetan monk eats fetus in public, etc., etc. NOTHING shocks us anymore. We've become so desensitized by the media that absolutely nothing gets to us anymore. Not knockin' the gays, just trying to make a point.
We are constantly being bombarded with craziness and horror to the point where things that should make us gasp and cry, and start building bomb shelters in our back yard (film: Blast From The Past), but instead, we change the channel from the evening news to South Park, where even more despicable things are displayed, but oh wait....that's just a cartoon.....no harm there......
....and we wonder why our kids are so violent?!?
....Amy Winehouse found dead in her London flat.
Don't get me wrong I loved the late singer. She could croon with the best of them, and had an awesome back-beat in her songs. But, I mean c'mon, was it really all that shocking. Ever since she made it BIG she's been in and out of rehab, making a complete hash of her live performances, and let's not get started on her marriage. Yes, she seemed to be doing better, was looking healthier, and staying out of the press.
But still, SHE took precedent in the Media over this incident in Norway. Some friends and I were having a discussion regarding these two events over on Facebook. Granted I won't go into the one about the whole conspiracy theory of it all......and yes believe it or not, there are some theories out there. But I'll save that for another post.
The thing we noticed is how desensitized we've become over things like this. I mean 30 years ago, if someone would have said they were gay, HOLD THE PHONE! Now, famous actor comes out and says their gay, gay marriages, Tibetan monk eats fetus in public, etc., etc. NOTHING shocks us anymore. We've become so desensitized by the media that absolutely nothing gets to us anymore. Not knockin' the gays, just trying to make a point.
We are constantly being bombarded with craziness and horror to the point where things that should make us gasp and cry, and start building bomb shelters in our back yard (film: Blast From The Past), but instead, we change the channel from the evening news to South Park, where even more despicable things are displayed, but oh wait....that's just a cartoon.....no harm there......
....and we wonder why our kids are so violent?!?
1 comment:
You're right about priorities. Yet something else that irks me is the mock trauma that folks play so well for the cameras. People who never knew any of the people involved in whatever tragedy will boohoo like they lost their mama when there's a camera around. THAT sickens me almost as much as the wasted lives. Most people are flakes.
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