morfe
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Dog...
Nov 21, 2003, 20:47
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I wasn't talking about Michael Jackson per se, I was talking about the whole scene.
As for my bullshit detector... I give up! I have no interest in the man, and I don't know him or his detractors. I haven't watched it on TV so I'm as ill-equipped as can be. Not that 'watching it on TV' gives any singular insight into anything in the world of celebs or politics other than a whole mess of messness?
Whatever, I'm the wrong dude to call foul here. If it was my kiddie; then I'd be the right person.
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Dog 3000
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Re: Dog...
Nov 21, 2003, 20:52
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Congrats to you for avoiding the 24-7 news media Jackothon these days! I feel like it will be at least a week before there's any point in tuning in again.
Here's another cynical proposition for ya:
What if the timing of Jackogate is part of a "CIA plot" to distract from Iraq etc.?
Not much coverage of Bush in London or bombings in Istanbul yesterday -- but they showed Jacko in handcuffs walking through a door about 10,000 times . . . .
Hmmmmmmm . . . . ?!?!
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morfe
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Cynicsville
Nov 21, 2003, 21:13
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"Here's another cynical proposition for ya:
What if the timing of Jackogate is part of a "CIA plot" to distract from Iraq etc.?"
Dude...TV is, like, seriously bad for you!
(PS I only watch DVD's after having watched 'I love the 70's/80's' for the last 2 months and nearly psychically disembowelled myself)
As for the 'news', just say NO!!! There's a world within 200 yds radius of where we live that is neglected/unknown because of locals watching endless TV. This rather than making it a safe and inclusive/pleasant place to be. Consumer culture has a very nasty flipside, I talked to my grandparents about 'community' life before it all wnet crazy, and they said they weren't generally frightened of anything, and people chipped in together and made the area a nice place to be, even though they lived on peanuts and tied onions for a living. Sad but true. Can we consume like pigs and not behave lke pigs toeach other? I'd like to think we could reach a better place...
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Lawrence
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Re: Cynicsville
Nov 21, 2003, 21:24
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Nowadays I read the news online -- still biased but less annoying than TV (and without those grindingly condescending advertisements -- although I do get alot of pop-up ads, but at least they don't talk to me.)
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Dog 3000
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Re: Cynicsville
Nov 21, 2003, 21:55
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Well sure -- you don't watch TV news looking for insight or analysis.
But it does have moving images and can be "live" in the moment. It's good for a couple things that text news isn't.
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cHARLIE
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U know exactly what you do!
Stay out my face Stray!
Enough already
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