Popular Media
Suicide Kitty made an interesting point this morning, something I really had not considered until he brought it to my attention:When Janet Jackson's nipple made it onto National Television for the briefest of moments conservative America went into an uproar. All the news channels showed slow-motion instant replays of the event and made a much bigger deal out of it than would ever be necessary.
Violence, however, is voraciously consumed by Americans as a means of justifying the war and confirming some sense of power over a collection of third world countries. That, I must say, is rather sick to think about. The fact that violence is considered more acceptable viewing than a breast is confusing.
Parade of the Dead
When an American soldier is killed and the people of the country parade the body through town as a symbol of their victory we call them barbarians and shun their activities as disgusting and inhumane.
When American troops killed al-Zarqawi in Iraq the American military and media was quite quick to parade the body around in news print, television and on the internet like some kind of flag. His death symbolized some great achievement and they put it all over popular media as quickly as possible. They brag about the death, show video of the attack and video of his body.
Are we any different from the barbarians in other countries?
posted by GreSam @ 09:10
1 Your Opinion:
an ugly teet it was.
What we should do is sector the country for different vices: Nudity, Violence, Bible Beating, Bible Burning, Hooliganism, Gambling, and Tubthumping. Each vice has a divine right to a homeland - or at the least, a theme park.
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we different 'cause, um, 'cause, let me think: "...this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!"
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/08/0330chewbacca.jpg/200px-0330chewbacca.jpg
"Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, [approaches and softens] does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests."
The difference is the body. There: body. Here: pictures.
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