Yeah, I caught that after I posted but I was walking out of the house. I figured the point would be understood. I fixed it.I think you mean they are DE-sensitized to these tragedies.
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Yeah, I caught that after I posted but I was walking out of the house. I figured the point would be understood. I fixed it.I think you mean they are DE-sensitized to these tragedies.
I saw a post on facebook with a picture of two barefoot runners in the marathon, I believe they were almost to mile 26 when it happened, and were stopped before the finish. Not sure if they are members on here or not, but they were fine.As far as the disagreement goes, which shall be recorded as such, let's turn our focus back to the original purpose of this thread.
It's sad, but I don't watch the news because I don't believe they way the news is portrayed is good. You know everyone that watches those videos from yesterday is watching people getting killed? People sit and watch that crap multiple upon multiple times a day. Is it a freak show or something? Do people like watching people die? Do people even realize or think about that's what their watching, just because they may not see the bodies? What about the blood soaked streets they keep showing over and over and over again? What about all the wounded they keep showing video of that are being wheeled out of there or people are carrying or helping carrying? Media goes way to far in what they can show and I think they are a bigger culprit for acts of yesterday or at Newtown or the Colorado theater shootings. The parents or grandparents get sucked into watching all this gory footage and don't even realize/or care that their children are right there watching this. My wife likes watching the news, but I don't allow the news on in our house when the children are here. Media shows dead from the war pretty frequently, but most people seem to be so desensitized to it that they don't even bat an eyelash at what they just saw. That's absolutely appalling to me. It's one thing to REPORT the news, it's something totally different to show all these gory photos and video.
You GO Mr. Rogers' mom!
I'm also a member of this minority group - I don't have a television for exactly the above mentioned reasons: I think it's just horrible and indecent to watch the suffering and dying of other people!ChasingShadows and Jen, I really think we are in the minority here for the news.
Another mutant here. I threw out TV some 6 years ago. Don't worry Nick.ChasingShadows and Jen, I really think we are in the minority here for the news. I think most people don't care and just watch it. When I tell most people I don't like the news nor do I watch it they act like I am some sort of mutant.
Same here.No cable or Dish here, just rabbit ears on a cathode ray.