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Just for the record, I want everyone to know that I apologized to shakran last night for being obtuse and reactive.
Still the gist of my feelings about the news, 24-hour news networks in particular, is the same. Yes, we need the media to tell us the news. We do not need the media to recycle sound bites and bits of video over and over and over for our consumption. We do not need to know every particular about this man's life. We DO NOT need to be watching the memorial service for these people. We do not need to be hawking over these people's lives like it's something that affects us directly. It's like a nationwide form of gossiping.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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