Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 22:19:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ali Kazmi <thekazmis2001-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Ronald Reagan: Corpse to sheathed in diamonds and shot into orbit around Earth as a second Moon.


> but this hysteria seems significant, given how it
> has appeared
> alot of late. Massive grief over people you have
> never met but
> seen on TV? I can understand responses to things
> like 911, but
> for celes and politicians -- seems mad...

Grief is a real emotion, this is more akin to wearing
the right running shoes in highschool. "Everyone"
(media) seems to be saying a "great" man died, so I
must also show my knowledge of his greatness and my
grief at his passing. And I must show more grief then
my neighbour. 

It's like the Flag Phase that US went through after
9/11, If you have a flag on the lawn, I have one on my
car, my chimney, tatooed on my kids forehead.

the media has become the vox populi. The creator of
ideas, opinions, beliefs, behaviors and emotions.

On a lighter note, I am going to see " The Chronicle
of Riddick" tomorrow, one advantage of living in North
America is watching the movies earlier. I don't know
if you caught "Pitch Black" a couple of years back,
but that was a good SF flick, so I have high hopes for
the continuation. After the end of Farscape, I forced
myself to watch a few episodes of "Enterprise"
faaaghharragagghhh.

Cheers

Ali


	
		
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