To me, terrorism is exciting

it's got better camera work and special effects than any hollywood movie (don't know about the plot though :ermm: ). you find it entertaining. no-one will think any less of you if you admit it

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

it's got better camera work and special effects than any hollywood movie (don't know about the plot though :ermm: ). you find it entertaining. no-one will think any less of you if you admit it

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I will. :unsure:

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Strange as it may seem, I watch news and documentaries for information, not entertainment. I think the repetitive indulgence of the media is sick. And I think those who find it entertaining are sick too.

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Took the words right outta my mouth.

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Originally Posted by Skizo

Took the words right outta my mouth.

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You should floss more often. :sick:

education is entertaining too :dry:

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Originally Posted by lynx

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

you guys are lying to yourselves. you find it entertaining, shocking and distressing maybe. you watch the news and all the documenteries about terrorism. why would you do it if it wasn't interesting and entertaining. why would television bosses so much of primetime to these programs if it wasn't entertaining

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Strange as it may seem, I watch news and documentaries for information, not entertainment. I think the repetitive indulgence of the media is sick. And I think those who find it entertaining are sick too.

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Well there is a fine line between information and entertainment in many cases. You wouldn't watch it if you found the information to be completely dull. :mellow:

That said, I pretty much agree with your view on the media.

Edit: But of course, entertainment is the wrong word to describe my feelings about these things... I watch these things more in disbelief and shock than entertainment :dry:

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To me, terrorism is exciting
I think the very idea that someone might set off a bomb in Macy's and kill several hundred people is exciting and stimulating, and I see it as a form of entertainment.

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

education is entertaining too :dry:

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Especially "Human Reproduction" mock Practical Tests :rolleyes:

This is weird :huh:

Manker's nowhere around, but I feel the presence of a rod nearby. :unsure:

I have never asked you to feel my rod... im certain of this :unsure:

I think there is a difference between entertainment and information about what is going on around us. A lot depends on ones ability to separate the two.

We watch acted violence on TV and in movies all the time for entertainment. There is a perversion about human nature that makes us "rubberneck" an accident on the road. Death comes to us all and we are obsessed with the need to know what happens when we die.

Watching acts of terror on the news has one difference from watching a movie and that is the fact that is real. So we are still detached from the reality to a degree...... Until we become personally involved by way of a loss. If one of your family or someone close to you is the victim then any perverted entertainment factor is removed.

This is a generalisation

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Originally Posted by vidcc

This is a generalisation

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That seems a little harsh.

Who was it? Schwartzkopf? Powell?

I just thank god I've never been Generalised.