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.

what.....

You have a problem.:(

i agree. it's kinda cool, apart from the death and everything. but the conspiracy theories, amateur (bad) detective work and then arguing about your theories. watching the police doing their security crap at the bus station. live feeds on the news of what could be the next bomb. makes a day more interesting

i only wish more people would learn about the terrorists :isupportterrorism:

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...I see it as a form of entertainment.

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Idiots...nuff said. :dry:

Stupidest post today ? :dry:

I find it strange that I agree with muchspl3 and GepperRankins. The day seems much more exciting now.

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

I somewhat agree, and the media knows how to earn money off the bad news too. IMO, This post came off as pretty unsympathetic for the victims though.

(work calls)

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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.

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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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.

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That seems a little harsh.

Who was it? Schwartzkopf? Powell?

I just thank god I've never been Generalised.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/video...e/nil_main.jpg :pinch:

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

i agree. it's kinda cool, apart from the death and everything.[...]

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Well duh, terrorism is death. :rolleyes:







And believe me, u wont find it "exciting" if your directly involved. <_<

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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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This clarifies so many things about you, Dave; thank you.

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do you actually know what?

i can admit destruction is awesome and i like to rubberneck. i can admit i am entertained in the same way an action or horror movie entertains me, the same way a rollercoaster entertains me. i can admit i like the rush of the fear and adrenaline.

Maybe it's me but.... There is a big difference between being in awe of something or fascinated by something then by being entertained by it.

I think/hope that it is fascination or awe that you are feeling rather then entertained.

If these terrorist actions entertain you in the same way an action/horror movie do, then it would seem you don't quite have a full grasp of reality.

TD

awe is entertainig, n00b

I'm sorry, but I don't find the accidents or terrorist attacks entertaining. I've been trying to see it from your side, but I really can't.

If I do watch the news and there's something about any such thing on, I don't get a rush, and I don't feel entertained. I might be glad that no one I know or love has been involved but I really don't get anything out of it beyond that.

But then I don't like or understand those people who'll hang around the sites of accidents with cameras, or people who buy police scanners in order to get information above accidents and such, either.

Had I a different moral code ('cos I think the key to being able to view it in another way is to be able to block out what's wrong about it), if my parents had brought me up in some other way, I might feel it was exciting, but as it is, the way I view the world doesn't allow for me to take pleasure out of tragedies the way you describe.

I know a lot of people do think like you, tho', so you definitely aren't alone.

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awe is entertainig, n00b

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Well you've certainly convinced me :lol:

TD

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I'm sorry, but I don't find the accidents or terrorist attacks entertaining. I've been trying to see it from your side, but I really can't.

If I do watch the news and there's something about any such thing on, I don't get a rush, and I don't feel entertained. I might be glad that no one I know or love has been involved but I really don't get anything out of it beyond that.

But then I don't like or understand those people who'll hang around the sites of accidents with cameras, or people who buy police scanners in order to get information above accidents and such, either.

Had I a different moral code ('cos I think the key to being able to view it in another way is to be able to block out what's wrong about it), if my parents had brought me up in some other way, I might feel it was exciting, but as it is, the way I view the world doesn't allow for me to take pleasure out of tragedies the way you describe.

I know a lot of people do think like you, tho', so you definitely aren't alone.

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maybe entertainment is the wrong word, but it's human nature to be excited by danger and to rubberneck

I dunno' if I can agree with you completely, but it is human nature to be "excited" when you percieve that you are in danger, it's 'cos your body gears up the production of adrenaline to ready you for a threat.

It makes you stronger, faster and more alert.

I still wouldn't call it entertaining in itself, but as you say, that is probably the wrong word.

As for the rubbernecking bit, it's human instinct to make sure the danger isn't heading your way, I know that.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4703777.stm

Did you remember the pop corn ?

War has never been so much fun.

i think i saw something in this thread about how real-life is different from films, so you don't have the same feelings about real life.

that's bullshit. films are designed to be realistic. they're designed to play on your emotions and dettach you from the real world and take you away to another place. you form emotional links with the characters and feel scared for them and exhilerated by the random destruction, then upset when they die. only afterwards do you tell yourself it's only a film and forget it.

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Originally Posted by muchspl3

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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You are a sick mother arn't you.

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Originally Posted by muchspl3

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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You are a sick mother arn't you.

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:lol:

You've been a member for well over a year without making a post, obviously muchspl's comments have mightily offended you.

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

i think i saw something in this thread about how real-life is different from films, so you don't have the same feelings about real life.

that's bullshit. films are designed to be realistic. they're designed to play on your emotions and dettach you from the real world and take you away to another place. you form emotional links with the characters and feel scared for them and exhilerated by the random destruction, then upset when they die. only afterwards do you tell yourself it's only a film and forget it.

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You do form links with the characters and the story, but you cannot say the feelings are quite the same.

At some level, you are always going to know that the movie is not real and the events taking place are not real. If that were not the case, I sincerely doubt you would stay in your seat, eyes glued to the screen busily munching away on popcorn and sipping your favorite beverage.

Likewise, I doubt many people stand at the barricades to these tragic events eating m+m's and elbowing their friends, nodding and grinning each time another body bag passes by.

TD

go and live in iraq if you want that sort of thing and leave innocent people out of it.

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

i think i saw something in this thread about how real-life is different from films, so you don't have the same feelings about real life.

that's bullshit. films are designed to be realistic. they're designed to play on your emotions and dettach you from the real world and take you away to another place. you form emotional links with the characters and feel scared for them and exhilerated by the random destruction, then upset when they die. only afterwards do you tell yourself it's only a film and forget it.

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You do form links with the characters and the story, but you cannot say the feelings are quite the same.

At some level, you are always going to know that the movie is not real and the events taking place are not real. If that were not the case, I sincerely doubt you would stay in your seat, eyes glued to the screen busily munching away on popcorn and sipping your favorite beverage.

Likewise, I doubt many people stand at the barricades to these tragic events eating m+m's and elbowing their friends, nodding and grinning each time another body bag passes by.

TD

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of course you're gonna know that the people and events aren't real, but the feelings are the same.

I would have to disagree with you on that Dave.

Deep down in your subconscious you're brain knows that what its watching isn't real and therefore the emotions aren't as strong as they would be if it was real life in front of your eyes outside on the street

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I would have to disagree with you on that Dave.

Deep down in your subconscious you're brain knows that what its watching isn't real and therefore the emotions aren't as strong as they would be if it was real life in front of your eyes outside on the street

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i believe the opposite. you can tell yourself it's just a movie, but in your subconscious you believe every second. that's why the feelings are with you when you're watching the movie

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Originally Posted by tracydani

Likewise, I doubt many people stand at the barricades to these tragic events eating m+m's and elbowing their friends, nodding and grinning each time another body bag passes by.

TD

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Well, after watching some live footage this morning, it appears there are a few police officers who were having a grand ol' time as they were having a throurough and prolonged laugh fest.