[lit-ideas] Re: Gun Control
- From: "Carol Kirschenbaum" <carolkir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:17:47 -0700
Andreas posted:
>[Cho] planned this
carefully by preparing the "media package" (yes, "media package", to make sure
the public
got the message).>
ck: Of all the insane things about the VT event, the fact that the media
actually played this package appalled me the most. The shooter wanted
posthumous fame--and the media gave it to him! Loads of polls tell us that
teens want their 15 minutes of fame--hell, the reality TV shows attest to that.
Terrorists want media coverage, too--and they, too, get it. The bigger the
blast, the bigger the "news" coverage.
The big fat problem is a media-infested culture that celebrates violence over
and over and over. The PA Dutch didn't allow this degree of frenzy when a
nutcase killed in one of their schools. There will always be individuals who
want and need to kill, and deranged, lost souls who follow them. But there need
not be a glamorization of these slaughters.
Carol,
tuning out
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