~there is so much going on in the Middle East: bombings, civilian deaths, panic, and fear.
~plane crash in Hillsboro in a neighborhood.
The lead story on the 11 o'clock news for channel 8 on Monday night: Peacock attacks kid at the zoo.
Are you serious?!? The kid gets scratched, and this leads the news!?! Are you kidding me?! it's unfortunate, but honestly, i probably bled more the time i fell from the rogue pine cone on the sidewalk, and my scar pretty big.
It's times like this i really dislike the news. With all the chaos in the world around us our narcissism wins, or at least we are taught to fear whatever is in our backyard. What is wrong with the news media. Does our fear always have to win over everything? And comparatively speaking which really is the bigger deal, an animal behaving it's instinct, or what a serious conflict where the innocent are dying. Sometimes it feels like if it doesn't belong to an american, or an oregonian it isn't that important.
i read a book called the culture of fear, by Barry Glassner. it really is an interesting read on why americans are afraid of all the wrong things. it is interesting b/c it was published in '99. basically we are coaxed by the media to live in constant fear of the next big thing. Which makes me wonder, if we are always in fear of the next big thing, when do we really get to live?
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