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Well, hell. Why not do a 9/11 one? "The world was shook to it's very foundation the day the World Trade Center buildings were attacked. Heroes fallen, a nation

Well, hell. Why not do a 9/11 one? "The world was shook to it's very foundation the day the World Trade Center buildings were attacked. Heroes fallen, a nation shook; some victims, flames against their back and smoke subsuming them, took a plunge... ... like the falling prices at Bleecker's Appliance on the corner of Warwick and Bushnell, where I just got a killer deal on a refrigerator through Groupon!" Oh, right. Fresh wounds and all, right?

drivebyacct2 16y ago
Heh, not really as if I can respond to this without sounding like a jerk and being downvoted incessantly. Oh well, I'll take a shot anyway: my response choices included mentioning that it was a decade ago, pointing out that I laugh (albeit how terrible it may or may not be of me) at this image: http://i.min.us/ibOZze.jpg http://i.min.us/ibOZze.jpg, and how I think a personal or national tragedy is slightly different than some animals in the water far enough away that I don't actually think about them regularly. I'd actually be more upset if they ran an ad mocking peoples' opposition to the war... or you know something substantial. I find that the continued SHOCK over 9/11 is really just another symptom of our addiction to "disaster porn" [1]. We in the US love a good disaster, especially if it's a banner under which to assert staunch nationalism (and with it pass the largest violation of Constitutional rights in the history of this country and invade two others), and continue to drum up emotion, support and excuses for ourselves and our government. Yes it was terrible, yes people died. More people died in automobile accidents. Ask yourself why you're so worked up over 9/11. Was it graphic? Maybe, but that probably has to do with our constant reiteration of what a "tragedy" it was along with footage of the towers falling. [1]: less "shockingly" known as Compassion Fatigue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion_fatigue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion_fatigue) (hm, this article isn't a very good discussion. I'm more familiar with it in the policy debate world where it has a bit more relevant meaning)
- muhfuhkuh 16y ago
  "I'd actually be more upset if they ran an ad mocking peoples' opposition to the war... or you know something substantial." That's the problem. You think it was just about Whales and trees, but I guess you didn't realize how many more died in the Tibetan struggle for independence than 9/11? Then smash cut on Timothy Hutton getting a fish dinner? I say, if they wanted shock, do the 9/11 thing. Or, even more topical, the egyptian revolution. Like Kenneth Cole did[1]. That worked out well for them! [1] http://blog.seattlepi.com/zennieabraham/archives/238287.asp http://blog.seattlepi.com/zennieabraham/archives/238287.asp

drivebyacct2 16y ago

Heh, not really as if I can respond to this without sounding like a jerk and being downvoted incessantly. Oh well, I'll take a shot anyway: my response choices included mentioning that it was a decade ago, pointing out that I laugh (albeit how terrible it may or may not be of me) at this image: http://i.min.us/ibOZze.jpg http://i.min.us/ibOZze.jpg, and how I think a personal or national tragedy is slightly different than some animals in the water far enough away that I don't actually think about them regularly. I'd actually be more upset if they ran an ad mocking peoples' opposition to the war... or you know something substantial. I find that the continued SHOCK over 9/11 is really just another symptom of our addiction to "disaster porn" [1]. We in the US love a good disaster, especially if it's a banner under which to assert staunch nationalism (and with it pass the largest violation of Constitutional rights in the history of this country and invade two others), and continue to drum up emotion, support and excuses for ourselves and our government. Yes it was terrible, yes people died. More people died in automobile accidents. Ask yourself why you're so worked up over 9/11. Was it graphic? Maybe, but that probably has to do with our constant reiteration of what a "tragedy" it was along with footage of the towers falling. [1]: less "shockingly" known as Compassion Fatigue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion_fatigue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion_fatigue) (hm, this article isn't a very good discussion. I'm more familiar with it in the policy debate world where it has a bit more relevant meaning)

muhfuhkuh 16y ago
"I'd actually be more upset if they ran an ad mocking peoples' opposition to the war... or you know something substantial." That's the problem. You think it was just about Whales and trees, but I guess you didn't realize how many more died in the Tibetan struggle for independence than 9/11? Then smash cut on Timothy Hutton getting a fish dinner? I say, if they wanted shock, do the 9/11 thing. Or, even more topical, the egyptian revolution. Like Kenneth Cole did[1]. That worked out well for them! [1] http://blog.seattlepi.com/zennieabraham/archives/238287.asp http://blog.seattlepi.com/zennieabraham/archives/238287.asp