All Hail Gross Fascination
Gross Fascination, meet the people the word over. They know you well. You make them yearn for video clips and 24/7 news coverage of things for which the printed word used to suffice. You make them Google the goriest of things so they can burn images into their brains and be able to brag, "Yeah, I saw that. Did you?"
The latest news item falling into the category of Gross Fascination is the whole Saddam hanging thing. I'm not going to even get into the news itself. I think the majority of people around the world are happy the bastard is no longer breathing the same air we breathe. He was Satan's son; an awful, mean, cold S.O.B. who killed thousands of his own people and countless others from many nations. He forfeited his own life long ago.
The news itself should be enough. Why do we need to see it? As if seeing is really the only way to believe the news media these days. Which we know isn't true. Most people believe the majority of what they read or hear if it's from a reputable news source (and I'm even using the word "reputable" in a loose sort of way). So why now are so many people flocking to Internet sites from around the world hoping to catch a glimpse of his execution?
Gross Fascination. That's the answer. It makes me shudder to think what news coverage will really be like a mere decade from now.
The latest news item falling into the category of Gross Fascination is the whole Saddam hanging thing. I'm not going to even get into the news itself. I think the majority of people around the world are happy the bastard is no longer breathing the same air we breathe. He was Satan's son; an awful, mean, cold S.O.B. who killed thousands of his own people and countless others from many nations. He forfeited his own life long ago.
The news itself should be enough. Why do we need to see it? As if seeing is really the only way to believe the news media these days. Which we know isn't true. Most people believe the majority of what they read or hear if it's from a reputable news source (and I'm even using the word "reputable" in a loose sort of way). So why now are so many people flocking to Internet sites from around the world hoping to catch a glimpse of his execution?
Gross Fascination. That's the answer. It makes me shudder to think what news coverage will really be like a mere decade from now.
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