To get excited these days it would seem. We had two very senseless (make that three) events capture headlines this past week. One was of course the production and apparent broadcast of a disturbing (inciteful not insightful) video that enraged the Muslims. Then there was the fallout in the form of violent protest from a minority group that was itching to pull the trigger and this video definitely took them over the edge.
What followed is tragic - more so than the thoughtless act that produced the film. People who were going about their daily routines were faced with certain disruptions of varying degrees - some lost lives.
What for?
Then there was the third event although not literally fatal showed another side of our condition. Obsession with celebrity photos. Three adjectives further drove the frenzy. Naked, Princely and Bosom.
In this day and age where architecturally wonderful images of the mammaries can be had for next to nothing for those that desire it I am appalled at the extremes that some would go to in securing that princely (pun intended) shot.
Simply to irritate the heck out of someone?
Granted there is fallacy in the story from many angles but the growing appetite for invasive (debatable) action in any form - shooting either with cameras or guns is not painting an optimistic frame for those that are watching.
Here is another essay on the subject of first names. As in birth names. Or names provided to an offspring at birth. While the developed world tends to shy away from the exotic like Refrigerator or Coca Cola for their new production there is a plethora of Jims and Johns and Bobs or Robs. Speaking of which I do not think there is a categoric decision point at the time of birth if a child will be hereafter called as Bob. I mean have not yet met a toddler called Bob or Rob for that matter. At some point though the parental instinct to mouth out multiple syllables runs out and they switch from calling the crawler Robert to simply Robbie to Rob. Now speaking of - it is strange that the name sounds like something you would not want Rob to do - i.e. Rob anyone. Then why call someone that? After all Rob Peter to Pay Paul is not exactly a maxim to live a young life? Is it? Perhaps Peter or Paul might want to have a say in it? Then there is this matter of going to the John. Why degrad...
voyeurism is the world's oldest pastime, cutting across classes...gossip is the verbal form.
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