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To: E who wrote (35582)	4/21/1999 6:03:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Yes. That's what I got too. As if his buds had really accomplished something. It is nihilism of the most extreme sort. Remember the hippie discussion of weeks past? We've experienced a cultural and ethical reversion. The antithesis of peace, love, community. >as if on TV< Great insight. I know that when I witnessed an awful event I went into a sort of dissociative state - very TVlike. Maybe we Americans have attained a degree and ease of dissociation that makes dealing seriously with such disaster situations difficult.

To: E who wrote (35582)	4/21/1999 6:18:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

E, I think you have hit on one of the truly frightening aspects of television. It lends an almost normal feeling to the most ghastly situations. I recall listening to recordings of Edward R. Morrow from London during the Blitz, and contrasting it to the video game-like quality of the coverage during the Gulf war. I think some of us look at violence and mayhem as entertainment. What is to be gained by "eyewitness news" type coverage? Maybe this kind of coverage feeds the dementia of these psychopaths. They will recall the awe in the boy's voice when he said 'they will be remembered', and perhaps that will be an additional inducement to recreate this horror. CTC

To: E who wrote (35582)	4/21/1999 8:47:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

E, I hardly ever watch television (I'm a newspaper/radio person), but your description of that interview sent me to the TV set. By chance, CNN was replaying what I think was a shortened version of the interview. My own impression is that the boy expressed himself in a clumsy way, and that he really was not "proud" of his friends for having done something that would "live forever in the hearts and minds" of the community. I would guess that what he meant to say that the community would certainly never forget what the boys did. After all, his face crumpled up when he said it; he was on the verge of crying -- not from pride,I think, but from grief... But who knows? I nominate TV as the real villain in this story. Those boys surely knew that the TV cameramen would show up in full force. They always do. So what better way to impress everyone, than to do something really spectacular, and then go out in a blaze of flashbulbs, assured that you will have your Warholesque five minutes of fame before you die... As for the mourning, the soul-searching ("where did we go wrong?"), the tears, the anger -- TV makes it all look so phony! Those two girls, hugging one another over there, don't they know that there are at least twenty cameras trained on them? How can you act natural when The Whole World Is Watching? And the hushed voices of the TV reporters...Are we supposed to believe they really care? They are just covering what we in the business call a "helluva good story." Gross... Joan