Comments(3) To continue a conversation from work, what the fuck is it with all the really crazy people out there?
I mean seriously demented, possibly unfit for living in society at large, people?
“Let them hate, so long as they fear”
— attributed to Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
more commonly known as Caligula,
Emperor of Rome from 37-41
He was described as insane, tyrannical, evil… Hard to say how much was exaggeration because there is so much of history that is fragmentary from then, and also evidence of the invention of “yellow journalism”, but there had to be some level of insanity and some level of cruelty there as a cause for the stories. Something to hang that on. And the Romans weren’t really known for their niceness, especially their emperors.
Comments(2) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is coming on HBO May 27th. Many may know the gist of the story, some have looked at the impact of the book since 1970, but a simple fact is that prior to this book the Lakota were only called the Sioux, the Diné were only called the Navaho, Apache was the only name for five distinct tribes… That could go on for hours, days.
Don’t get me wrong: I don’t want to engender guilt or make you feel bad. I’ve a much larger point, and it ain’t the one on my head this time.
To the news companies out there.
Dad decided to get out of our rut tonight, and consciously switched channels to CBS HD. 60 minutes is on. It may be emotional at times, it may ask very stupid questions, it may go for the *duh* award, but they dig deeper than CNN Headline news, CNN itself, Fox News, Reuters, AP…
They’re better than many, and try to tell the news.
I say, sincerely, I am sorry for lumping all news orgs into that “rag mag” category. It wasn’t fair.
That being typed, what’s the problem?
