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Post by Rorschach on Jan 24, 2011 2:06:58 GMT -5
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Post by slasher911 on Jan 24, 2011 3:49:06 GMT -5
Nah, just more people are paying attention to it now.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 24, 2011 11:55:03 GMT -5
What he said. 24 hour news cycle plus instantaneous communication around the world. If it bleeds, it leads, etc.
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Post by Rorschach on Jan 24, 2011 20:08:22 GMT -5
What he said. 24 hour news cycle plus instantaneous communication around the world. If it bleeds, it leads, etc. Yeah, but it seems like the number of incidents ARE going up. |
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Jan 24, 2011 20:35:43 GMT -5
What he said. 24 hour news cycle plus instantaneous communication around the world. If it bleeds, it leads, etc. Yeah, but it seems like the number of incidents ARE going up. It's your fault for not noticing stuff before. Things like shootings in public places aren't new at all. And that happen all the time, it's just a matter of how media oriented society is now with multiple news channels and the internet. |
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Post by Rorschach on Jan 24, 2011 20:44:05 GMT -5
Yeesh. I'm not saying this was the first one EVER. Give me a break! All I'm trying to say is that I understand where the counterpoint comes from, but it seems like these things are happening more and more often, as opposed to say, people adopting animals from the local shelter.
I know tons of murders happen every day, I'm not ignorant and I don't appreciate you treating me like I am.
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 24, 2011 20:59:40 GMT -5
Readers just don't respond to stories about people adopting pets and such. I say this from experience having been a reporter, anytime you do a story that isn't super-serious in nature, all your feedback is about "who cares?" or "Must be a slow news day." People respond to death and blood. They piss on everything that isn't politics or crime or disaster. Then they get upset when all you run is negative stories.
I don't blame anyone for thinking that violence and stuff is getting more frequent, even if it isn't. That's just been the demand on news outlets with the increasingly cynical viewership/readership.
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Post by Orange on Jan 24, 2011 21:10:24 GMT -5
Just awful, some people f***ing suck  |
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Jan 24, 2011 21:29:46 GMT -5
Yeesh. I'm not saying this was the first one EVER. Give me a break! All I'm trying to say is that I understand where the counterpoint comes from, but it seems like these things are happening more and more often, as opposed to say, people adopting animals from the local shelter. I know tons of murders happen every day, I'm not ignorant and I don't appreciate you treating me like I am. Nobody is saying you're ignorant. Relax. Just that people shooting up a Wal-Mart is ratings. People adopting puppies isn't. And if you just happen to be noticing the trend of violence that's been around forever, then that's on you, not the world. |
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Post by h on Jan 24, 2011 21:44:00 GMT -5
I agree. There has always been exactly the same amount of violence in the world. Since the company was founded in 1962, there has been exactly one shooting in a Wal-Mart store every day, each of which killed two people and left two people injured. Any trends people see are obviously just mistaken perceptions.
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 24, 2011 21:51:28 GMT -5
I agree. There has always been exactly the same amount of violence in the world. Since the company was founded in 1962, there has been exactly one shooting in a Wal-Mart store every day, each of which killed two people and left two people injured. Any trends people see are obviously just mistaken perceptions. One incident doesn't make a trend. |
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Post by KStrick on Jan 24, 2011 22:56:23 GMT -5
John Stossel's book "Myths, Lies, and Downright stupidities" has a TON of information on, well, the misinformation of our "increasingly violent society" (hint: Schools are safer, violent video games do NOT create violent people, our safer society, etc.).
He discussed the culture of, as Yak Man said, (and he DID use that phrase) "if it bleeds, it leads". More people are interested in death and destruction than the good of mankind.
A self test can be done to provide support to this theory.
On a daily basis, the average person tends to received compliments 3-1 over anything that is a negative statement. However, at the end of the day, what comments do you tend to remember? What comments do you tend to block out?
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 25, 2011 10:08:17 GMT -5
10 police officers shot at over a period of 2 days. 35 killed in Russian airport bombing.
I know it is hard to take those kind of headlines in and realize that the world is generally safer right now than in the past, but it actually is. I'm pretty sure crime rates are still down overall from where they were in the 70s-early 90s. No real major wars. No impending nuclear holocaust.
Once the oil runs out though, expect a shitstorm of epic proportions.
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