Comments on: NBC’s Staggering Immorality And Greed http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/ Celebrity gossip from our lips to yours Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:11:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: poponthepop.com http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-6083 poponthepop.com Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:40:49 +0000 http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-6083 [...] funny! - Holy Candy Avril Lavigne’s fashion faux pas campaign continues - Glitterati NBC did a good job of giving the Virginia Tech killer his 15 minutes of fame, possibly inspiring oth... - Glosslip Lindsay Lohan and Keira Knightley are feuding - Celebitchy Joe Francis is in more [...] [...] funny! - Holy Candy Avril Lavigne’s fashion faux pas campaign continues - Glitterati NBC did a good job of giving the Virginia Tech killer his 15 minutes of fame, possibly inspiring oth… - Glosslip Lindsay Lohan and Keira Knightley are feuding - Celebitchy Joe Francis is in more [...]

]]> By: Webomatica http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5950 Webomatica Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:02:33 +0000 http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5950 I definitely feel that the coverage of the killer has been gratuitous. For once, I would like to hear some mainstream media outlet say "enough is enough" and hold back, profits be damned. I definitely feel that the coverage of the killer has been gratuitous. For once, I would like to hear some mainstream media outlet say “enough is enough” and hold back, profits be damned.

]]> By: the commentator http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5898 the commentator Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:10:37 +0000 http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5898 Rice is not accomplished? Man, give me a break. The girl is an accomplished professional pianist and is a master of Russian/Soviet history and affairs while speaking a few languages - among other things. Is this enough for you? Not only that she's a true rags to riches (and black to boot) story and is a model for women everywhere. She's far more impressive than Hilary. Let's talk abut myths. Sorry to have sidetracked this thread but stuff like this annoys me. Rice is not accomplished? Man, give me a break. The girl is an accomplished professional pianist and is a master of Russian/Soviet history and affairs while speaking a few languages - among other things. Is this enough for you? Not only that she’s a true rags to riches (and black to boot) story and is a model for women everywhere. She’s far more impressive than Hilary. Let’s talk abut myths. Sorry to have sidetracked this thread but stuff like this annoys me.

]]> By: dmdo1016 http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5862 dmdo1016 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:58:49 +0000 http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5862 That's all well and good, but this f*cker killed other people and those are the people I am concerned about. For NBC to exploit their pain for their own gain is really deplorable. That’s all well and good, but this f*cker killed other people and those are the people I am concerned about. For NBC to exploit their pain for their own gain is really deplorable.

]]> By: Bliffle http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5859 Bliffle Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:07:09 +0000 http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5859 "For NBC to have made the decision to air the video and materials of a selfish lunatic who JUST killed 32 innocent people shows a calculated move of indescribable greed." And what's wrong with that? This is a society that regards greed and selfishness as the highest form of achievement and accomplishment. The greatest and most admired men in the USA today are precisely those people who have grabbed the most and done the least. Look at our chosen leaders: Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Rice: none of them are people who have built or accomplished anything, but all are rich and powerful from the efforts of the lowly peasants who toil and are content to have the fruits of their labor fall to strangers who will not even associate with them. This is the society we have chosen with our votes. This is the society that various BC advocates constantly tell us will lead to the greatest good for the greatest number; all as if guided by an "invisible hand" when every person exercises his options solely for his own maximum benefit. Like me, for example. More people should be like me, egotistical, self-centered, vain, and think only of themselves, and turn every opportunity to their own advantage. I do, and so should you. These other characters, like Cho, are simply underachievers dissatisfied with their lot. Left to their own devices they will probably end up in prison, or perhaps the Hallowed Halls of corporate headquarters (in which case they will have redeemed themselves). Why would anyone think that they would be swayed by mere words, by mere talk therapy, when their self-contempt is so deep and unending? It would be better if they were to die very young and spare all of us, themselves and the rest of us, from these grim deadly TV plays. Perhaps the day will come when we can identify these losers when they are quite young and abort them before they can cause big problems. We can only hope. Otherwise we must expand the prisons, at great expense to those of us who are guiltless in these travesties, and slap the losers away at the earliest opportunity. We owe it to society. “For NBC to have made the decision to air the video and materials of a selfish lunatic who JUST killed 32 innocent people shows a calculated move of indescribable greed.”

And what’s wrong with that?

This is a society that regards greed and selfishness as the highest form of achievement and accomplishment. The greatest and most admired men in the USA today are precisely those people who have grabbed the most and done the least. Look at our chosen leaders: Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Rice: none of them are people who have built or accomplished anything, but all are rich and powerful from the efforts of the lowly peasants who toil and are content to have the fruits of their labor fall to strangers who will not even associate with them.

This is the society we have chosen with our votes. This is the society that various BC advocates constantly tell us will lead to the greatest good for the greatest number; all as if guided by an “invisible hand” when every person exercises his options solely for his own maximum benefit. Like me, for example. More people should be like me, egotistical, self-centered, vain, and think only of themselves, and turn every opportunity to their own advantage. I do, and so should you.

These other characters, like Cho, are simply underachievers dissatisfied with their lot. Left to their own devices they will probably end up in prison, or perhaps the Hallowed Halls of corporate headquarters (in which case they will have redeemed themselves).

Why would anyone think that they would be swayed by mere words, by mere talk therapy, when their self-contempt is so deep and unending? It would be better if they were to die very young and spare all of us, themselves and the rest of us, from these grim deadly TV plays. Perhaps the day will come when we can identify these losers when they are quite young and abort them before they can cause big problems. We can only hope.

Otherwise we must expand the prisons, at great expense to those of us who are guiltless in these travesties, and slap the losers away at the earliest opportunity.

We owe it to society.

]]> By: dmdo1016 http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5852 dmdo1016 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:07:12 +0000 http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5852 No actually Brad, it's not hypocritical. I was writing about what I wanted to see in the media. I don't control the media. I also don't know any of the victims personally, so it would be hard for me to write about them. Hence why I linked to pages that did talk about them from people who do know them. I guess you missed that part. No actually Brad, it’s not hypocritical. I was writing about what I wanted to see in the media. I don’t control the media. I also don’t know any of the victims personally, so it would be hard for me to write about them. Hence why I linked to pages that did talk about them from people who do know them.

I guess you missed that part.

]]> By: Amrita http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5849 Amrita Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:46:50 +0000 http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5849 I saw that episode of Anderson Dawn and what really boggled my mind was that as the man said that those tapes should be taken off air, they were scrolling through the tapes. The guy was clearly not in his mind. It really was like he was acting out one of his plays or he thought he was in a game of some kind. In fact, I got the impression he was reading lines off camera. I saw that episode of Anderson Dawn and what really boggled my mind was that as the man said that those tapes should be taken off air, they were scrolling through the tapes.

The guy was clearly not in his mind. It really was like he was acting out one of his plays or he thought he was in a game of some kind. In fact, I got the impression he was reading lines off camera.

]]> By: Brad http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5847 Brad Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:04:14 +0000 http://glosslip.com/2007/04/19/nbcs-staggering-immorality-and-greed/#comment-5847 I agree with your point, but am curious why you are writing about this and not the victims??? Seems hypocrytical. I agree with your point, but am curious why you are writing about this and not the victims??? Seems hypocrytical.

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