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Re: Beijing Olympics' Gold-Medal Effort at Manipulating Reality
Posted by: Renay San Miguel 2008-08-11 15:20:21
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I certainly don't want to give the impression that I'm too old-school for this new-media, all-digital, high-definition world. Like every other red-blooded American male, I loves me some special effects; the more explosions, computer-generated graphics and visual fireworks the better, as long as they don't completely obliterate character and story. But I'm talking about my summer movie viewing habits. When it comes to watching news events, such as last Friday's opening ceremonies at the Beijing Summer Olympics, I generally like my reality unmanipulated by microprocessors and software.
The whole life is an illusion, who cares if the special effects were digital or old skool...
Panem et circensem... Give the people something to keep their attention off the real issues, what's at the core, the bottom of things - is an old skool selling strategy, and I mean way old... dawn-of-civilization old...
We've all been sold - that's why we analyze the reality of the show, rather than care about the amount of energy that was wasted to produce it, lives lost to get the deal in this harsh competition, or health issues that amounted in the process.
Bottomline - I am proud to announce that I am boycotting 2008 Olympics, and anything that comes with it! Except for this...
Panem et circensem... Give the people something to keep their attention off the real issues, what's at the core, the bottom of things - is an old skool selling strategy, and I mean way old... dawn-of-civilization old...
We've all been sold - that's why we analyze the reality of the show, rather than care about the amount of energy that was wasted to produce it, lives lost to get the deal in this harsh competition, or health issues that amounted in the process.
Bottomline - I am proud to announce that I am boycotting 2008 Olympics, and anything that comes with it! Except for this...
