Entertainment and Reality
I've often considered the irony in our movie tastes and the our perceived taste in reality. What I mean is, often our appetite for retribution in cinema is not echoed in reality. Well, at least that's what we're told.
We cheer when the hero seeks merciless vengeance and we leave the theatre satisfied when the dead and the living have been adequately sorted. But when this becomes a reality, suddenly (or seemingly) our collective stomachs turn and we run for the hills.
I'm not convinced this is the case. The MSM wants us to believe this, and excels at giving the most volume to the "outraged"; whether they be outraged over Abu Ghraib, wiretapping, finance tracking programs, or GITMO.
I think many Americans know what is necessary to succeed in the fight against terrorists, but we need to let them be heard.
QandO writes on this topic, discussing the Jack Bauer Voter.
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The New York Times and assorted Democratic politicians would have us believe that our nation is gripped in angst over the NSA wiretapping program, the national phone database episode, secret foreign prisons, and even monitoring terrorists’ financial transactions. The popularity of “24” suggests that there is a fairly large portion of the citizenry that has no problem with any of those activities, as long as they result in catching terrorists. |