Comments on: Time for a Change http://shariphiel.com/blog/2009/07/time-for-a-change/ Living in an alternate universe Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:55:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Cindy Morris http://shariphiel.com/blog/2009/07/time-for-a-change/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Cindy Morris Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:49:28 +0000 http://shariphiel.com/blog/?p=53#comment-162 I found this post very interesting and has got me thinking - about thrill-seeking and the American obsession with violent movies and unthinkable graphic images displayed on the nightly news. I thinks we are looking at a generation that is numbed, in a sense, and sees military coups (for instance) as just one more Hollywood event-unreal and unable to touch or experience in any real, meaningful way. I remember when the attacks of 9/11 were happening. I watched the horror unfold on tv. 99% of my brain thought it was made up, a Hollywood fabrication. I had become so desensitized to images on tv I could not discern between reality and fabricated imagery. Perhaps this young man you are following in this story is in his American numbed out state, seeing the rest of the world as a movie and he the audience. I don't suppose a returning Iraqi war veteran would feel the same as a returning political eco-tourist. That's a given. But do we really have to be in a war to feel anything real for another people's plight? I hope not. Cindy Morris, msw Priestess Entrepreneur http://www.SuccessPriestess.blogspot.com I found this post very interesting and has got me thinking – about thrill-seeking and the American obsession with violent movies and unthinkable graphic images displayed on the nightly news. I thinks we are looking at a generation that is numbed, in a sense, and sees military coups (for instance) as just one more Hollywood event-unreal and unable to touch or experience in any real, meaningful way.

I remember when the attacks of 9/11 were happening. I watched the horror unfold on tv. 99% of my brain thought it was made up, a Hollywood fabrication. I had become so desensitized to images on tv I could not discern between reality and fabricated imagery.

Perhaps this young man you are following in this story is in his American numbed out state, seeing the rest of the world as a movie and he the audience.

I don’t suppose a returning Iraqi war veteran would feel the same as a returning political eco-tourist. That’s a given. But do we really have to be in a war to feel anything real for another people’s plight? I hope not.

Cindy Morris, msw
Priestess Entrepreneur
http://www.SuccessPriestess.blogspot.com

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