Random Thoughts: Sensationalism is what my high school teacher would call it. For homework we had two newspapers in our local city to chose from. One was what she called the "scandal sheet" and the other was more "respectable." (her words).
Seems today, they are all scandal sheets. We as a civilization have digressed
in my humble opinion.
Been watching the television series, The Tudors. Now those were the days. When a Noble or other prominent citizen received the sentence of death, the townsfolk would show up for the free entertainment. Beheading, hanging, burned at the stake, the audience was thrilled to liven up their dreary existence. They yelled and hooted and whistled and had a jolly good time.
Come to think of it, they did the same kind of stuff in the Mel Gibson movie, Braveheart. I guess there is something in our nature that likes to see the rich and powerful fall. Maybe it started in modern times when the "media" took down Nixon and the reporters started glorifying the two that did the reporting. Now all the reporters want to be like the reporters who brought down the Presidency.
So, I guess we are the same people who were in the movies that were supposed to take place a long, long time ago.
The more things change-the more they are the same.
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