Curve Balls....What Ever Happened To Goodwill?

[purpion]

I was watching the movie Finding Neverland with my nephew and niece which is a very good movie, I might add and the question that was asked since it was not directly addressed in the movie when pedophilia was brought up at the cricket game. It's a social question that tends to push into the minds of people when the assumptions of such things are

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[x_mog]

You make me think back to reading "Hero-Type" by Barry Lyga. In the book, a young boy named Kevin Ross saves a girl. The media pumps him up as a hero. And he feels on top of the world. Then something happens that the media catches wind of and they use it to bring him right back down. Suddenly he goes from a hero to a monster in the eyes of the world. And it wasn't even what the media tries to say it is. It's told through the eyes of this boy who's become a victim of the media's cruelty.

Point I'm making is, the media does this. They like to build you up. But they love to tear you back down. And the world often listens to the media and doesn't question how much is fact.

[purpion]

Wow!! Thank you for the reference! I should hug your neck for this!

The media represents the popular norm as what is considered to be what others view as normal. We all like to sensationalize ourselves in a small way that makes it seem that we are doing something worthy. I really like the idea that you gave this book as a reference. I'll read it here shortly when I have a little more time.

It's not entirely the media's fault. It's how we view the news that makes it either worth while or down right disgusting. And yes, it's true that they build up people and tear them down like wallpaper. Going up is smooth, tearing the wallpaper down is messy. But really, the true victim is the ignorant. They don't know the truth because they view everything that is told to them as facts.

[x_mog]

If you ever need a book rec, I'm good for that. lol ^.~

"Normal? What's normal? To only do what the masses do? And what is the benefit of that? Where is the problem in adopting a custom that is 'abnormal' if it has no negative effect on the world at large?"--Yuko Ichihara, xxxHolic volume 4.

Yeah. I said that. The media puts the stories out and the world believes them without question for the most part.

Still, it's often hard to seperate fact from fiction. The lines are blurred. You have to decide for yourself what you think, based on the information you can get on each topic, instead of just taking the news as fact and agreeing without giving it any thought.

[purpion]

That's right you did. Now that you mention it, I had overlooked that little tidbit until you pointed it out to me again. Sorry about that. And yes, you're absolutely right. It's up to the individual to interpret what is fact from fiction.