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POPSNotes on a (bunch of) Scandals This seems to represent one of the most perplexing American of phenomena. Our tolerance of serial idiots. Why is it that we invite them back? Why is it so hard to ruin your reputation? I don't believe the author is write, regurgitating the hackneyed "short attention span" argument. Something way more complicated is going on than that. Perhaps we let them come back because we secretly want more. More of the easy, mindless answers they give us. More of the distracting scandal that makes us feel better about ourselves. The author ignores the 700 lbs. Gorilla in the "train wreck" room: George W. Bush. After all his failures and deceptions, why do people still trust him? Do we really run from the truth? Or is it that watching their failures verifies our own righteousness? Nader said it best: he would rather see Bush president than Gore, because Bush would prove him right.
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POPSBudgie Smugglers Battle of the Budgie Smugglers...or whose trunks are a bit tighter than they should be?
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POPSA Dangerously Superficial Rationalization This is a dangerously superficial rationalization of the voyerism that drives TV news these days. How can anyone think that these materials represent the mind of the killer? They clearly represent the facade that the killer wished to present to the world as he was planning his immortality. If we presume that in these tapes lie the secrets of his mind we presume he was not human, with a complicated history and complicated motives. Instead of helping us understand what led to this tragedy, it simply gives us an excuse to ignore it. Cho Seung-Hui clearly wanted these materials broadcast when he sent them to NBC, so how can the network live with knowingly doing his bidding?
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