"Reality is the computer hardware, and religions are the operating systems: abstractions that allow us to interact with, and draw meaning from, a reality that would otherwise be incomprehensible."
Tell us something.: Hi All - I am a Celtic music performer with a band called Beyond the Heather, located in the Lawrence, KS/Kansas City area. I sing, play whistles, SSP and bodharan. I've been a C&F member since 2003 but haven't posted much recently.
I'll second that. -I wonder if people even sometimes set up their family members to get hurt, running head first into poles etc., and then send in the video. --Also, not to get political, but the gang on Fox news were getting quite a chuckle over replaying Castro falling down and breaking his knee.
The first year America's Funniest Videos was on the air they received a lot of complaints from people concerned about videos that showed people (especially children) getting hurt. The show's rebuttal was that they always showed the child being comforted. I've noticed in watching a few minutes of this show over the past few months that they no longer even make an effort to do this. I'm often disturbed by the accidents shown - some of them obviously extremely painful - and the laughter of the audience. I don't mean to sound a serious note in this thread, but it worries me that children watching these shows are learning to laugh at people being hurt instead of learning to be concerned and helpful.
"It might be a bit better to tune to one of my fiddle's open strings, like A, rather than asking me for an F#." - Martin Milner
