humans being bad to humans

[mckitterick]

Okay, changing my daily routine. Turned off the noon-time NPR news show for probably the first time ever. When I feel like this, it's just a bit too much to listen to reports from Iraq - like the bomb-defuser who was targeted and blown up for being good at his job... in front of a hospital.

Why isn't there any good news? Why are humans so awful to one another? Why should we want to save the human species when it's so intent on destroying itself, rotting away its core?

Off to nap for an hour before the competition.

Chris

Comments

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

i notice that a lot of people here are saying that you hear a lot of bad news because bad news sells. and that idea is one of those little truths that people just kinda know.

but since moving to portland 12 years ago, this place has changed, and the news has changed right along with it.

if i had moved to portland 2 years ago, i would be of the belief, too, that bad news sells. just sayin. i think that times are changing all over. we hear more frequently about bad things because there are more bad things to be heard about, along with the fact that the reporting of newsworthy events has become something of an instantaneous possibility.
k, nuff sed.

[margaretq.livejournal.com]

I will just nod in agreement to both points.

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

*nods back!*