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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 03:00 PM
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3. Instead of dance marathons, we now have cruelty TV,
Edited on Sun Feb-13-05 03:00 PM by Warpy
better known as "reality based programming." The basis for every one of these shows is cruelty, of the producers to the contestants and of the contestants to each other.

One of these days, some poor desperate bastard is going to get killed on one of these horrible shows, and that is probably the only thing that will end them.

The degradation of the culture isn't measured by whether or not we see gay men kissing or whether or not somebody says "shit" when they have a mouthful of it. It's measured in the amount of cruelty that parades in front of us as entertainment.

I am seriously worried for this country. It is getting sicker every day.
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