09-07-2013, 07:58 AM
Lauren Johnson Wrote:Recall the scene in the Matrix I when Neo sees the same black cat twice. It's deja vu and that means the machines change something: it's a "glitch in the matrix."
I think the glitch, the tell-tale sign of meddling by the programmers, was the sudden silence. The yawning silence. In this world of "if it bleeds it leads", one in which a scandal of an unsafe Mercedes can speed up and kill the driver in a horrible death. That should have been the story for a week or so. No. Just silence. That was the glitch.
Yes, very quiet. In the media land of 'if it bleeds it leads'. Very quiet.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.