11-09-2012, 01:33 AM
Quote:.... and that was that the murder was committed for its own sake as some kind of psychical preparation for an escalation of violence on the TV screen [think of the amount of violence perpeterated these days on TV], the collective habituation to which is capable of opening deeper portals in the art of (collective) mind control (I am also thinking of Cronenberg's Videodrome, of course). I don't know, just a thought.
It is my recollection that the shooting of Oswald, as he was led like a lamb in front to the waiting cameras and assassin, was the first time any one has seen some one die on tv. How many hundreds and thousands have we seen since?
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"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.