Flashback...

[alexpgp]

Yesterday morning, Galina was flipping the cable channels, looking for the CBS Morning program. She hit it just as one of their regular commentators - I forget who, but I think he's their "at-large" quipster... bespectacled, with red hair - started a segment on remembering 9/11.

He started out powerfully, and I paraphrase: "We don't need television specials or commemorative issues of various publications to remind us of what happened on 9/11, and we particularly don't need 9/11 collectibles. The issue is not remembering, because none of us is likely to forget. Furthermore, recalling the horror of the day only serves to dredge up memories for those who lost loved ones in the attack."

Well said.

Then the peabrain goes and segues into a kind of summary of life in his hometown, a New Jersey suburb with an overlook view of lower Manhattan, since the attack, showing footage of memorial services (speaker: "I love you bro'. I'll always miss you.") and so on.

It's like someone saying, "You don't need to listen to a commercial to figure out what deodorant soap to buy, which is why I'm here to tell you about the new, improved Blarfo! The only soap you need to keep your armpits smelling fresh!"

Ye gods.

Cheers...

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[meowlet.livejournal.com]

"And don't forget to give consideration to our advertisers!"

There's a lot of media coverage on this. It is, as a friend put it, "emotional masturbation". At my workplace, they put a television in the cafeteria so we could watch it while eating. Perhaps they thought our tears would salt our food, thereby cutting back on cafeteria salt usage. Everybody wins! :}