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Comment on Another music piracy scare by Dumbing Down on Piracy -- Daniel Ionescu

Dumbing Down on Piracy -- Daniel Ionescu — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:49:32 +0000

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Comment on Another music piracy scare by Daniel Ionescu

Daniel Ionescu — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:02:45 +0000

The main concern here is, in my opinion, the UK ISPs who accepted to disclose the personal data of users who actually use this kind of services.

Is there a fine print that says “we can disclose to the Police” which sites are you visiting”? I will surely check that out when my VM contracts comes on Monday.

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Comment on De-sensitisation of news by Amy

Amy — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:26:29 +0000

The news and how it is presented has changed so much over 20 years I’m sure. As the years have passed news television has probably become more and more controversial with the imagery it shows from awful events happening half way across the world.. as our resources got better and news was becoming bigger I’m sure the audience were sucked right in and got really emotionally involved. Perhaps they even thought about it a bit, “god aren’t we lucky, look at them poor people” or “why is this happening to them when we live like this?”

But as the years have passed the news have thrown more and more horrific and heart breaking images in our faces (mothers and fathers crying and screaming in dispair because their only child had died in the awful burma ordeal). And yes, the more we see the images and sights the more we get used to it, but I wouldn’t go to the extent that we are de-sensitised because of that.

I think with anything like that in the news as a human you will always get emotionally involved, even if it’s just during the 20 second clip. It isn’t a film like pulp fiction which you can watch over and over, the news don’t repeat the same images day in day out.. (exceptions I’m sure) the news is real life it is happening. People are suffering and we are watching it. For anyone to become de-sensitised purely because they think they’ve “seen it all before” I think is unfortunate.. But perhaps that is the way we are all going, we are simply just getting used to it.

Comment on De-sensitisation of news by Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:06:27 +0000

I tend to agree with you Harry. Starting with news, I am personally sick and tired of Burma floods, China earthquakes and Mugabe actions.

As insensitive as it may sound, it is all too much. We all know that many people’s lives are in danger and that more of them are suffering, but at the same time all these news start lately with “aid agencies say” and then the usual “BBC is banned from reporting from”. Haven’t we all had enough? Maybe it is time for a bit of diversity and rephrasing.

As for music, the example that always pops in my mind is Rhianna’s Umbrella. Good song, nevertheless, but at the same time, 11 weeks no. 1 in UK charts made me hate the song. Maybe I will listen to it in 5 years and I will like it.