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| Do We Live In The Age of The Vulture? |
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mjs82
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 Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:20 pm Post subject: Vulture Culture |
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Are tragic events such as car crash (see Andy Warhol's Green Car Crash Ten Times for evidence) now reduced to an image on a screen in today's society? Is there a vulture culture of onlookers who flock to the scene of an accident due to blurring of lines between news story and fame?
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hecate
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| not meaning to make will freund sound like a prophet but, he once started a thread called "everyone here seems to be a vulture" and now we have over four thousand of them on-line all at the same time. |
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BeeBee
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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I applaud the people who came here to learn more about Asperger's and other PDDs. Hopefully they will have learned something today.
I welcome the lurkers/new members who have a PDD or know someone who does. I'm glad they found us but infinitely sad over the way we came to their attention.
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BeeBee
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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But, to stay on topic, yes msj, I think the lines have blurred to far. We have people who are famous for being famous, no other reason.
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mjs82
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:05 am Post subject: |
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I think its good that people who need a place like wrongplanet found it too.
it just worries me sometimes how society in general is dictated by mob movements. i suppose that's the psychohistorian in me though. |
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en_una_isla
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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I voted "yes." Vulturism is one of the things I hate most about the world. 
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Sophist
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject: ... |
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Not to sound too pessimistic, but people have ALWAYS been attracted to "bad news". The Unfortunate is always more interesting. But I still voted "no" but not for my fifteen minutes of fame. I just don't think it's any different these days as it has always been. However, the media just makes this natural tendency only a click away.
But people have always been vultures, gossiping, cheering, and drooling over a "juicy story". We just have the television, computer, phone, etc., to facilitate our vulturism and take it city, country, or even world wide within minutes. 
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hale_bopp
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All people do is gawk.
In an important situation, you'd be surpried how few people actually come to help.
This isn't a very good example, but when I was 5 I hurt myself in the playground, and kids came from all over the place just to look, and no-one helped. |
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