Is it me........

[elder999]

......or is the world just a little nuttier today?

• Bristol Palin lost virginity during drunken moment
• 2 punished after disabled gays told to leave pool
• Pa. man clubs family to death with bat, kills self
• Off-duty cop dressed as clown kills alleged robber
• Nazi grandma
• Saudi beheads Indonesian woman convicted of murder
• Private eye tells homeless man of inheritance
• $500 ticket issued for illegal lemonade stand
• Obama's Puerto Rico visit spurs anger, discontent
• Iran hangs rapist: state television

 

[seasoned]

It's been heading that way for ever, but, as we get older the tendency is to be more aware of it.

 

[Sukerkin]

The world is ever a crazy place, my friend. I have never been able to figure it out as nearly everyone I know is intelligent, sensible and considerate. It is beyond me to explain how, en masse, we as a species change from a creature that can create wonders to one that only creates destruction and death.

Beethoven and Belsen - humans were responsible for both.

 

[WC_lun]

I don't know. Looking back at history, seems we have been pretty nuts from the get go.

 

[Blade96]

I don't know. Looking back at history, seems we have been pretty nuts from the get go.

i was gonna say that hehe...i think that ship has sailed, my friend elder.

 

[Big Don]

Both?

 

[elder999]

The world is ever a crazy place, my friend. I.

I don't know. Looking back at history, seems we have been pretty nuts from the get go.

i was gonna say that hehe...i think that ship has sailed, my friend elder.

Hence, my use of a degree of comparison.:

......or is the world just a little nuttier today?

I even bolded it, but I should have bolded "today," with a smiley for good measure, prehaps.

I mean, "cop dressed as clown kills robber?" :lfao:

It's been heading that way for ever, but, as we get older the tendency is to be more aware of it.

-sigh- :lol:

 

[Ken Morgan]

7 Billon humans in the world, literacy, computers and cameras everywhere, so everything is just par for the course.
So that means, it’s just you Elder….

 

[granfire]

Dunno, minus the clown cop (clowns are evil, you know)

Seems like a rerun on endless loop....

 

[oaktree]

I'll try to look at it for it's Hollywood movie potential:
Bristol Palin lost virginity during drunken moment Drama/Softcore porn either HBO gets it or Lifetime gets it. I am thinking like a Shannon Tweed type of movie
2 punished after disabled gays told to leave pool Drama I am thinking Tom Cruise 4th of July meets Sean Penn's Milk
Pa. man clubs family to death with bat, kills self Mystery/Thriller throw in house is haunted you get horror. I am thinking Amityville horror
Off-duty cop dressed as clown kills alleged robber I am thinking comedy or action.
I am thinking Punisher meets Cobra meets Batman or for comedy I am thinking killer clowns from space meets Walker:Texas Ranger.
Nazi grandma Sundance film
Saudi beheads Indonesian woman convicted of murder Drama like clear and present danger meets 3 kings meets not without my daughter.
Private eye tells homeless man of inheritance -Comedy I am thinking Brewster's million meets King Ralph meets trading places.
$500 ticket issued for illegal lemonade stand A kid's movie about Like Sandlot meets Forest warrior.
Obama's Puerto Rico visit spurs anger, discontent Drama something by Oliver Stone and Rod Howard most likely somehow Tom Hanks is involved.
Iran hangs rapist: state television Drama

 

[hongkongfooey]

It's always been this way. 24 hour media just makes it seem like there is more going on than there really is.

 

[Touch Of Death]

It's always been this way. 24 hour media just makes it seem like there is more going on than there really is.

Exactly! The things getting worse and worse argument is a fallacy. You may just be paying more and more attention.
Sean

 

[Twin Fist]

Bristol Palin lost virginity during drunken moment-typical palin hate/obsession

2 punished after disabled gays told to leave pool-????

Pa. man clubs family to death with bat, kills self-sadly, nothing new or uncommon

Off-duty cop dressed as clown kills alleged robber-i just want to see the mug shot

Nazi grandma-thank jerry Springer

Saudi beheads Indonesian woman convicted of murder-more barbarism from that part of the world

Private eye tells homeless man of inheritance-feel good piece

$500 ticket issued for illegal lemonade stand-sadly, stupid isnt a new thing

Obama's Puerto Rico visit spurs anger, discontent-interesting to see the press start to turn on thier boy

Iran hangs rapist: state television-see barbaric

 

[The Last Legionary]

Same ****, just better coverage.

 

[Twin Fist]

essentially

 

[Archangel M]

Those who think that we are any better or worse than our ancestors are ignorant of history.

 

[elder999]

Those who think that we are any better or worse than our ancestors are ignorant of history.

Those who think that's what I was saying are kind of missing the point.....

 

[Blade96]

my mom once said 'Seems like there's more killers and pedophiles than there ever were when i was younger you didnt hear of them' and i said mom they were around its just the news is much better now than in the 60's they cover the news better so youhear it more

 

[billc]

Oh, I don't know. The 1930's and 40's weren't exactly a time of sanity. The thirty years war, the years of the bubonic plague... I would say the things you have mentioned would indicate a slow period in the general insanity that can occur in the world.
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Blade 96, great minds do think alike, I have the same argument with my mother. she believes serial killing is a new phenomenon and refuses to accept the idea that serial killers have always existed. today information is more easily shared, and it isn't as easy to keep that particular craziness as hidden as it used to be.

 

[elder999]

Bristol Palin lost virginity during drunken moment-typical palin hate/obsession

It's from Bristol Palin's upcoming book-no hate, though obsession may be appropriate.

2 punished after disabled gays told to leave pool-????

Can't have no man-kissing and belly to belly splashing in a public pool.

Pa. man clubs family to death with bat, kills self-sadly, nothing new or uncommon

But it makes today a little nuttier....

Off-duty cop dressed as clown kills alleged robber-i just want to see the mug shot

Well, I ghink that's kinda nutty..

Nazi grandma-thank jerry Springer

Actually, thank Heinrich Himmler-it's his daughter.

Saudi beheads Indonesian woman convicted of murder-more barbarism from that part of the world

Not "barbarism." How many people have praised the cutting off of hands of thieves, the harsh punishment of rapists, and the utilization of the death penalty against murderers-even right here in this country? How is "beheading"-barbarism, or any more barbaric than lethall injection, or firing squad?

Private eye tells homeless man of inheritance-feel good piece

Sure does.....:lol:

Iran hangs rapist: state television-see barbaric

See above. How many here on this very board have said that rapists should be executed, or that executions should be televised, or both?

Just a bit off to start the day looking at Yahoo's "top news stories" and being confronted with that list.......maybe gran's right, and it was the clown that got to me....maybe it is me...