| Re: Season of the Severed Head, resumed |
Plus ca change plus c'es .. |
| elag (elag@cloud9.net) |
2003/07/01 08:23 |
Parry wrote:
>
> elag <elag@cloud9.net> wrote in message news:<3EF92577.2C416B22@cloud9.net>...
> [snip]
> > > There does seem to be a spate of decapitation stories lately. Is this
> > > a quirk in the reporting or a genuine fad?
> >
> > I think these types of patterns are more the result of the media
> > coverage than an actual statistical increase... just like the rash of
> > shark attacks a few years ago and the "epidemic" of child abductions.
> > When it's covered on teevee 24/7 it seems a lot more prevalent than a
> > statistical analysis might support...
> >
> > Hysteria makes good copy.
>
> There's a saying -- which I don't remember so will paraphrase terribly
> -- that a single story may be an interesting anomaly, but it there's
> two similar stories the media considers it a trend, and if there's
> three it's a phenomenon. That may not be the case here, as there's no
> hysteria-farming, or a recognition by the media giants that a number
> of similar incidents have happened. I like to think they're a
> synchronistic response to a dire world condition which needs a rather
> drastic medicine. On the other hand, as Charles Fort used to say --
> again, resorting to bad paraphrase -- some stories seem weird only
> because we're unaware how commonplace they really are.
That all rings true.
The cutting off of heads: Could it be that the seeds of revolt against
the control of Bosses, Laws and Governments has been subverted into a
seething rage which can only be funneled into outrageous violence and butchery?
From: PlayStation.com Forums : Final Fantasy : **spoilers** Decapitation
In VII
"I think it would of been much more sad and funny if sephiroth came down
and decapitated aries. and a foutain of [blood] came from the neck.
hehehehe seriously though wouldnt it would of provided a little bit of
comic relife.
lol... we do need some executions in these games huh?.... especially on
the ps2 for the realism effect."
From: Moviejustice.com forum - best decapitation in film
"I like the semi-decapitation scene in Final Destination. The one where
Sean William Scott gets his head chopped off clean at the mouth in mid sentence.
In final destination 2 a woman gets her head decapitated when head is
caught in a lift. There are some other awesome decapitation of body
parts in final destination 2 aswell"
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