Came across this snippet today, which I think touches on the Big Brother news syndrome, and the repeated ad nauseum TV images of the Challenger Disaster, of the Two Towers, and now - on Channel 4 - video footage of Diana's death.
There is a peculiar aspect to contemporary war because of broadcasting and so on; people can become voyeurs, captivated by scenes of suffering and devastation while they sit in comfortable homes drinking coffee or beer in front of the TV. Like all voyeurism, this can deaden genuine human reactions and give a quite unhealthy sense of false involvement which then breeds the wrong sort of detachment as its reverse. Enough to find out basically what's going on, pray about it, and get on with your real work and the rest of your life.
- Tom Wright
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