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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar I" data-source="post: 46609" data-attributes="member: 3755">Well, the thing that just drives me nuts is that everything we hear in the media seems calculated to scare us to death.&nbsp; I get it that we can just turn it off ~ but the continual barrage of doom and gloom ~ with never an acknowledgment of the wonder of what we are accomplishing, or of the courage it takes just to get ourselves out there every morning, bugs me no end.&nbsp; For instance, we all hear about the thousands of acres burned in the fires, or the devastation wrought by hurricanes (or just recently, the announcement that hurricane season starts June 1st ~ like it's a television series or something!)Where was I?Oh, yeah ~ but we never hear a thing about the courage of the people fighting the fires, or the complexity of managing an evacuation and recovery, or any of the good, solid advances made in medical treatment and blah blah blah ~ you get the idea.Everything is done to elicicit that fear response (or, our interest is piqued by triggering a sexual response ~ what does a beautiful woman have to do with selling a car!)And it bugs me no end that portraying people as stupid is supposed to be funny.All these things encourage a sense of hopelessness.&nbsp; And those ads for prescription drugs ~ especially that one that warns the male with ED that an emergency room visit may be required if the drug's effects last more than five hours.Oh, man!Ahem.I feel better, now.Barbara</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar I, post: 46609, member: 3755"] Well, the thing that just drives me nuts is that everything we hear in the media seems calculated to scare us to death. I get it that we can just turn it off ~ but the continual barrage of doom and gloom ~ with never an acknowledgment of the wonder of what we are accomplishing, or of the courage it takes just to get ourselves out there every morning, bugs me no end. For instance, we all hear about the thousands of acres burned in the fires, or the devastation wrought by hurricanes (or just recently, the announcement that hurricane season starts June 1st ~ like it's a television series or something!) Where was I? Oh, yeah ~ but we never hear a thing about the courage of the people fighting the fires, or the complexity of managing an evacuation and recovery, or any of the good, solid advances made in medical treatment and blah blah blah ~ you get the idea. Everything is done to elicicit that fear response (or, our interest is piqued by triggering a sexual response ~ what does a beautiful woman have to do with selling a car!) And it bugs me no end that portraying people as stupid is supposed to be funny. All these things encourage a sense of hopelessness. And those ads for prescription drugs ~ especially that one that warns the male with ED that an emergency room visit may be required if the drug's effects last more than five hours. Oh, man! Ahem. I feel better, now. Barbara [/QUOTE]

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