this culture--possibly more than any other in the world, western or otherwise--is highly influenced by media.

hell, even if you wanna get ppl involved in a good, decent cause, what do you have to do? a tv commercial. preferably jeweled w/ celebrities. otherwise, how would folks even know it *is* a cause? the newspaper? hardly.

so on the one hand, i feel you. social problems are the heart of the issue.

but i also think that a major reason why folks are sleeping on those issues is because of the influence of the (mainstream) media around us.


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~fear is the mind-killer~

"...jesus had a wife. and she was his
messiah like that stranger may be
yours. who holds the subtle knife that
carves through worlds like magic
doors." ~saul wms