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   From: univinus@hotmail.com   
      
   you have to point and laugh sometimes. sure it's ridiculous that a pop band   
   got more coverage than 9/11, but in some ways it's agood thing and in others   
   its plain funny. you have to laugh.   
      
   we had our own terror disaster - remember the bali bombings? 140 odd   
   australians killed. and sure it was tragic, and sure it was important to   
   know, but christ the overcoverage was annoying.   
      
   but yes, each to their own anyway.   
      
   ~magda~   
      
   "I.B. Blaqman"  wrote in message   
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   > "Magda"  wrote in message   
   > news:3fe54b01$0$1721$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au...   
   > > lol that was a pretty funny post   
   > >   
   > > i for one would say that if the japanese dont let themselves get caught   
   up   
   > > in the world hysteria of terror, then they're not being terrorised,   
   which   
   > is   
   > > in effect, defeating the terrorists and good on them.   
   > >   
   > > besides, i got sick of the constant coverage of september 11. here in   
   > > australia, one of the two national airlines collapsed and went into   
   > > receivership on the same day. but you'd be buggered to hear anything   
   about   
   > > it because of sept 11. not saying it wasn't important, but overcoverage   
   > > shits me no end.   
   > >   
   > > yes, they may over cover in japan on things you think are unimportant   
   too,   
   > > but on the case of sept 11 - good on them for not geting wrapped up in   
   the   
   > > terror hysteria.   
   >   
   > Well, not getting caught up in it is one thing, but that doesn't mean that   
   > it isn't important news.  You know something is wrong when people think   
   that   
   > a high school girl singing group breaking up is more important than 3,000   
   > people dying.  You're Australian, right?  If someone blew up the Opera   
   House   
   > in the middle of a performance and the same year the band Midnight Oil got   
   > back together, which do you think is the bigger story?  They don't even   
   > belong on the same program.  The example you gave was a good one, but   
   > Japanese media, perhaps because of a lack of having anything newsworthy to   
   > report, try to make the personal lives of celebrities something that   
   should   
   > be morning drive or prime time #1 news.  I only care about entertainers   
   > doing one thing....entertaining me by their acting, athleticism, or   
   whatever   
   > brought them to the dance.  I don't care about who they date, nor do I   
   care   
   > about them visiting an elementary school.  There are people that do, but   
   > when there is so much newsworthy stuff happening around the world in terms   
   > of terrorism, economy, foreign policy, etc.  I refuse to believe that a   
   > talentless hack getting pregnant is on the same fucking level.  Make an   
   > entertainment news program and put it on there, but big-tittied Megumi   
   going   
   > to a movie and commenting on it will not bring me up to speed on national   
   or   
   > world affairs.   
   >   
   >   
      
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