“Where hacks come to spew nonsense” - B2B
09_aug_07_19-54-57.mp3
Directly after calling the women’s keirin Big Ben would go on to win the King of the Sprint Finals. Impressive stuff from a guy who just got back from riding his bike all the way to New Orleans LA.
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The bridge debate has got some readers thinking:
People should leave the workers alone and let them do their jobs. If you’re not there to help, have some respect for the workers, the victims and their families. The police have enough to do without chasing away gawkers.
on the other side, a reader e-mails:
This whole thing bothers me. They set up a huge perimeter and then force us to watch what is happening in our community through the filter of commercial media. The perimeter had nothing to do with safety or respect for the victims–the great fall-back cliches–but instead obstructed every viewing angle. They are well aware of the power of personal experience and images and desired to minimize that as much as possible (have you yet to see an image of a dead American soldier in Iraq?). The area is no more safe than it was a week ago and the last eight bodies have not been found and yet they have narrowed the perimeter…why? Because this, as part of the first-run media sensation is over. It has moved on to the mine collapse in Utah and so controlling it is no longer necessary.
So what do you think?
Should the public have a right to see a disaster in person so long as they are not interfering with rescue and recovery? Or should the public be kept back in order to give the rescuers breathing space and show respect for the dead and their families?
Is it healthy curiosity and the need to cope with a disaster site in person that drives people to want to see the bridge or is it just a sick desire to see where people died?
I have my personal opinion that I will share once you guys have had time to discuss it.
Anyone else having problems viewing this site or all the comments?
This thread would be a good example to check, you should see at least 46 comments below the post.
Let me know what you find on both FireFox and Internet Explorer, on both laptop and desktop PC’s.
You Mac freaks can chime in too, if you want, just so you don’t feel left out. I am not interested in issues with your stupid iPhone however…
Super-Rookie came over to my office last weekend to pick up some stuff for the Campus Criterium. Apparently he got his camera phone in past security.
He took this photo while he was there:
Trying to play some kind of “gotcha” journalism game kid?
It’s so obvious that he snuck that box into my office in order to make me look like some kind of uber-dork. Unfortunately for him he left the box behind for further inspection.
The box in question.
Some kind of note taped to the top of the box.
That explains it.
I’ll bring your game up to the track tonight for you Super-Rookie.
