tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7993980498811930418..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: DistantAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-12986819279264088612013-04-21T01:16:31.275-04:002013-04-21T01:16:31.275-04:00(Prophetic comment by James, I just want to note. ...(Prophetic comment by James, I just want to note. Once allowed out, an observant citizen promptly noticed something.)jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-62737905018952849362013-04-20T09:04:11.582-04:002013-04-20T09:04:11.582-04:00Well, the factory you work in blowing up is a scar...Well, the factory you work in blowing up is a scary narrative, and people try to do movies about those sort of fears - trying to blame evil corporations, usually. But it's less personal. Unknown people who walk among us trying to kill us is a narrative that grips us more. More movies about that.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-88185207846641948792013-04-19T23:30:09.365-04:002013-04-19T23:30:09.365-04:00Interesting to contrast the coverage for the Bosto...Interesting to contrast the coverage for the Boston Marathon bombing to that of the fertilizer factory explosion in Texas. Haven't heard much about that on the local news...and I am far enough away from Boston to claim that news coverage is not skewed due to it actually being a local event.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10449528522130694974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-40807702050118966722013-04-19T18:34:03.080-04:002013-04-19T18:34:03.080-04:00It turns out that one of the dead (Lu) is a friend...It turns out that one of the dead (Lu) is a friend of a friend, if "friend" means someone you know and have worked with a little. I'm still distant.<br /><br />I'm not sure the "lockdown" is quite as convenient for the police as they think; there are now many fewer eyes on the street.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-34510240072309490512013-04-19T12:58:58.785-04:002013-04-19T12:58:58.785-04:00I vas dere, Sharley, in 19and80. I am remote from...I vas dere, Sharley, in 19and80. I am remote from that time. Concerned, but nothing I can do.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-40041728875977808522013-04-19T12:09:04.586-04:002013-04-19T12:09:04.586-04:00I have had similar thoughts, although it has been ...I have had similar thoughts, although it has been interesting to observe as things have unfolded, how I my separation from the events has somewhat decreased. My first impression was "Well, I was there only 4 years ago as they were setting up the bleachers for the marathon." <br /><br />Now I find that an acquaintance was .2 miles from the blast at that moment. And folks from the town next door were injured. I don't know them, but they are from only a few miles away. I'm sure someone I know knows them. So now perhaps 2 degrees of separation. Almost touches me directly, but not quite really. <br /><br />Even so, the breathless moment by moment coverage, the underlying assumption that we need to track every development in real time (even as nothing is developing)...it strikes me as odd. I see some people glued to the media -- dancing to the piper's tune because the piper says we must. "I am piping. Therefore my tune is important."<br /><br />Yeah. Whatever. I have stuff to do. I'll check back later. Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.com