In an article about the film "Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?" ...
"[I]n my lifetime we've been told to panic about all kinds of things. Here are some of them, in no particular order:
"Soviet nukes, North Korean nukes, suitcase nukes, nuclear power plants, dirty bombs, shoe bombs, guns, assault rifles, semiautomatic weapons, sarin, anthrax, Ebola, E. coli, Lyme disease, Legionnaires' disease, smallpox, salmonella, dengue fever, Asian flu, bird flu, swine flu, yuppie flu, West Nile virus, the pesticides sprayed on the mosquitoes that spread West Nile virus, breast implants, AIDS, SARS, SIDS, ADD, ADHD, PTSD, TB, Y2K, EMP, WMD, illegal aliens, drunk drivers, road rage, asbestos, mercury, lead, oil shortages, the national debt, inflation, stagflation, hurricanes, twisters, tsunamis, asteroids, earthquakes, killer bees, killer canines, mad cows, global warming, the hole in the ozone, flesh-eating bacteria, stem-cell research, Frankenfood, Halloween, poisoned Tylenol, sex addiction, identity theft, secondhand smoke, Crips, Bloods, neo-Nazis, Satanists, pagans, cults, serial killers, postal workers, Catholic priests, heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamines, club drugs, ecstasy, Special K, day-care centers, retirement homes, hospitals, an epidemic of obesity, an epidemic of teen drug abuse, an epidemic of teen murders, an epidemic of teen suicides, an epidemic of teen gambling, an epidemic of teens having sex, an epidemic of teens having babies, an epidemic of child pornography, missing children, workplace violence, violence against seniors, violence on TV, violence in movies, violent video games, rap videos, rap music, heavy-metal music, Dungeons & Dragons, snuff films, Internet porn, high-voltage power lines, cell phones that explode, cell phones that cause brain cancer, drivers on cell phones, pedophiles on MySpace, the air, water, soil, eggs, ham, fish, peanuts, spinach, and dog food." - Morgan Spurlock
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Quotes to Live By, 19 April 2008
3 comments:
Well, I just shit my pants. Then I read the whole article and shit your pants. TERRIFYING!
It seems like it may be an interesting read and anyone who eats McDonald's every day for a month just to see how it turns out deserves my money.
I loathe Morgan Spurlock. His smugness was evident in his tv show on FX. He acts as if he is some great crusader and the only one smart enough to see these evils he finds while, in reality, he is a two-bit hack.
If he wanted to go beyond his lifetime we could talk about how Americans were scared to death of communist spies, labor unions, anarchists, Barbary pirates, Mexican bandits, Native Americans, a salt shortage, the Panic of 1873, the railroad bust, the Great Depression, Japanese subversion on the West Coast, World Wars I and II, the Spanish-American War, the Civil War, slavery, the abolition of slavery, the apocalypse (10-15 times over), alcohol, immigrants, immigration, mass culture, racial suicide, eugenics, and so on.
Yet Morgan Spurlock thinks that some how is the one man who has discovered the fact that fear based on a grain of truth can be used to manipulate the masses. Been happening since the Roman Empire and will continue happening long after we are stardust.
Morgan Spurlock wasn't even on my hate radar until his ubiquitous TV show ads started popping up on FX during every commercial break for "The Shield." Having just worked for the prison at the time the "30 Days" episode for him spending time in prison, I checked that out, and I have to agree: That was exactly like prison life, if you are a guy who knows for certain he's getting out in only 30 days, and you're being followed around by a camera crew, and you know for certain that the officers will be on their best behavior, and you don't have to worry about having your anal virginity being traded around like it were a baseball card. Yep - EXACTLY like prison.
As for the quote, it amused me at work. That quote's the only thing Morgan Spurlock has produced that has remotely interested me.
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