Tuesday 29 March 2011

Television is shit

Although we have a television at home, we are not "watching" the TV programmes. We use it just as a screen device, through which we watch blu-ray disks, etc.

But, anytime I am powering on the TV in the evening, there is some really stupid Czech TV series.
a) it always looks very lame, actors are very lame, etc.
b) most of the time I see some sort of these soap operas - the actors there are doing nothing less than shouting at each other in a very dramatic way

I am sorry, but are the screenwriters social deprivants who know only hassles and quarrels? Sorry, but we never at home shout at each other with my wife in a such way and I feel disgusted only when watching such soap operas for two minutes... Now the worst thing about it is, that all these shows are broadcasted in the Czech Republic during so called "prime time" and millions of people are watching this kind of crap..

So why do they watch it? Because they can identifiy themselves with it? Or because of the idea of escapism? That their life is difficult, but still better than what they see on the telly? Sorry, but I do not want to be any part of this.

Wednesday 23 March 2011

Nothing like subileus

Again

Friday 18 March 2011

reality of correctional facilities

Recently there was very tragic case of a murder and rape of a 9 year old girl in the Czech Republic. I was quite surprised how many people in the discussions under the articles at news sites were so sure and certain, that when the guy, who did it, gets to the prison, the other inmates will kill him for sure - we do not have death penalty in our law system.

Where does this certainity come from? From movies, literature, or whatever? I tried to do a little research if there were actual cases in the news, that the inmates killed pedophiles who murder their victims, but could not found any... (well  Googling is not proper "research", but I wanted to find at least one recent case).

Well the other thing which crossed my mind was, that the other half of the pople in the discussion, who did not wish this guy a murder from inmates were quite specific and VERY detailed in what THEY would personally do to the murderer... some things, which they described were quite atrocities and you have to have a quite imagination to come up with this... Anyway it reminded me Foucault and his Disciplnie and Punish and that many people nowadays - even in so called Western Civilization - are thinking in a way of medieval torture.

Of course I disagree with the whole idea of murdering little children, but these two ideas crossed my mind, when reading the discussion under the articles concerning this case.

Update (25/3/2011): So according to the media the supposed murderer was found after unsuccesful attempt of suicide with damage of his brain and day after this he died in hospital. So... the questions are a) was he really the one and b) had the inmate something to do with this?