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**Lamuella** · 07-09-2005, 07:44 PM

let me ask this question:

do you accept the concept that something can be more offensive if it happens very close to something shocking?

To pick one of your examples, if Undertaker had "crucified" Orlando Jordan the day after a lynching, that would have been more offensive than at another time.

If Hurricane Francis (to pick a name out of the air) killed 2000 people in Florida, Shane Helms probably wouldn't have a big role on RAW that night.

Do you accept this concept?

If you do, then picture this particular scene.

I woke up at 7:15 on Thursday morning after a phonecall from my mother in law saying London had been bombed. I turned on the TV, but because right now I only have broadcast TV I had to watch about tornadoes because there was a tornado warning in the area. It wasn't until I got to work that I could find out whether my friends who work in the city centre were alive or not.

One of the things that set my mind at rest most during the day was that London is multicultural enough that there wasn't any anti-muslim feeling even though most suspected Al-Quaeda of the bombing.

I was feeling a little emotionally sensitive still, especially as my best friend was walking towards Russell Square when the bomb went off.

Then I watched the Hassan segments of Smackdown. It depressed me as much as anything else, because it made me think that existing anti-muslim feeling would be aggravated by stupid shit like this.

I wasn't offended because of anything to do with September 11th, I wasn't offended because garrotting someone is like blowing up a bus, I didn't somehow thing this had anything to do with the beheadings in Iraq apart from the costumes and behaviour being reminiscent of this.

I was offended because this was EXACTLY the wrong time to show something like this.

WWE or UPN must have at least suspected it was the wrong time to show something like this. Otherwise they wouldn't have given their disclaimer.

If you can't or won't understand this, then that's just fine, but don't make out I'm somehow stupid or laughable for feeling the way I do.

07-09-2005, 07:44 PM	#143
Lamuella Forum Happy Cat Posts: 7,884	let me ask this question: do you accept the concept that something can be more offensive if it happens very close to something shocking? To pick one of your examples, if Undertaker had "crucified" Orlando Jordan the day after a lynching, that would have been more offensive than at another time. If Hurricane Francis (to pick a name out of the air) killed 2000 people in Florida, Shane Helms probably wouldn't have a big role on RAW that night. Do you accept this concept? If you do, then picture this particular scene. I woke up at 7:15 on Thursday morning after a phonecall from my mother in law saying London had been bombed. I turned on the TV, but because right now I only have broadcast TV I had to watch about tornadoes because there was a tornado warning in the area. It wasn't until I got to work that I could find out whether my friends who work in the city centre were alive or not. One of the things that set my mind at rest most during the day was that London is multicultural enough that there wasn't any anti-muslim feeling even though most suspected Al-Quaeda of the bombing. I was feeling a little emotionally sensitive still, especially as my best friend was walking towards Russell Square when the bomb went off. Then I watched the Hassan segments of Smackdown. It depressed me as much as anything else, because it made me think that existing anti-muslim feeling would be aggravated by stupid shit like this. I wasn't offended because of anything to do with September 11th, I wasn't offended because garrotting someone is like blowing up a bus, I didn't somehow thing this had anything to do with the beheadings in Iraq apart from the costumes and behaviour being reminiscent of this. I was offended because this was EXACTLY the wrong time to show something like this. WWE or UPN must have at least suspected it was the wrong time to show something like this. Otherwise they wouldn't have given their disclaimer. If you can't or won't understand this, then that's just fine, but don't make out I'm somehow stupid or laughable for feeling the way I do.