There's a certain level of... I dunno, immediacy and distance and that stuff involved with things like bomb threats. People don't think about stuff the more remote it is. The bomb threat, nobody saw a bomb, none of the riders were even on the phone fielding the threat - no immediacy. Having your commute stalled, now that's immediate. It's probably not surprising that people care more what's right in front of their face.
Like pretty much everyone living in the Bay Area, we both have the possibility that the next earthquake might be The Big One, or that should some very powerful idiots opt to cause a nuclear war, our current residence will probably go up first. Not immediate. Heck, the possibility of getting killed out on the road, thanks to some Raiders fan, is way more of an issue than some bomb threat, and even then that seems so minor until you're actually faced with a gigantic, poorly balanced 4x4 driving badly near you.
On the other hand, people like immediacy. It makes them alive. And while I'm cool with that, while I feel sometimes like I'm too distanced from things myself, I think people can have really poor taste in that respect. The whole OH NOEZ TEH TERRORISTS thing is a great example. Or the mourning for 9/11 coming from people who have no personal connection to NYC. I think the need for connection and immediacy gets manipulated by a batch of powerhungry idiots.
Anyway, those drawings could be a lot more French. You know, like that warrior woman with the bone armor was pretty typical of Metal Hurlant.
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Date: 2006-03-27 11:05 pm (UTC)Like pretty much everyone living in the Bay Area, we both have the possibility that the next earthquake might be The Big One, or that should some very powerful idiots opt to cause a nuclear war, our current residence will probably go up first. Not immediate. Heck, the possibility of getting killed out on the road, thanks to some Raiders fan, is way more of an issue than some bomb threat, and even then that seems so minor until you're actually faced with a gigantic, poorly balanced 4x4 driving badly near you.
On the other hand, people like immediacy. It makes them alive. And while I'm cool with that, while I feel sometimes like I'm too distanced from things myself, I think people can have really poor taste in that respect. The whole OH NOEZ TEH TERRORISTS thing is a great example. Or the mourning for 9/11 coming from people who have no personal connection to NYC. I think the need for connection and immediacy gets manipulated by a batch of powerhungry idiots.
Anyway, those drawings could be a lot more French. You know, like that warrior woman with the bone armor was pretty typical of Metal Hurlant.