Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>On Aug 12, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > >>I'm surprised to read that people feel so strongly about this. The >>opening >>ceremony is simply entertainment or theatre, like a super Hollywood >>blockbuster movie. Seems like they put on a pretty spectacular show >>to me. >>Now Michael Phelps you could consider to be a REAL annoyance ;-) ;-) You don't see anything wrong with telling a young girl that she is not pretty enough to sing in public? That her voice will be used but another prettier girl will be photographed? Or using computer fireworks because the sky is too full of pollution to see real ones? Or filling the stands with paid "fans" in order to save face? What in the world is the world coming to when we can't believe anything we see or read? It's all lies. Where do you draw the line between entertainment and news? The television and newspapers seem to have a real problem with drawing that line. Tina