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Grandma smashes up Comcast office with a hammer
« on: October 19, 2007, 10:17:30 pm »
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/17/AR2007101702359.html

Interesting discussion on MeFi, where I found this. Mostly centering around this question: Would the media have found this story so funny-ha-ha if the person of interest was a man? What if he was a black man?
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Re: Grandma smashes up Comcast office with a hammer
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2007, 01:58:32 am »
Quote from: Asherdan on October 19, 2007, 11:02:20 pm
If it ain't obvious I'm basing my opinion on the fact that we're basically a society that wants a good show.
Fox will pick this up as a weekly series of old women seeking vigilante justice on big corporations. Next week: Grandma in Wheelchair Torches AOL Office.
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Re: Grandma smashes up Comcast office with a hammer
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2007, 05:03:47 pm »
Quote from: Asherdan on October 19, 2007, 11:02:20 pm
If it ain't obvious I'm basing my opinion on the fact that we're basically a society that wants a good show.
It ain't just us.  Pretty much anyone from the Romans to the Bushmen to the Tuvan Throat Whistlers likes slapstick, mayhem and bare ass-cheeks getting smacked.  Its part of our shared humanity.
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Re: Grandma smashes up Comcast office with a hammer
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2007, 05:54:25 pm »
"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die."  --Mel Brooks
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