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On Nikki Catsouras car crash photos and Morbid Curiosity

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I was surfing today (September 7, 2009) when the phrase "morbid curiosity" caught my attention. Somehow, the phrase seems to imply that there is in human nature a natural tendency to be attracted to the bizarre, the gross and the, well, morbid. Faced with a macabre sight that can turn one's stomach, we cover our eyes but leave a substantial gap between our fingers to permit us a glimpse of that which we do not want to see. The phrase caught my eye after I learned that "Nikki Catsoura's car crash photos" is the number-one search item on Google right now. As if that was not enough the number fourteen search item is "Nikki Catsoura's death pictures" and number twenty-six is "Nikki Catsouras gruesome pictures." For those who may not be familiar with the story, you may read it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Catsouras Write comment (0 Comments)
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The Parable of the Weakest Link

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In the olden days, there was a town called Lernuscus who one day found itself under the threat of being attacked by the faraway town of Hidarabad. But since it would take the Hidarabanians still 30 days to reach them, they decided to prepare themselves for the impending war. They started to arm themselves and stock on supplies and discuss among themselves how to best ward off the enemy's attack. On the second day however, some people noticed that there was a group of people who they perceived were not contributing as much to the effort as they were expecting so the former met among themselves to address their perceived problem. "This group will not be able to help us any in our fight against the Hidarabanians. I suggest we kill them all before they become our liability." So they gathered the latter group and lined them up against the wall and started shooting them until they all fell down. Write comment (0 Comments)
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