[contessa machiaveli]

this pseudo-news is filling a vacuum. 9/11 has faded from the consciousness of the public, the war on terror goes on in murky subterranean ways....so what do we have? a mother smacks around her child and the media begin to howl. this is a non-story, the difference is, it was caught on tape. we have the dumbing down and sensationalizing of news.

[wardaddy]

The info distribution synapse is so short these days, we just move from one frenzy to the next. All shoved down our throats by folks claiming to be in a "noble profession".

[Hitlerys uterus]

You couldn't be more right. One news report had the authorities saying if this hadn't been caught on tape, they probably wouldn't have bothered filing charges or persuing this woman. This little girl has probably allready forgotten the sting of the slaps she got if not the slapping itself. I doubt she'll ever forget how the government came an took her away from her mother and interrogated her for days and then stuck her with strangers.