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BillTre
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russ_watters said:The problem I have with that is that this isn't just harmless entertainment we're talking about. People aren't just using this to blow-off steam on facebook instead of yelling at their bosses (or whatever stressed them that day). Other peoples' disproportionate judgments about the seriousness of certain events affects me/many/some/all of us in negative ways because bad disproportionate judgments can lead to bad actions.
As far as I can tell, all the bad actions happened in the time of the original event and everything else was just a bunch of noise taking up media space which one could choose to avoid.
And again, what you decide is disproportionate could well be not so disproportionate to someone else.