The pictures we are seeing from France are purely the ugly side of humanity. Rioting, looting, burning and killing. And this all in and around Paris. Honeslty, I don't even know what sparked all of this angry emotion.
But I am almost ashamed to say that I am finding a sense of satisfaction in the whole thing. Here are the snooty French with their "better than thow" attitude toward America - producing a scene so ugly it looks like LA in the 90's or Miami in the 70's. Believe me, I am not one to enjoy the pain and suffering of others. But there is a sense of satisfaction in knowing that the French are as trobuled a society as the rest of us - despite their arrogance. We're all human - they just drink more, work less and skip a shower or two.
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The above thought was taken from a conversation I heard on the radio driving-in this morning. Here is a guy who knows it is wrong to go on the radio and profess any positive feeling takend from human pain and suffering - but he was being truthful. That's how I have been feeling too! I just don't have the guts to say it out loud (never mind on the radio).
By the way, this was not some right-wing talk station. This was a conversation being had by a morning team on an FM music station. The morning team is known for being "real people," and this is just another reason why they have been such a force for so long in this market.
The next time you hear someone sharing an intimate thought on the radio - especailly one that doesn't involve sex - thank them. It takes guts ... and years of erasing bad habits learned by bad PD's doing bad radio.
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