Guns, Guns, Guns, The NFL, Sports and TV

[givemebackmycountry]

I watch a lot of football, actually I watch a lot of sports television programming.
I watch baseball.
I watch NBA Basketball.
I watch College Basketball.
I watch Hockey.
Today. I am watching NFL on NBC.

NBC, CBS, FOX, it doesn't really make a difference.
If your watching a sporting event, like the NFL on a broadcast network (free TV) you will see someone with a gun.
On NBC today, during commercial breaks, I'm watching Kathy Bates wave a gun around (to prove she takes self defense seriously) in whatever new bullshit lawyer show she's about to star in.
I've seen previews of a movie called "The Mechanic" about a hit man who kills people in assorted ways that sends "a message".

Look, I don't have a problem with violent movies.
I have a number of them in my DVD collection.
Shit, I own "Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer" and "Man Bites Dog" (you are on your own there Dog).
Two of the most violent movies I know of.
(Don't give me your list of even more violent movies).

But, when the NFL game I'm watching goes to commercial break, I'm not particularly interested in watching people get confronted by other people who are waving a gun around.

On Christmas night (CHRISTMAS NIGHT!), my 79 year old Mom made me watch some bullshit made for TV movie with Tom Selleck called "Jessie Stone" and whatever.
"Jessie Stone gets a handjob" is what I think it was called.

My Mom loves Tom Selleck, and she watches this garbage show called "Blue-bloods" in which he's a NYC Police commissioner or some such crap.
There was a scene in this stupid "Jessie Stone gets a handjob" movie, where this guy walks up behind another guy in a parking garage, and shoots him in the back of the head.

I got up and walked out of the room and she got mad at me.
"But, I like Tom Selleck!" she said.
"It makes me uncomfortable to see people get shot in the head" I said.
"But, it's just TV" she said.
"I know, that's the problem".
And I went to another room to get on DU, or I went out to the garage to smoke a bowl.
I forget.
That means it was probably the bowl.

My point is simply this.

We are saturated with images on television of people suffering violent acts by someone with a gun.
It's a "promotion" I'm told, for this soon to be very popular crime, prison, lawyer, investigator, super-hero drama, comedy, documentary, etc.
I don't give a flying shit.
And don't come whining to me with this "well turn the TV off bullshit" because I just watched the fucking Sea-dogs beat the World Champion Saints in a very exciting game.
Now it's on to the the Colts and Jets.
Watching these events make me happy.
And I'm already looking forward to the Sunday contests to follow.
I'm just sick of seeing peeps get shot during the commercial breaks.

Between football games I threw on MSNBC and I'm watching a Sheriff announce that six people have died from todays shooting.
I'm not saying there is a link, so blow me if you even consider that.

All I'm saying is that I'm sick and tired of...
Guns, Guns, Guns.

I really am.
I'm sad tonight.
Because we keep blowing each other away, instead of working together to try to make things better.

I guess that makes me strange.
I'm happy to be that.

[Sonoman]

1. So very well put. KnR

"Can't we all just get along?" R King

Sonoman

[givemebackmycountry]

2. See, last night I gave you a hard time and you rightly gave me a appropriate response,

I got something to say to you Sonoman.

:toast: :pals:

[Sonoman]

3. I've been thinking...

about that song all day long.

Back at'cha,
Sonoman