But it wasn't until my neighboring audience members saw the bloody dog fights that they began to gasp. In fact, one woman behind me got up and left. When the dog fights were over and the violence was directed to people once more, these folks grew silent. What struck me so odd was how different the reactions were disdain for canine debauchery and indifference for human life. Based on their commercials, I thought taking Claritin would land me on a white sandy beach with palm trees, frolicking shoeless with a beautiful woman while cute little kids laugh and play ball in the serene, tropical landscape.
Life's a bitch.
I find it interesting that sites assume that I want to view the Flash version if I have the flash plug-in. Take Proxicom's site, for example. Hit the front page and it runs through a Flash detection script. If I have Flash, it displays the Flash version. It is surprising that 12 years after the Berlin Wall came down in this very city, we are still in some ways wedded to old Cold War notions of deterrence as we are.