# “24″ is just a TV show, right?
Apparently not. In addition to the Newsweek article, we also have Laura Ingraham, a very popular conservative talk show host, who comes to this brilliant conclusion on Bill O’reilly’s show on the Fox News channel:
“The average American out there loves the show 24. OK? They love Jack Bauer. They love 24. In my mind that’s close to a national referendum that it’s OK to use tough tactics against high-level Al Qaeda operatives as we’re going to get.”
So to recap: America loves Jack Bauer + Jack Bauer tortures people = America Loves Torture! Maybe my cynicism is warranted after all. Unreal.
February 28th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
i’m not sure which troubles me more; the transitive property of torture or that devlin video. both are a strange combination of “wow, that’s funny someone would actually do/say that” and “wow, someone would actually do/say that.”
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:33 am
But what about a show like American Idol? I guess it could go like this:
A large portion of America loves American Idol + American Idol mentally tortures people in various ways = America Loves Torture!
April 4th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
why? are you kidding me? i used to sound like that?