tv addict

[gerbie]

I can't remember watching television for so long as I did last night. Normally I just tape a few programms every week and watch them before I go to bed. I watch some sport and news and that's it.

Last night I watched the Flintstones movie on the Beeb, missed the hot news live and had to catch up for that. The murder of Fortuyn was a big event in the Netherlands. Several channels were reporting full-time and I have been flicking channels all evening to find something new. After midnight, when they started repeating the same interviews for the fourth time, I found that the snooker final was getting close to a result. Boring sport, but it still keeps you stuck to the tv for a while, the last two frames were suspense.

Finally I had to see what foreign channels were saying about the first Dutch political murder in history. By the time I had seen German, Belgian, British, French and American news I finally found the rest to go to sleep.

Luckily there are school holidays. No work for me. Plenty to do, plenty planned, but I can't seem to get myself to do something. After my lie in this morning (it was 4 am by the time I switched of the lights), there was more news, papers and more tv for me. Weird day.

Comments

[tbone.livejournal.com]

I saw a thing in our local newspaper about the murder. That must have been a huge deal, since our paper stresses the local (and some national) events and usually excludes most world happenings. He must have been very, very controversial.

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[gerbie.livejournal.com]

He was. He loved being controversial as well. He knew he was. Still, that's no reason to shoot anybody.

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[tbone.livejournal.com]

You're exactly right. That's just sad that it had to come to that. We can't fear everyone who has a radical idea and wants to cause change. That's just not right.

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[gerbie.livejournal.com]

Change wouldn't have been bad. Even if went the wrong way, change is better than just go on and hope things will stay the same.

flinstones meet the flintstones

[harryroberts.livejournal.com]

yep i watched "the flintstones" as well, snooker isn't my favourite sport but every now and then it suprises me with these games where it's all tension and one mistake makes or breaks the entire game.

Dutch Political murder : freedom of speech? Do you think his party will become more popular because he died for his beliefs?

I've never been very understanding of politics but everyone has a voice.