Friday, November 9, 2007

“Bowling for Finland” and the Power of Ideas


The original Video was taken out.

It’s already famous in the Internet the video of Pekka-Eric, the new suicide-killer from first world schools. In his video, published in You Tube he says: “I am a cynic existentialist, anti-human-humanist, anti-social-Darwinist and a type of atheist god”; “hate, I am full of hate and I worship it”; “I am the law, the judge and the executor, there is no major authority than me”.

In times like this, passes through my head that atheist arguments against the Medieval Christianity and it’s anti-Christian madness. But I am not going to deal with this issue, cause I don’t think it’s fair to bring any concept upon atheism based on the particular acts of an atheist, like concept the Christianity based on the act of an particular Christianism.

But what I would like to analyze here is the content of the T-shirt of Pekka-Eric. “Humanity is Overrated”, is written in the T-shirt. Something that he is trying to fight when he take away 8 lives including he’s own. We all were affected by he’s acts. Not just the wounds, and killed, and friends of them. But the intire world looks astonished for something, that is becoming even more common. Cause, never is natural or healthy to receive this kind of information no matter where you live.

“Humanity is Overrated” is an example of what ideas are able to. One idea (in fact two, cause there is nothing new or original in shoot inside a school) killed 8 persons and call all that attention. The idea was clear and was taken to the last consequences.

A lot of people question the media influence above people, but is also very evident that the ideas carried through it can destroy or construct. Media is means, it just carries a message. Who should be the responsible for that message? Who watch or who transmit? Looks like to me that the basic logic of “the greater, take care of the less”, found in life and transit laws should be repeated here. The media is every more specialized while the audience do not evolve in the same educational speed. In another words, to put into the audience the responsibility of the message is the same as give to Pekka-Eric that T-Shirt.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I agree with you brother.

Thing is, you see, we need to take charge of our lives once more. We need to understand the difference between outside our heads and inside. We need to understand who WE are. As individuals.

Many people who do these things, are not treated well in this world. Are forgotten about. Not taught how great they are. They become twisted and confused.

And lol @ Al Queda
Why do we blame everything bad that happens on Al Queda? They don't even exist. The name was made up by one Muslim for the FBI so they could prosecute them as a group.

Diego Barreto said...

Thaks for comment! Yeah, "Twisted and Confused" are, for sure, the product of that matter!