didn't register, just read your excerpt.
honestly, people keep calling this crap, reality tv, etc. as more evidence of 'the slide'.
but take what's happening in the states - the grassroots level of bible-thumping has never been bigger.
i think that media exposure, internet, etc. is bigger than ever and the access level is higher in every direction, simultaneously.
just because paris hilton is HUGE now doesn't mean it's just because of the degradation of our society - singular access to media is at its greatest point ever, more people have easier private guilty pleasures that may include this crap.
evidence of 'the decline'?
no.
evidence of over-exposure and glossover and the train-wreck fascination people have with wanton trailer-trash sluttery?
oh-yeah.
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