Virtual finality
Apr. 3rd, 2005 09:48 pmWhat's wrong with this quote: "We were getting reports out of the Vatican that John Paul II has died, we can now say with finality that ABC has confirmed that he has passed away." I don't remember to what radio station I was listening, but that sentence made me pause and think. Apparently, whoever these people were, reality wass not the final word on the state of the Vatican, but some media-mediated version of reality was the final world on the Vatican.
"These aren't the droids you're looking for. He can go about his business. Move along."
"These aren't the droids you're looking for. He can go about his business. Move along."