Y***@usay.com
2012-03-14 13:55:21 UTC
Repeatedly using time travel because you are just too lazy to write a
good original story is like an idiot savant or a obsessive/compulsive
repeating an action like washing the hands a hundred times. They
should have called this reboot "Trek" because it ain't Star Trek.
Now to the news:
Girls' Time Travel Attempt Leads To Suicide In China
Time
First Posted: 03/ 9/2012 5:21 pm Updated: 03/ 9/2012 5:34 pm
Two schoolgirls in China have committed suicide in an attempt to
travel back in time.
The girls decided to end their lives after one of them lost a remote
control to a door, China Daily reports, via People's Daily. Xiao Hua
told her best friend and fellow classmate, Xiao Mei, that she was
worried about coming clean to her parents. The names are reportedly
pseudonyms.
In an effort to avoid potential consequences, the girls allegedly took
inspiration from a popular television show and committed suicide to
travel back in time.
They left notes explaining their decision before jumping -- and
subsequently drowning -- in a pool.
In a note obtained by the Shanghaiist.com, one of the girls explained
her reasoning for her rash decision by writing: "In my life, I have
two secret wishes. One is to time-travel back to Qing Dynasty and
shoot a film with the emperor, and the other is to travel to outer
space," the Christian Post reports.
The chain of events has raised concerns about the influence of media
on young children, and the State Administration of Radio, Film and
Television has placed restrictions on airing certain shows between 7
p.m. and 9 p.m., according to People's Daily.
But some aren't too sure about the story.
Anna North, a writer for Jezebel, observes that the article seems to
highlight the apparent dangers of time travel-centered shows. She
wonders whether the government had an influence on the direction of
the article.
China Daily is a state-owned paper, described by the Committee to
Protect Journalists as "straitlaced." People's Daily Online is the
website of People's Daily, which until recently described itself as
"the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China" it now
offers a more circumspect description: "one of the world's top ten
newspapers." It's possible that Huang and China Daily were under
pressure from the government to paint the girls' suicide as a direct
result of the evil influence of time travel.
Additionally, the Wall Street Journal points out that media experts in
China have also indicated officials might have not been crazy about
the "themes of the shows, which centered on escaping discontent in the
current era to journey back in time to a better life."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/teens-time-travel-attempt-fatal-deadly-die-suicide-china_n_1335487.html
good original story is like an idiot savant or a obsessive/compulsive
repeating an action like washing the hands a hundred times. They
should have called this reboot "Trek" because it ain't Star Trek.
Now to the news:
Girls' Time Travel Attempt Leads To Suicide In China
Time
First Posted: 03/ 9/2012 5:21 pm Updated: 03/ 9/2012 5:34 pm
Two schoolgirls in China have committed suicide in an attempt to
travel back in time.
The girls decided to end their lives after one of them lost a remote
control to a door, China Daily reports, via People's Daily. Xiao Hua
told her best friend and fellow classmate, Xiao Mei, that she was
worried about coming clean to her parents. The names are reportedly
pseudonyms.
In an effort to avoid potential consequences, the girls allegedly took
inspiration from a popular television show and committed suicide to
travel back in time.
They left notes explaining their decision before jumping -- and
subsequently drowning -- in a pool.
In a note obtained by the Shanghaiist.com, one of the girls explained
her reasoning for her rash decision by writing: "In my life, I have
two secret wishes. One is to time-travel back to Qing Dynasty and
shoot a film with the emperor, and the other is to travel to outer
space," the Christian Post reports.
The chain of events has raised concerns about the influence of media
on young children, and the State Administration of Radio, Film and
Television has placed restrictions on airing certain shows between 7
p.m. and 9 p.m., according to People's Daily.
But some aren't too sure about the story.
Anna North, a writer for Jezebel, observes that the article seems to
highlight the apparent dangers of time travel-centered shows. She
wonders whether the government had an influence on the direction of
the article.
China Daily is a state-owned paper, described by the Committee to
Protect Journalists as "straitlaced." People's Daily Online is the
website of People's Daily, which until recently described itself as
"the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China" it now
offers a more circumspect description: "one of the world's top ten
newspapers." It's possible that Huang and China Daily were under
pressure from the government to paint the girls' suicide as a direct
result of the evil influence of time travel.
Additionally, the Wall Street Journal points out that media experts in
China have also indicated officials might have not been crazy about
the "themes of the shows, which centered on escaping discontent in the
current era to journey back in time to a better life."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/teens-time-travel-attempt-fatal-deadly-die-suicide-china_n_1335487.html