Big Bomber

When WWI began, the word hadn't spread until a week later. With WWII, people found out the next day. With this new war, the "producers" (United States) made sure there was a countdown to the "A" day, as the Bush administration calls it.

Ever since Sept 11 (or even before) it's become pretty clear how the media play an essential part on making public affairs really public. From my perspective, it's pretty unhealthy but, objectively, nobody will turn off their TV's as a protest.

The following idea came to me as I watched the numbers of the countdown on the television screen last night while watching the "news".I thought it was very depressing that they had the whole world on such expectation of the beginning of such cruel action. Today when I saw the first images of the attacks to Bagdad , I was wondering what CNN's ratings were on that exact moment and thought: If they're already broadcasting the war as if it was some sort of reality show, shouldn't we (the audience) have the right to decide what we want to see, just like on other shows of the kind? Isn't "democracy" what Bush wanted?

The global population should get to vote to let the "producers" know what they want to see on screen, WHEN they want the soldiers to be evicted from the "set" (Irak), even rank Bush and Hussein's popularity and, why not, decide at the end who gets away with it. This wouldn't only make the whole thing more "fair", it would also help repair part of the damage: by calling to vote, each person will have to pay US$ 0.50, and the incomes will go straight to a fund so the UN can help people in the attacked areas.

If it's not as popular as Big Brother, I am sure it will surpass SURVIVOR by far.

If you watched your TV today to hear about the war, then you can't say you're not hooked to BIG BOMBER.