Thursday, January 31, 2008

Violence on the small screen

If Corey Worthington had not hosted a party which attracted 500 teenagers, the riot police and the dog squad and resulted in a $20,000 clean-up/services bill would he be "enjoying" 15 minutes of fame now? And would footage of him being beaten up earlier this week have been aired on a prime-time current affairs program - and be available as a link on the Daily Telegraph's web site today - advertised in that paper as "Video: See footage of Corey's bashing". And would you want to see the footage - captured by mobile phone - of Corey being tackled to the ground and being hit and kneed in the face. Or, would you want to take part in another web phenomenon called "Slap Corey" where his likeness has been (slapped) - over 850,000 times. The site was supposedly inspired by Corey's "bad attitude" which, in this case, seems to mean"bad" in a negative sense. Seems to be a lot of people's time and energy wasted on a 16-year old who has achieved notoriety because (a) the other two parties in the area the night of his party were closed down earlier by police and (b) he comes across as an arrogant/don't give a damn teenager who shows no concern for the consequences of his actions. But he doesn't deserve to be bashed up for it - virtually or physcially.

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