Bombs and Rumors of Bombs

If you spend any time watching adventure drama television, you will have noticed a trend this season in man-made disaster television, and it’s getting noticed on some of the alternative/conspiracy boards. Both Jericho, a CBS series and 24, the successful Fox Network spy/terror thriller have detonated nuclear weapons this season, with horrific consequences.

Jericho is the story of how multiple nuclear detonations affect the residents of a small, remote town in Kansas. 24 so far this season examines how to stop an Arab terrorist who has already set off one bomb and has several more.

It seems like every year, we’re hammered with more and more jaw-dropping events depicted on television, which has the effect of desensitizing us and making it harder to shock viewers. I often wonder how that affects viewers outside the suspended disbelief in their real life. Watching Jericho, do they make it a point to keep more bottled water and first aid supplies on hand? After last week’s episode, where it’s revealed that in  societies where survival isn’t assumed and guaranteed, salt is a valuable commodity, did local Safeways and Wal-Marts experience higher than normal sales volume in the stuff? My guess is no, but those courses wouldn’t be the dumbest to follow.

The interesting thing about both shows is that they both appear to be suggesting the events that form the center of the stories may well be “false flag” operations, in which our government are really behind them, but blame is put on terrorists. That’s a meme that’s growing every year on the alt-news sites, and one that bears watching.

Posted in Terrorism, War