Movie theaters and theaters closed due to the death of the pope

Angela Kern69 said:I’m getting old, so here’s a bit of a history lesson. Back in the 70s and 80s, whenever a major political figure in the US passed away, there would be three days of national mourning. Since most of those leaders lived to be about 80, those periods of mourning happened two or three times a year. Back then, we didn't have constant access to theaters or cinemas, and TV was basically just news and classical music. If you haven't realized it yet, YouTube and satellite TV weren't even a thing. Honestly, we survived, and now I just have to laugh when my kids whine because they can't watch their favorite late-night shows during a period of mourning.

I'm with you on this one. People today are incredibly spoiled. If the networks go dark for three days, people start acting like it's the end of the world and threaten to burn down the local news station. It's just shallow fanaticism. I'll suggest to some friends that we head out for a hike in the Rockies, and they act like I'm crazy because they want to stay home for whatever movie is playing on TV. People aren't all bad, but we've become electronic addicts. Between the TV, computers, gaming consoles, and smartphones, that's pretty much all life is to them now.👎

Icepick said:I find it genuinely amusing that anyone could sit through an LNH broadcast. 😂 [/B]

My children are all under fourteen, which perhaps offers some level of justification for their viewing habits. You, however, are likely well beyond that age, so I find myself wondering what possible excuse you have for offering such profoundly "intellectual" commentary.

Look, my job is one of those roles where someone always has to be on-site, so I actually don't mind coming in during Easter, Christmas, or any other holidays... I couldn't care less about the time off, and honestly, the overtime pay is much better.

So, yeah, your theory doesn't really hold water here.

nimblemarlin17 said:I’m with you on this. People are fucking spoiled these days. You pull a show like Oz off the air for three days and suddenly there’s a riot and people are burning down national networks. It’s just cheap fanaticism. You suggest your friends go for a hike in the Rockies and they act like you're insane because their favorite show is on TV. That’s just how people are now. It doesn't even have much to do with the death of the pope anymore; we've all just become electronic morons. TV, computers, social media, phones—that’s it. That's life.👎

I wouldn't say I totally agree. The issue is that they were being selective about what they pulled from the schedule. A day of mourning should be handled completely differently (and needs to be in the future). It shouldn't be tied to television programming. If there's no entertainment allowed that day, then clear everything off the air except for content related to the pope. Everything else. That would make it an actual day of mourning instead of some half-assed attempt. What did they actually achieve by pulling Oz? They just made people switch over to Fox or CBS to watch something else, or flip to ABC to watch The Matrix. Or they just switched to one of the dozens of foreign cable channels. So much for deep mourning...