Hogzilla as Rorschach test of national zeitgeist
It looks like his father set up a web site and , somewhat self-consciously, created two segregated content silos putting into each the positive and negative comments that people had to give in response.
| Comment 1: | Comment 2: | |
| [sarcastically] "Where do I get me one of them terrorist pigs so I can teach my son how to kill too?" | | [kudos to the father for taking the time to teach the son how to hunt]. "That's alot [sic] of what's wrong with people now...they have no one who shows that they REALLY care." |
It looks like the assumption on the left is that only a mindless jingo could ever think of hunting for pleasure or sport or a hobby.
It looks like the assumption on the right is that people who don't see the point of hunting are lacking because of an un-nurtured childhood.
It looks like what everybody in column A has to say about everybody in column B, everybody in column B also has to say about everybody in column A.
It looks a lot like two crowds, separated by a police riot line, yelling at each other and not hearing each other at all.
It looks to me like a wonderful pig, dead or alive.
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