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Wednesday September 06, 2006 23:35

by reptilian

Natascha Kampusch told viewers of Austrian television what it's like to be locked in a cellar for 10 years tonight. She's gone global. In fact she's top of the ratings. Natascha was all but forgotten about by Austrians a decade ago, but now reproduction and syndication rights of her interview have been traded worldwide. Each country & language giving it's own spin & peculiar title. I phoned my local television station which airs the interview tomorrow to complain at its choice of title which in English is "Natasha's confessions".

battle reptiles & live & you get your 15 minutes of fame. That's reality TV.

I'm not really sure how you spin that sort of thing. But its bigger than Crocman or 911 or even Guantanamo. & it is most certainly not a story from someone who has to confess anything. Behind it all I feel very disturbed by the media attention being focussed on this case & the possibility it may influence other criminals in the future.

Maybe there will be allusions made in our movies, video games, and future magazine features. So that every kidnapped person gets out of the dungeon safely.

Meanwhile has told world media that she only thought of escaping during her 8½ year ordeal and also of wishing to decapitate her captor. In addition she left the house where she was kept hidden in his company & did her best to attract attention. But people don't notice that sort of thing & had forgotten what she looked like perhaps.., Already close to 20 photographs of her as an 18 year old and multiple statements have appeared in two european-wide circulation magazines usually dedicated to gossip & lifestyle options.

But like this or not. & does anyone read or hear this without nausea?
It's the news in Europe & much of the USA tomorrow. Let's see if we deal with it better than 911

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=194621608&p...zz3y4

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=top...ews-8

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/20...p.xml