Just got back from catching Untraceable. The one thing that struck me so hard and deep was just how twisted the world is. It may be fiction but you've been given glances of reality. There's no telling what might happen and how it might happen; the human mind can be a wonderful and yet a dangerous thing.

All those people who tuned in, denying that they're accessory to murder. Didn't the whole term that the more people watch, the faster he'll die trigger something in their rational consciousness? Sad to say that I do know of some people who actually enjoy watching such gruesome things and actually find it entertaining, exhilarating even. What kind of perverse satisfaction do you get from watching sick, twisted and mutilated things happening to other people? What if it were to happen to you? We're all so caught up in our own little world that we fail to realize that there are things on the outside, hell even the borders, that are far more bigger and malicious.

In this scenario, who do we blame? The environment? The parents? The child themself? Or everyone else, whose attention and fascination with what's happening serves as some sick moral, ego pumper that only drives the individual to commit more of these acts and dare I say, be bolder in their next step?

Just the thousand and one possibilities. Just the simple thought. A parent's worry isn't paranoia. Maybe a little at times, but there's truth but most importantly, love beneath it all. I don't know if I should be thankful that the killer wasn't so merciless as to want to ensnare the child.

You could argue, an eye for an eye. Revenge to clear a name. But in such a drastic way? It's not as if you engaged the person in mutual honest combat. Like how the English/French did, slapping the other with a glove to indicate a battle of pride and sorts. In this case, he was catching them unawares. Exploiting their weaknesses. You don't even give them a chance to fight and instead, you turn them into fodder for entertainment.

I don't know which sickens me more. The motives and actions of the killer or the blatant ignorance and masochism of the public.

You watch the show and then you decide.

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