Liberal Burblings

It was somewhat of a shock. I was watching telly with the family. There were 2000 channels available on our cable TV. (I think there were anyway. That’s what the counter said. We managed to get up to about 43 before giving up through sheer boredom.)

As I flicked through, we were assailed by the image of a man attacking a pig’s carcass with a sword. I kid you not. It was quite a traumatic vision for a family. I quickly flicked onto the next channel.

It turns out that said porcine carcass splitting was part of Spike TV’s “Deadliest Warrior” series.

To understand this peculiar programme, it is helpful to refer to Charlie Brooker who, on Channel 4′s “You have been watching” royally took the Michael out of “Deadliest Warrior”. Specifically, much Brit merriment was had over the match-up of the I.R.A versus the Taliban in an urban car park:

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