The Entertainment Universe

The Entertainment Universe


     You are walking down a crowded street on a gloomy evening when you come

upon a mass of people listening intently to the preaching of a man. The man has

an up-side-down cross branded on his forehead.  He is screeching his recitation

at the people in a demented angry voice.  His lessons consist of the following:


          Pathetic lives, every second someone

          dies.  Delightful is the sight of

          repention.  No destiny, just a certain

          death.  In pain inducing lies salvation.

          Never repent...

          In the name of Satan I condemn this

          image of god...

          All christians are destroyed.  Unguided

          by the light.  The Satanist rejoice.

          Revocate me!...  Revocate the

          agitator.1


     Perhaps most disturbing about the situation is the look of utter

devotion many of the young people in the crowd have in their eyes.  They believe

this mans thoughts and ideas and look to him for guidance.

     As the intensity of the situation elevates the mass of people begin to

violently slam into each other in a chaotic ceremonial dance.  The purpose of

the dance is to cause and endure as much physical pain as possible.  The dance

eventually gets so extreme that a young man in the crowd snaps his neck and dies.


     The man does not stop his ravings and the crowd doesn't stop their dance.

Instead the man becomes entirely deranged, screaming at the body of the young

man that he is now going to hell where he rot in flames of agony for eternity.

The crowd roars and the man laughs.

     What do you suppose would now transpire?  At the very least the man and

the crowd would be arrested.  More than likely there would be several charges of

third degree murder laid, certainly with several convictions. The preacher would

most likely be taken to a hospital for a psychological examination, be diagnosed

a paranoid schizophrenic, and be placed into an institution for the criminally

insane for the rest of his life.

     The event described above did occur, the man recounted does exist and

the ritual dance and corresponding death did transpire.  However, no charges

were pressed, no psychological evaluations were made, the victim was simply

given a funeral and the matter was dropped.

     The account above was able to occur because it took place in a universe

completely apart from that of the civil universe - the entertainment universe.

In the entertainment universe their is practically no law and no limitation.

Anything and everything goes.  Rape, murder, graphic torture scenes, child

molestation, all this and more are a common theme.  The discourse of the artists

is exhibited t
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