by Ted Sherman

Created on: June 17, 2007

Hollywood is all pervasive, so it can be accused of having a negative impact, as well as having a positive impact. However, I wonder which is more damaging to the world: Hollywood's blatantly exaggerated images of sex, love and life, or the religious societies where women are restricted to hiding under black coverings and must suffer under total domination of fanatic men.

Within the last couple of days, there were two examples to consider. Are they somehow parallel? First, a party-loving, no-talent, poor little rich Hollywood playgirl goes to prison for several traffic violations. As she is followed by hordes of paparazzi, the news videos feature her crying for her mother as she is taken to serve her 25-day sentence.

The other example was a horrifyingly explicit cell phone video showing a 17-year-old Kurdish girl being stoned and kicked to death by a mob that included members of her own family for having a relationship with a Sunni Muslim boy.

Which event has the most negative impact on the world?

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