"It's human nature--freak shows have existed in one form or another throughout recorded history. They persist because people ARE entertained by them. So I don't have any personal objection to these people being exploited or insulted by any part of the show."

"And like I said, freak shows have a long and distinguished history. In this case, though, it's not an especially GOOD freak show"

Now ... with that being said ... let's take a quote from Beer's first post regarding the topic of this thread:

"About 100 years ago people would make it a weekend plan to go look at the mental insane as a picnic outing and laugh at their antics."

Ya ... again I'll repeat myself "sometimes this world is a bit too scarry.

biLL