the good, the bad and the ugly

Is it just me or are Durbanites - like the rest of the world - sensationalists? If our local weather bureau and regional stations like East Coast Radio and Lotus FM are anything to go by, we'd already be examining hail damage to our property that would make the hurricanes in the northern hemisphere pale by comparison. Then again, malls like Gateway and Pavilion would be traps for females since every female using their restrooms will definitely be raped and robbed.
The point I guess I'm trying to make is that we seem to go out of our way to accentuate the negative. I'm not for one moment suggesting that we ignore it, it's just that the way we sensationalize these random negative stories makes them the focal point of our lives and gives our lives the negative spin we don't really need. For all the advances made in technology, email has become one of our arch-enemies in that any sad story gets repeated on local radio by people like Dave Guselli who have become so laid-back that they're still in 1985. You cannot believe EVERY story you read or hear. The media survives on sensationalism - we don't have to. But a culture of "Bold and beautiful" or "days of our lives" would indicate that this is the reality we would prefer to believe, because the alternative is probably too boring.
The fact of the matter is that only 20% of the world's population is dishonest. The rest of us need them to give us something to talk about.