From an article in the New York Times about director Quentin Tarantino and his upcoming new film, “Kill Bill”:

Privately, some Hollywood film executives speculate that the dark experiences of a continuing war against terror will pull audiences toward rougher fare. “I mean, I just watched a dog gassed on CNN,” one Hollywood production chief said recently.”

Aw. How sweet.

Found via Metafilter, from an article in the Washington Post about a new automated convenience store in Washington, D.C.:

As for the dehumanizing effects of our faceless, impersonable future? “This is ‘Modern Times,’ ” Celente says. “Charlie Chaplin went through that. People are already dehumanized.

“And it’s not like you’re dealing with a real human being in convenience stores anyway.”

Did you hear that, convenience store workers? You’re not real humans. What an ass.