Comments on: Reality show will focus on animal hoarders http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/10/05/realith-show-will-focus-on-animal-hoarders/ a site for dog lovers Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:31:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Miss Jan http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/10/05/realith-show-will-focus-on-animal-hoarders/comment-page-1/#comment-9958 Miss Jan Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:57:42 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=13456#comment-9958 Anne N Spencer, just for curiosity's sake I watched the most recent film done by this group, subject drug addiction, titled "intervention" which is supposedly an award winning documentary. What it seems to be is a rather unprofessional and sensationalistic "reality show" format with attention-grabbing lurid details of the addict's behaviors (not gonna say what but suffice to indicate it's triple x rated, if you want to know you'll have to catch the show running repeatedly on A&E along with another "Hoarders" pseudo-documentary that appears to be more reality show than anything else). What is quite disturbing is the amateurish psych evaluations going on by non-experts and sensationalistic speculations by participants. Altogether I think this is the type of thing that they will do with an animal hoarding "false-u-mentry." Anne N Spencer, just for curiosity’s sake I watched the most recent film done by this group, subject drug addiction, titled “intervention” which is supposedly an award winning documentary. What it seems to be is a rather unprofessional and sensationalistic “reality show” format with attention-grabbing lurid details of the addict’s behaviors (not gonna say what but suffice to indicate it’s triple x rated, if you want to know you’ll have to catch the show running repeatedly on A&E along with another “Hoarders” pseudo-documentary that appears to be more reality show than anything else). What is quite disturbing is the amateurish psych evaluations going on by non-experts and sensationalistic speculations by participants. Altogether I think this is the type of thing that they will do with an animal hoarding “false-u-mentry.”

]]> By: Miss Jan http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/10/05/realith-show-will-focus-on-animal-hoarders/comment-page-1/#comment-9947 Miss Jan Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:07:10 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=13456#comment-9947 I hope they focus more on solutions than on the sensationalist stuff like on NatGeo which really has leaned too far to what we used to in the olden days call "yellow journalism." Since there appears to be no "cure" in sight, no not even meds according to the experts, I am afraid that the only thing that might help is very strong laws with very harsh punishments and that of course takes legislation which takes forEVER. Furthermore it needs to be federal law because hoarders have a habit of relocating and starting over after the wrist-slapping they "might" get in a given area. I am completely unsympathetic to hoarders and hope that people will STOP making excuses for them. At some level they know perfectly well what they are doing. They are not only socio- or psychopaths but also using their hoarding as a way to manipulate others who might feel sorry for them and thus be dragged into their degraded world. I disagree with the general media label of "obsessive compulsive" of hoarders as the experts say that O/C treatments are completely ineffective and thus the O/C label is just a convenient one that gets people feeling sorry for the hoarders (like some people feel sorry for meth addicts). Hoarders need prosecution and such severe deterrents that the message gets out unmistakeably. Every child in the world from the age of six months on knows the meaning of NO. I respectfully propose that hoarders need to re-learn this salient lesson! I hope they focus more on solutions than on the sensationalist stuff like on NatGeo which really has leaned too far to what we used to in the olden days call “yellow journalism.” Since there appears to be no “cure” in sight, no not even meds according to the experts, I am afraid that the only thing that might help is very strong laws with very harsh punishments and that of course takes legislation which takes forEVER. Furthermore it needs to be federal law because hoarders have a habit of relocating and starting over after the wrist-slapping they “might” get in a given area.

I am completely unsympathetic to hoarders and hope that people will STOP making excuses for them. At some level they know perfectly well what they are doing. They are not only socio- or psychopaths but also using their hoarding as a way to manipulate others who might feel sorry for them and thus be dragged into their degraded world. I disagree with the general media label of “obsessive compulsive” of hoarders as the experts say that O/C treatments are completely ineffective and thus the O/C label is just a convenient one that gets people feeling sorry for the hoarders (like some people feel sorry for meth addicts). Hoarders need prosecution and such severe deterrents that the message gets out unmistakeably. Every child in the world from the age of six months on knows the meaning of NO. I respectfully propose that hoarders need to re-learn this salient lesson!

]]> By: Anne'n'Spencer http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/10/05/realith-show-will-focus-on-animal-hoarders/comment-page-1/#comment-9942 Anne'n'Spencer Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:51:24 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=13456#comment-9942 This is such a ghastly idea in so many ways. I'd be curious to know if they've checked with all the mental-health professionals and medical people, the animal professionals and veterinarians, law enforcement and animal control, and everybody else who's been taking a serious, scientific look at this problem. Are they also planning to do gritty reality shows about people with alcoholism or addictions? Homeless people, maybe? People with serious mental health problems? All this is going to do is provide people a chance to be titillated by gruesome images of suffering animals and sick people. Who watches this junk? This is such a ghastly idea in so many ways. I’d be curious to know if they’ve checked with all the mental-health professionals and medical people, the animal professionals and veterinarians, law enforcement and animal control, and everybody else who’s been taking a serious, scientific look at this problem. Are they also planning to do gritty reality shows about people with alcoholism or addictions? Homeless people, maybe? People with serious mental health problems? All this is going to do is provide people a chance to be titillated by gruesome images of suffering animals and sick people.

Who watches this junk?

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