2009-12-11, 14:22 | Link #4981 |
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Yeah..I mean Obama worse than Bush? Obama couldn't fail that hard if he tried, and yet the electorate still seems to be confused. And you'd have to be pretty confused ie. an idiot.
Seriously it's not that hard, can someone send out fliers? BUSH = BAD would do. They both begin with 'B' and it's easy to remember. |
2009-12-11, 14:38 | Link #4982 |
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Perhaps, but the fact is that it happens. While the media is especially powerful and influential in the US, it also happens everywhere else in the world, predominantly western Europe. The media is especially good at embellishing facts and bend the truth to either make it sound more pleasant to the audience, or simply fabricate a fictitious story that the audience likes to hear.
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2009-12-11, 14:50 | Link #4984 | |
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2009-12-11, 15:07 | Link #4987 |
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Actually I would say that most of the Americans don't understand how governance in general works. It is usually the people who work with and for the government who make their own stands on which side to take.
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2009-12-11, 15:31 | Link #4988 | |
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Do you seriously believe it's worse in the west then in nations like North Korea or even China?
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2009-12-11, 15:40 | Link #4989 |
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I wasn't considering them when I said that, especially since I've never been there and thus wouldn't know exactly what it's like. I don't want to make the same kind of erroneous assumptions other people do about other places even though they've never been there.
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2009-12-11, 15:47 | Link #4990 | |
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National education is a tough subject for the educators, the content taught must be an even mix of lies, truth and wholly neutral perspectives. I can use my local one as a good example : Text : We ourselves must defend our country. As LKY has said, if nobody runs, every inch of the land will be defended. Reality : The land size is so small and we are surrounded by water. It is like we have anywhere else to run in wartime. Whether we fight or not, we will still die, the only depending factor is how long we will live through the carnage. How many people will actually accept the reality?
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2009-12-11, 16:01 | Link #4992 | |
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The reason I emphasize western Europe is because I know that politicians are corrupt, provide more support for the criminal than they do for the victim because of said corruption, and it is these politicians who control the media. Until recently, Berlusconi actually owned a TV broadcast station. Being the womanizer and now a possible contributor to mafia operations, you can imagine how eagerly he wanted to hide certain things about himself. That's the thing. Most governments, if not all, will teach their kids only the good side of their nation. They will never reveal the darker side of their own history to make it easier for them to pledge loyalty to their country. For example, I know that in Italy, schools teach kids about Napoleone while putting him in a negative light, making him appear to be a dictator who cared only for conquering more land to expand his empire. The truth is, much of Italian law today is based on Napoleonic constitution. One possible reason for this is because Napoleon even threw the Pope in jail back in the day! Obviously, you can imagine how that doesn't sit well with Italians. |
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2009-12-11, 16:43 | Link #4993 | ||
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2009-12-11, 20:09 | Link #4995 | |
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Lots of French did spit on Chirac, and wished that it ends for good. When sarkozy got elected, it was like the messiah just arrived. Survey from the beginning of 2009: The French now regret Chirac (as if they had never saud all the insults towards him) and would prefer him back, and act as if Chirac was good. Either a lot of people lack of a functional brain, or are hypocritical, or just stupid. I mean, their opinions can change "every day". |
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2009-12-11, 20:16 | Link #4997 | |
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I can understand how some people can get mad at sarkozy nowadays. I can. But i don't understand how those people can talk good about Chirac after having said things like: Truand, Menteur, Voleur ; just a few years ago. |
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