From: <adam@damek.org>
quoted 6 lines No. Media.
> No. Media.
> Propaganda and distraction.
>
> The things that keep us from paying attention to what's going on in the world
> by convincing us that they're telling us what's going on in the world while in
> fact they are not.
Yes, pay attention to the world that 'they' manufacture for you:
pay no attention to that man behind that man behind the curtain.
Who is Number 1?
quoted 3 lines I know, I know, dem's fightin' words...
> I know, I know, dem's fightin' words...
> Anyway, the whole "reality is relative" thing is good for a laugh until you're
> staring down the barrel of a gun. That's when it's time to make a decision...
Sure: believe in facism or laugh in the ugly face of the pretender.
"Ha ha", I say.
quoted 2 lines OK, that was rather cliche, I hate it when people say things like that, but
> OK, that was rather cliche, I hate it when people say things like that, but
> it's true.
Ok: now you can hate yourself for believing it: join the club.
quoted 3 lines Now, you can change your perceptions with regard to what you value -
> Now, you can change your perceptions with regard to what you value -
> you can have certian ethics and values - but the reality to which you apply
> them isn't different just because you want it to be.
Gobbledygook.
quoted 3 lines Quick and dirty example - just because many people in the 10th Century in
> Quick and dirty example - just because many people in the 10th Century in
> western Europe believed that Sol revolved around Terra doesn't mean that it
> actually did...
How do you know that it didn't? Where you there?
The theory describes the reality it creates.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
http://www.visi.com/~lazlo/gallery/bob1.gif
quoted 2 lines OK, to completely disclose my bias, I've only read most of one Illuminatus
> OK, to completely disclose my bias, I've only read most of one Illuminatus
> book,
Tipper Fucking Gore.
quoted 7 lines and just personally felt it was complete and utter mental trash, and I
> and just personally felt it was complete and utter mental trash, and I
> just personally don't really enjoy that sort of thing. I understand that
> others do, but I wish such distractions would keep so many bright, capable
> individuals from realizing their potential and actually doing something in
> life. I could say the same about video games, yet I wasted 4 days last week
> playing Civilization 3 and Alpha Centauri and trying to make my linux box
> record video...
Bitter biter blows bunk.
.o0O}seeklektek{O0o.
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