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Post #93,139 by jake123 3/30/03 5:42:05 PM Reply	You need to get out more If you think US media is left wing. By global standards, the US media is probably the most reactionary communications available outside of The National Post. Just out of curiousity, what would you call Iraq's media... right? or left? --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #93,167 by Ashton 3/30/03 10:14:54 PM Reply	Sneaky qustion, there..____ betcha no-one wants to bite. It would have to rely on '50s era cant - since which: I don't think there exists today - an either useful or merely agreed-on definition of either so-called polarity! (Except that maybe.. many would agree that the conceptual line is bent in a circle and the far-Rightful ones meet the bomb-throwing Anarchists & Shake Hands) Use of these epithets has become so ingrained as politico-blab: it survives, like not walking under ladders. As Confucious observed ~ when language is fucked: you are fucked. So let's hear it from any 'side' of this icosahedron: WHAT is 'Left' ? WHAT is 'Right' ? (And for encore: tell me what it is that self-labelled 'Conservatives' most want to conserve. Then - what has 'Liberal' to do with a "liberal education" [and if not / why not]) But start a new topic; this multi-volume set can't bear the right-shift.. Ashton who predicts that no one wants to take This one on.
Post #93,237 by cybermace5 3/31/03 1:06:07 PM Reply	Re: You need to get out more Hah! Because I'm a stupid American hick, I'm supposed to say "Whol, I guess that I-rak media is left-winged, cuz left-winged is bad yup?" The Iraqi media is conservative...very, very conservative. Of course they have nowhere near the freedom to criticize the goverment (make that NO freedom). One of the reasons that conservative Muslims despise Americans is our media. The things shown on TV and the big screen are beyond belief for them, completely out of what they consider morally acceptable. They see what our media portrays, and want to protect their sons and daughters from that. And I agree wholeheartedly. The vast majority of "entertainment" these days is a race to find new levels of degeneration, in order to shock and awe jaded Americans. It's only a few more levels till we're throwing lions to the lawyers in arena combat.
Post #93,245 by inthane-chan 3/31/03 1:34:18 PM Reply	LRPD Candidate (new thread) Created as new thread #93244 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=93244\|LRPD Candidate] God does not play dice with the universe: He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
Post #93,263 by jake123 3/31/03 2:17:23 PM Reply	Re: You need to get out more Hah! Because I'm a stupid American hick, I'm supposed to say "Whol, I guess that I-rak media is left-winged, cuz left-winged is bad yup?" \r\n\r\n No, I was just asking. See, I'd call it very right wing in its approach, as its entirely devoted to supporting the power structure in place. \r\n\r\n OTOH, it's also fair to say that Ba'ath is (nominally) socialist. \r\n\r\n Ultimately, I'd call it fascist... and fascism is on the extreme right end of the traditional left/right spectrum. If you take a look at how Iraq actually runs its society, fascist is almost certainly the best description available for it. \r\n\r\n The question is intended to point out that "liberal media" or "neo-con commentators" as an epithet is not very useful. Keeping in mind that media in the US has over the last ten years had its ownership concentrated to an incredible degree, looking at Mussolini's description of fascism is illustrative. \r\n\r\n The Iraqi media is conservative...very, very conservative. Of course they have nowhere near the freedom to criticize the goverment (make that NO freedom). One of the reasons that conservative Muslims despise Americans is our media. The things shown on TV and the big screen are beyond belief for them, completely out of what they consider morally acceptable. They see what our media portrays, and want to protect their sons and daughters from that. \r\n\r\n Ultimately, that's an exercise in futility. They'd be much further ahead trying to inoculate them instead, by giving them the right intellectual and moral tools to look at it critically. \r\n\r\n Part of the problem is that they don't have the experience of living in polylithic societies, and that makes acceptance of difference much more difficult for them. I live in a relatively small city, and I can see people descended from every continent within two blocks of my home. The average citizen of Kuwait or SA only sees people from other continents when they're the domestic help. It makes a big difference in how they see the world. \r\n\r\n And I agree wholeheartedly. The vast majority of "entertainment" these days is a race to find new levels of degeneration, in order to shock and awe jaded Americans. It's only a few more levels till we're throwing lions to the lawyers in arena combat. \r\n\r\n Great line... :) My dad's a lawyer; I'm sure he'd get a laugh out of that one. I'll have to run it by him next time I see him. \r\n\r\n What's happening with mass market entertainment in the US brings to mind the concept of bread and circuses... which brings one 'round (by an admittedly circuitous route) to the point that the first victim of Imperial Rome was Republican Rome. Something to think about... --\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \r\n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \r\n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #93,302 by dmarker 3/31/03 5:31:56 PM Reply	10 points for the lions to lawyers quip <grin> Spectres from our past: Beware the future when your children & theirs come after you for what you may have been willing to condone today - dsm 2003 Motivational: When performing activities, ask yourself if the person you most want to be would do, or say, it - dsm 2003

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