i mean if we originated elsewhere, maybe our languages did too.
and if so, are there people on other planets speaking english and writing songs in english?
The defence speech of every dictator ever.As for erosion of liberty, well yes, it's bad, but we live in dangerous times. Decisions have to be made, and the people making those decisions don't always get it right or strike the optimal balance.
The situation for the press in these countries is irrelevant when discussing these issues. Also, do note that the ‘brainwashing’ he wrote about has less to do with freedom of speech and more to do with, say, vulgar capitalism or cultural peculiarities."everybody in my country along with most of western civilization is heavily brainwashed daily by the media and it goes all the way up"
As opposed to Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, North Korea and Burma, where people enjoy a freedom of speech we in the repressive West can only dream of?
i wasn't just talking about ufos
i was talking about the media in general
i just had an argument with a girl who was trying to tell me thc was toxic and that criminalization of marijuana was a good thing.
brainwashing goes far beyond ufos
Oh, come on. Instead of resorting to, in William de Vaughn’s words, ‘be thankful for what you’ve got’, how about some real arguments?
The defence speech of every dictator ever.
The situation for the press in these countries is irrelevant when discussing these issues. Also, do note that the ‘brainwashing’ he wrote about has less to do with freedom of speech and more to do with, say, vulgar capitalism or cultural peculiarities.
What do you mean by 'cultural perculiarities', exactly? As for vulgar capitalism, I'm well aware that I'm bombarded by advertisement all day and every day, and I can't say I care for it, but it doesn't particularly bother me, because I was brought up to know that there are more important things in life than owning stuff.
"everybody in my country along with most of western civilization is heavily brainwashed daily by the media and it goes all the way up"
As opposed to Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, North Korea and Burma, where people enjoy a freedom of speech we in the repressive West can only dream of?
On the other hand, direct government propoganda is a form of brainwashing...I see what you mean, namely, that the 'brainwashing' does not necessarily equal direct government propaganda. Fair enough, I accept that.
All I know is that quite a few bright, promising kids I knew as a teenager have become dippy, shiftless, apathetic twenty-somethings after habitually smoking weed for a decade.
so you're saying people who were primed for robotdom have rejected the machine and havent figured out what to do
it happens
sucks for them
Panspermia is a ridiculous idea. If life didn't originate on Earth but came here from 'elsewhere', it had to have originated 'elsewhere', right? Just shifts along the burden of evolution to another planet, AND requires that life got here 'somehow'.exactly. it really fucks up everything we know about human evolution. government officials have verified that they have 57 catalogged species. some so humanoid that you couldn't differentiate from a real human just by looking.
therefore
we evolved somewhere else. its been doing my head in for a while, but the idea of panspermia seems to be a pretty reasonable explanation i feel is worth looking into further
there might have been a recent insemination in india.
as for your comments about the media, see the first thing i mentioned about my fundamental view of the world.
Doesnt anyone here understand the important difference between Brainwashing and Indoctrination? It's not just semantics.