On 6 Sep 2002 at 9:24, elvensage wrote:
>
> I heard the same arguments from Hermit before; how the Afghanis
> viscerally hated us and would fight us on Kipling's plains to the last
> man, woman and child. Yet, when they were released from the bondage
> of the Taliban, they danced in the streets and welcomed us with open
> arms.
>
> And do you not think that if the Taliban was too take over the US that
> you wouldn't see some people dancing in the streets? What you are fed
> on TV about what is going on is there to let you know just how much
> "good" we're doing, and just how "bad" they are. If the Taliban was
> reporting on us after capturing us, what do you think they'd show
> their viewers? A picture of some upset, and saddened people? Or the
> image of people cheering/dancing out in the streets? Think about it.
>
Bullshit. If the Taliban took over, forced the bechadoring of all women
and the bebearding of all men, banned alcohol and music, and started
lopping off body parts, no one would be dancing (it would be forbidden).
If the people there were dismayed rather than welcoming, there would
be a Pulitzer for the first newsperson to report it; the media is no
totalitarian monolith, and there are too many welcoming well-paying
venues for a good story, regardless of its character, for anything to be
sculpted or suppressed any more. Besides, the internet would not allow
such a suppression; it would be all over the lists and blogs, and the TV
and print media would be FORCED to acknowledge it.
>
> Of course I know that there is no way this hypothetical situation
> would most likely never happen. Very most likely never happen. But
> it's something to think about. And I do beleive you have a lot of
> thinking to do, considering you seem to beleive everything our
> government and media feeds you.
>
No, i don't believe everything, but neither do I believe nothing. I
carefully weigh input from multiple disparate sources and do a wheat-
and-chaff, like any sensible person would.
>
> "History is written by the winners."
>
Or the wieners.
>
> E§
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