<dh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message news:72cjt3dimpqqnrbsh4n0btafdptdpv2kj4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:20:01 GMT, dank <dank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Am I the only one who considers television to be a form of brainwa****ng
>>mindcontrol?
>
> No. They control peoples' minds as much as is allowed by law,
> and there are laws in place to help regulate how much control
> is gotten away with.
By that, I'm assuming you mean subliminal messages. They don't need those
to
brainwash people. One of the best tools they use is hype Of course if the
governments outlawed any form of deception in advertising and that small
print should be large bold print then that would make an amusing change.
Wouldn't it be interesting if polititians weren't allowed to lie?
>
>>In almost every American home the teevee entertainment
>>center forms the focal point of the main room, as if it were a shrine
>>to a Hindu god, complete with offerings of video games and **** DVDs.
>>
>>Those iThing music gadgets are bad enough distractions, but now I see
>>idiots walking down the street all zoned out in their retarded video
>>game or movie. I wish more of them would get hit by cars, hopefully
>>by drivers who are also playing video games while driving.
>>
>>My housemates watch teevee a lot and as I listen to popular network
>>comedy and drama shows the dialog seems so retarded, then there is
>>the commercial break which is even more retarded at twice the decibal
>>level. It is so annoying and I try to keep the goddamn machine off
>>whenever possible. And I've noticed that there is some instinct that
>>forces people to glance at video monitors even if they don't want to,
>>making it hard to ignore such advertising in retail stores.
>
> People dedicate their lives to creating the most manipulative
> advertising they can. Movies are nothing but an attempt to sell
> themselves. Political candidates are nothing but a part of the
> attempts their backers make to gain or stay in power. People
> devote their entire lives to studying how to manipulate other
> people. It's all around us, all the time.
They do that because if they didn't they would be no use to anyone; but
you're right. It is everywhere. Hell even at job interviews it's the norm
for the intervieweee to manipulate the interviewers into giving him a job.
an honest interviewee seldom gets work.
>
> Such propaganists and manipulators also want to know
> what people want, and they do polls and surveys to find
> out in their attempts to make people believe they can give
> them what they want. In the case of politicians studies are
> done to see what the people want, and then teams of
> people who back the candidates try to create the impression
> that their candidate would give it to them if ellected. It doesn't
> mean the candidate really would follow through...that's all a
> completely different thing from what they say in their campaigns,
> imo.
>
>>Some of the stupidest shows include any comedy with a canned laugh
>>track (to brainwash the viewer into thinking the jokes are funny),
>>any crime drama (especially ones with psychics), and talk shows,
>>especially Oprah and Dr. Phil (Jerry Springer is creative and works
>>very hard to appear so stupid, while stupidity comes naturally to
>>Oprah).
>
> There are things we always see in movies that are far from
> realistic. In particular the lighting. If you look at the lighting in
> general it's usually far from realistic, and in horror type situations
> it gets even worse. In almost every horror related movie you
> see there will be at least one scene where there is dark blue
> lighting, and some sort of strobe idea. The blue lighting always
> comes from an unseen source (how does it get there?), and
> the strobe light idea usually comes from lightning, or a bulb that's
> supposedly shorting out in the area. Also most of the time when
> animals are acknowledged they respond vocally, which is not
> the case in reality. Another one is that when people are shown
> crossing the street they often hold up their hand to stop traffic
> or whatever and get honked at. Pretty stupid, but they use
> that idea a lot for some reason. There are more.
>
>>Science and nature do***entaries are okay in small amounts,
>
> Television is also a GREAT learning tool. Children today
> can relate to things the most brilliant of minds had no idea
> about during the majority of human existence.
>
>>but sometimes they can be stupid such as the HD program at 4am where
>>viewers can watch a high-definition sunrise instead of looking out
>>the window to see a real one.
>
> Maybe it's for people who like to watch the sun rise while
> they fix and eat their breakfast.
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