Quote from: randomlove on April 19, 2014, 01:13:42 PM

Quote from: shorena on April 19, 2014, 09:56:02 AM

Quote from: randomlove on April 19, 2014, 09:15:08 AM

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Seriously, the fact that you had to explain that shows how retarded the averge Joe is these days and getting complex things across to them is impossible. This is how the MK Ultra mind control program works. Make peoples attention spans so short they can never work out the truth because they want everything in 10 minute easy digestible pieces! The world however can not be explained in these simplistic terms which leads to the cognitive disadence that's spread around the world today. The oppressed oppress there own for the oppressors!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K7SgeLVPsCs

Rich is bad, the poor dont get a chance. So much for to much simplicity. The lyrics are probably meant to wake you up, but they dont get you anywhere. I dont want to derailed this topic any more, but this is exactly what you are talking about. A song < 3 minutes can not explain those complex topics that the artist wants to discuss there. You need to find your own way, for you and your (chosen-) family*. Everything else does not matter.

* The german word I try to translate here is: Wahlfamilie. Apparently that does not exist in english. It basiclly means that while you are tied by blood to some people and the majority would call that a family, this must not be what you understand as a family. So there are people you chose (and they chose you obviously) that are your family, that you share your life with.

Most people don't have the attention span for anything more than 5 minutes :-)

I agree with you fully and thanks for the German word. Zeitgeist is German with no English word too. I've always thought English was the language of the devil and it frustrates me that I can't explain what I have in my head in this crippled language. German keeps cropping up and maybe it is a better language. Maybe we should all re learn Latin... :-)

Nooo not latin, 2 years of that was enough to make me love her majesties English!

Back on topic. Perhaps it is just me, but I don't believe that X companies owning Y brands reduces 'choice'. So long as there is more than 1 of a 'product' there is a semblance of choice - EVEN if the options have been determined ahead of time. What people tend to forget, is that unless the lack of Y is terminal to your health - the 2nd option of NO always exists. We (me and whomever else here is one) as parents must always teach our children that just because cartoon Z says buy Y or advert A says buy Y that you don't HAVE to. The bigger challenge is to have our kids stand up to the 'normalised' kids at school and be prepared to be different.

Ag, its Saturday afternoon - maybe i"m talking a load of hot air

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