From: slider@anashram.com   
      
   ### - am beginning to think you don't actually 'know' what propaganda is   
   or how it works??   
      
   (that would also explain why you wouldn't accept there were different   
   levels/fronts to this war such as a hardware component (actual weapons) a   
   psychological component (spoken/unspoken threats etc) and a propaganda   
   component wherein both side deliberately demonise their respective enemy...   
      
   there's other levels too, but 'propaganda' is what we're dealin' with here   
   sport...   
      
   and not only that, but often 'black' propaganda as well!!! (see   
   definitions below)   
      
      
   propaganda   
      
   noun:   
      
   information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote   
   a political cause or point of view. - "he was charged with distributing   
   enemy propaganda"   
      
   What is propaganda? Propaganda is the dissemination of information—facts,   
   arguments, rumours, half-truths, or lies—to influence public opinion   
   --google definition   
      
   Purpose of propaganda. The aim of propaganda is to influence people's   
   opinions or behaviors actively, rather than merely to communicate the   
   facts about something.   
      
   Two examples of propaganda include the Uncle Sam army recruitment posters   
    from World War I or the Rosie the Riveter poster from World War II. Both   
   examples use symbols to represent strength and a sense of urgency as they   
   encourage United States citizens to join the war effort.   
      
   black propaganda   
   NOUN   
   propaganda that does not come from the source it claims to come from   
      
   False or unverified propaganda, especially appearing to come from an   
   enemy's own sources; disinformation. -Wiktionary   
      
      
   ... the point being that there's that WHOLE side to things to consider!   
      
   meaning: ya can't always believe/accept 'everything' you hear or read!   
      
   especially if one is maybe trying to 'see-through' all that guff to get   
   some actual facts...   
      
   iow: am an outside observer in all this thang, and as such am not on   
   'either' side!   
      
   mainly coz 'as' an observer all i ever see is yet another bunch of dumbass   
   monkeys all trying to kill each other AGAIN! for some goddamn reason or   
   another, it doesn't seem to matter what to them - or even WHO it's about   
   THIS time, different excuses down the centuries, whatever, all they ever   
   WANT is to fight, so they'll FIND excuses to do so... and DO!   
      
   and now they's doin' it again!   
      
   plus THIS is WHY i conclude that they're ALL fucking stark raving mad! LOL   
   !   
      
   i mean, artists and scientists can see far beyond war & shit, their heads   
   are completely elsewhere, somewhere much better, so why can't our   
   politicians??   
      
   why can't we ALL just get along??? (smile)   
      
   well methinks you're in a better position to answer that one thang, coz   
   have never known anyone sooo filled with such hatred & loathing as you??   
      
   and i don't mean that unkindly!   
      
   but you really *can't* allow yourself to just go around being... a   
   monster???   
      
   it's such 'monsters' that are systematically 'destroying' the world thang!   
      
   why? i dunno... i just can't relate to hate...   
      
   just being alive/aware has always fascinated moi enough for nearly a whole   
   lifetime!   
      
   i don't understand it (no one can fully) plus it can be very confusing...   
      
   but i don't 'hate' it... am too filled with 'awe' to have TIME to hate!?   
      
   time that am all TOO aware is: running out!!!   
      
   plus dunno about you, but i actually feel quite privileged to have lived   
   this long?   
      
   many dear friends (and others) having already died far sooner huh...   
      
   and there doesn't really appear to be any rhyme or reason for it beyond a   
   point, that the good die young seems to be a given, in which case you & i   
   must be 2 right wicked old bastards then to have survived THIS long huh   
   lol :)))   
      
   (well ain't that sure about me, but you're defo a wicked old bastard haha   
   :))))   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)