Well said Clog. Your mention of Goebbels reminded me of a quote from Goering that made the rounds earlier this decade ... mostly in the USA for obvious reasons.
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." -- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials On Sep 22, 8:29 am, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi y'all - interesting stuff. The power of propaganda was addressed by > Bertrand Russell in our last Book Club read. Joseph Goebbels was well > aware of the effect also. If you throw enough mud, some of it sticks, > especially when you want it to. > > On Sep 21, 9:20 pm, Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Check out this 7-minute interview with Washington Post columnist > > Shankar Vedantam regarding recent research on the effect of fact- > > checking political misinformation. > > >http://onthemedia.org/episodes/2008/09/19/segments/109792- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
