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Re: A question of remembrance...
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Date: 
Tue, 24 Apr 2001 17:28:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:

The article number was 1227, but the trailing "7" seems to have been chopped
off.  Let's see if this works:
http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/debate/?n=1227
The disclaimer still stands, though.  ;-)

Heh heh, I see what you mean. That was a big ol' can of worms! ;^)

It's difficult to blame "the media" for anything, unless you start to get
specific.

If you want specifics, I've got doosy for you-- In October of 1990, NBC aired a
"special" on Nostrodamis's predictions of world tyrants (by the way, all that
Nostradamis stuff is pure crap). At that time, America and Iraq were at odds
over the oil in Kuwait. So, guess who hosted the NBC special? Charlton Heston,
"Moses" himself and big time NRA guy. Guess who Nostradamis "predicted" to be a
great world tyrant (supposedly with Napoleon and Hitler)? Saddam Hussein.
Granted, Hussein is a scumbag dictator but what a convenient way to stir up
anti-Iraqi hatred. That's propaganda.

Yeah, dude, I shouldn't generalize but sometimes I get ticked off at all the
lies Americans are continuously fed, which seem more prominent than small doses
of truth we get.

Dan



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  Re: A question of remembrance...
 
(...) I don't remember that special, but--more than just propaganda--it's playing to public expectation. If it had aired two years earlier, no doubt Qaddafi (has anyone ever agreed on an English spelling of his name?) would have been the target. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: A question of remembrance...
 
(...) Whoa. Dude. Freaky. The article number was 1227, but the trailing "7" seems to have been chopped off. Let's see if this works: (URL) that, try this... /off-topic/debate/?n=1227 The disclaimer still stands, though. ;-) (...) Hmm. It's difficult (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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