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Re: A question of remembrance...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 13:50:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > > But the general American public has come to
> > > rely too much on Hollywood to alter and sensationalize history to the point
> > > that fact and fiction become blurred.
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> > The probelm is we are all to lazy or "busy" to read a book/s about these
> > issues.
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> I don't know that "busy" needs to be in quotes, or if it's even a matter of
> laziness. If I (and countless others) spend 50+ each week working and/or
> commuting to work, in addition to other immediate responsibilities, I think we
> can be forgiven for failing to study every media source that comes along.
But we be forgiven by our families for working >50 hours per week? I read
the USA has the longest working week, highest levels of work related stress
and the worst divorce rates in the west.
> For
> that matter, there's no guarantee whatsoever that a book is any less tainted
> than television or newspapers.
100% correct. In the field I work in everyone is writing books.... all
covering the same data. I suppose more students in higher education means
more text book purchases. I also find that new editions are more common
these days.
> I think the best advice is to maintain a habit
> of critical thinking about the media to which we are exposed, as well as a
> constant and healthy sense of skepticism.
Indeed!
Scott A
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> Dave!
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| (...) That's the US; we don't do anything half-way! If we're going to have a work week, we're going to have the *longest* work week. Ditto stress level and divorce rates! Go team! (...) In my work toward an English degree I was required to buy three (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I don't know that "busy" needs to be in quotes, or if it's even a matter of laziness. If I (and countless others) spend 50+ each week working and/or commuting to work, in addition to other immediate responsibilities, I think we can be forgiven (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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