Media tend to distort and twist facts for their own purposes. There are two forms of destructive media, Spin Media and Nonsense Media.
First is "Spin Media," this type of media interrupts the facts for you with their so called "expert opinions." It's more or less telling you how to think and what to think without telling you any facts at all. This style of media is commonly used on "Fox News." Media like this is reminiscent of the constant blaring of propaganda used in the book "1984" in which there is always an enemy to slander.
The usage of keywords is very interesting in spin media. "Cut and Run" is a term the media uses as a metaphor for leaving Iraq while leaving a bad connotation. Would opinion change if they used the term "Tactical Retreat?" The same goes for "Stay the Course" which would mean that they would have to do show the strength of the country....a bit stubbornly I might add. "Stay the Course" could be changed to say..."Stay the course and hit an iceberg."
"Nonsense Media" creates and forces upon the viewer values and ideals in which makes little sense. It typically targets the younger generation and makes them in turn buy loads of useless products. MTV, which is short for "Music Television" is hardly about music anymore but it's more like propaganda. Shows like "My Sweet Sixteen" shows the viewer that money is the most important thing...ever. In these shows, teenagers bitch and moan about how they can't have way extravagant items, (booking a popular celebrity to be at their party, a really nice car or something) while children are starving in third world countries.
The other nonsense media is entertainment television that focuses on the private lives of celebrities... Why should we be so concern about what a certain celebrity eats for breakfast or where they go for the weekend? This just creating a reality in which the celebrity is one of the most important things in the person's life, which is clearly false.
Turn off the TV and use the internet ^___^.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Monday, February 5, 2007
Vegetarian "I don't eat meat because I don't want to animals to die."
There are plenty of reasons to become a vegetarian. To lose weight, better nutrition, to live longer, all valid reasons to become a vegetarian but not wanting to kill animals isn’t one of them.
If we can’t even take care of each other, can we be trusted to correctly take care of entirely different species? Mostly people who become vegetarian do so to feel morally superior about themselves. Vegetarians mostly would argue that are hardly any differences between animals and humans and that it’s not fair to kill other animals to feed yourself.
…First of all, the only reason we are smart enough to even contemplate if we should eat meat or not is because nearly humans were able to gain enough proteins from meats to allow the development of bigger brains. So it’s only natural to continue to eat meat.
Also, what is the difference between plants and animals? “Oh, but plants don’t have feelings!” I’m afraid that you’re wrong with that too. There have been numerous tests where they hooked up plants to polygraphs and detected stress off the plants.
For example, there was an article that I’ve read a while back in which scientists put 20 plants in a room and got a volunteer to destroy one of the plants. (I fail to remember to find the article again though…it was on digg somewhere) The other plants responded this with stress signals. The volunteer leaves the room and then comes back. Once he comes back, the plants activate the stress signals again.
Even without that, vegetarians are always arguing about equality. What makes animals so much better than plants? Just because they can’t move or defend themselves, doesn’t mean whenever you eat you aren’t taking potential life away.
Just by living we impact on other species. So, the only good reason that people say they don’t want to eat meat because they don’t want to kill animals is that they just want to see themselves as morally superior. I’m bursting their reality bubble though. :3
If we can’t even take care of each other, can we be trusted to correctly take care of entirely different species? Mostly people who become vegetarian do so to feel morally superior about themselves. Vegetarians mostly would argue that are hardly any differences between animals and humans and that it’s not fair to kill other animals to feed yourself.
…First of all, the only reason we are smart enough to even contemplate if we should eat meat or not is because nearly humans were able to gain enough proteins from meats to allow the development of bigger brains. So it’s only natural to continue to eat meat.
Also, what is the difference between plants and animals? “Oh, but plants don’t have feelings!” I’m afraid that you’re wrong with that too. There have been numerous tests where they hooked up plants to polygraphs and detected stress off the plants.
For example, there was an article that I’ve read a while back in which scientists put 20 plants in a room and got a volunteer to destroy one of the plants. (I fail to remember to find the article again though…it was on digg somewhere) The other plants responded this with stress signals. The volunteer leaves the room and then comes back. Once he comes back, the plants activate the stress signals again.
Even without that, vegetarians are always arguing about equality. What makes animals so much better than plants? Just because they can’t move or defend themselves, doesn’t mean whenever you eat you aren’t taking potential life away.
Just by living we impact on other species. So, the only good reason that people say they don’t want to eat meat because they don’t want to kill animals is that they just want to see themselves as morally superior. I’m bursting their reality bubble though. :3
Popping The Reality Bubble
People live in their own personal reality bubble. As discussed before, reality is perception and perception is the deception of one's mind. Even the colors that you see everyday aren't concrete. The mind interrupts light that is reflected off objects in your eyes. Thusly, you can't be sure that the colors you see are actually real. Many species see colors that we can't see. Colors were created so we can tell the difference between objects other than shape..If the evolution of our species were slightly different, we could be seeing totally different colors than what we see today.
Most of the time, people dwell in their personal bubble until something big enough happens to disturb their reality so that they are forced to get involved or open their mind. People don't care what happens with the world as long as they don't think that it affects them. Thusly being ignorant is a valued commodity. It allows people to freely live their lives without much worry.
Popping the "Reality Bubble" requires a person to become informed with what is going on in the world and be able to think for one self, instead of letting the media control your mind.
Most of the time, people dwell in their personal bubble until something big enough happens to disturb their reality so that they are forced to get involved or open their mind. People don't care what happens with the world as long as they don't think that it affects them. Thusly being ignorant is a valued commodity. It allows people to freely live their lives without much worry.
Popping the "Reality Bubble" requires a person to become informed with what is going on in the world and be able to think for one self, instead of letting the media control your mind.
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