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Originally posted by Juggernog
reply to post by fxtrademark
There are a few actors that I truly admire, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Mel Gibson, to name a few but as for shows like American Idol etc.. I could give a F**K
Text "Panem et Circensus", literally "bread and circuses", was the formula for the well-being of the population, and thus a political strategy. This formula offered a variety of pleasures such as: the distribution of food, public baths, gladiators, exotic animals, chariot races, sports competition, and theater representation. It was an efficient instrument in the hands of the Emperors to keep the population peaceful, and at the same time giving them the opportunity to voice themselves in these places of performance.
www.capitolium.org/eng/imperatori/circenses.htm
So in Ancient Rome it was gladiators and chariot races, today we have reality celebutards. I think there is an agenda of dumming down. If you watch tv today ( i don't have one), it's full of over dramatic music that will encorage you to go along with the view that music suggests, jerky repetitive camera Techniques and constant recaps and ad. breaks that train people to have the attention span of a goldfish. This together with the fact that
The frequency of tv sends the brain into a receptive state, means people are unable to think for themselves or be aware of their surroundings in my opinion.edit on 21-4-2012 by DrHammondStoat because: (no reason given)edit on 21-4-2012 by DrHammondStoat because: Typing on phone, sorry!
Originally posted by libertytoall
I don't get it. Australians think they have it all figured out, yet they're so far detached from the rest of the world on an island nobody cares about, they mistake ideas for facts.. It's a mental illness actually that develops from lack of outside contact from others. Often times the only contact involves kangaroos in the garden. Sometimes it's a relative like say your brother aboriginal bill, or sister spearme nancy. But most of the time it's building thatch huts in a desert of a nuclear wasteland picking at bugs to eat.
See what I did there? Just as ridiculous as everything you've said.
edit on 21-4-2012 by libertytoall because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by fxtrademark
Im not going to reveal where im from, but i currently live in australia.
When i refer to the "west" i refer to the english speaking countries, not continental europe, since they are clearly a few generations ahead.
The average person in the west watches roughly 6-7 hours of TV as opposed to less than 1 hour in europe, and germany's biggest TV network is sought of public access.
Originally posted by ShadowAngel85
Originally posted by fxtrademark
Im not going to reveal where im from, but i currently live in australia.
When i refer to the "west" i refer to the english speaking countries, not continental europe, since they are clearly a few generations ahead.
The average person in the west watches roughly 6-7 hours of TV as opposed to less than 1 hour in europe, and germany's biggest TV network is sought of public access.
Living in Germany, i can tell you that TV is still popular and it's about as dumb as USA TV or British TV, in fact we have the same # like Pop Idol, the same celebrity news shows. It's not different. A lot of people waste hours in front of the TV. In fact, i always get weird looks, when i say that the only time i watch german TV stations is during Football/Soccer World Cup and European Championship and nothing else. They rarely can't believe how i can exist without watching TV every day.
As for Celebrity Worship: I live in Gruenwald, i don't think anyone outside Germany has heard of it. It's a small town south of Munich, the Bavaria Film studios are here, several music studios are here and a big load of so called celebrities, from sports people (TSV 1860, FC Bayern, Tennis players (and ex players like Boris Becker) and so on) and music and movie stars live here.
And the worship and fan crazyness is not much different to anywhere else. In fact, because i live here, a lot of people ask me on IM or in Chats if i know where exactly this or that person lives, so they can visit their hero.
I distinctly remember the time around the FIFA World Cup 2006, when i was constantly annoyed in ICQ by people asking if i know where guys like Oliver Kahn, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger live exactly (even though Schweinsteiger doesn't even live here)
As for Celebrity Worship: Those people create something that entertains us and we fans are thankful for it, we like those people because of it. I worshipped Ronnie James Dio, met him twice (nicest guy in the world he was so much fun to talk to) and was really shocked by his death. I don't think anything's wrong with it
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Yikes, if you think this doesn't happen in Asian countries, or Muslim ones or any place other than "European" & "Western" nations then you have NOT seen japanese television, or Korean Television.
It's the same kind of indoctrination they just use a different format. In Korea for example it's gamers. In Japan is anime and really bad pop music ( sorry fans), but the end result is the same.
Keeping you busy worrying about insignificant millionaires instead of yourself, the people around you and the well being of your nation and world in general.
Propaganda exists in almost everything in media. The only way to get around it, is to stop paying attention.
~Tenth
I guess people unfairly criticize the us, its probably the least there.