With regard to that last point: to the factors identified
above concerning the extremely dubious quality of what passes for
"news," we must add one more. And that is this, to state it plainly:
the majority of people don't care if the "facts" they rely on are
correct. They simply do not care. We encounter this all the time in discussions
with acquaintances about every subject in the world; we see it every day in
statements offered by those engaged in politics (either as politicians or as
commentators). And if the Times doesn't give a damn about getting a numbingly
simple matter such as Parsifal performance practice correct, how likely do you
think it is that the Times or any of the "leading figures" they
constantly rely on (in politics, or the arts, or science, or, or, or...) will
acknowledge that the "facts" they use to justify their stance on
unlimited assassination, or the next war, are not facts at all?
No, they're not going to tell you; in many cases, they won't
admit the truth even to themselves. Even if they are aware of the errors that
underlie their conclusions, they will never acknowledge them. So we're on our
own, and we have to do the best we can with the material we have.
And much, probably most, of that material is pure, 100%
bullshit.
So start here: Believe nothing. Carefully assemble those
clues you can, and then proceed with the greatest caution of which you are
capable. And do your best not to kill anyone while you're at it. How much
better the world would be, if only everyone would adopt that approach. You
would think that not killing people wouldn't be so difficult. But as we must
forlornly acknowledge, you would be wrong to think that. Alas.
-Arthur Silber
Amen!
p.s. I believe what Jesus said, although it's sometimes
difficult to understand the translations of His words. And to the best of my knowledge, He never killed anyone.
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