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pelsar

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44. actually i agree with you...how information is used selectively

Mon Feb 27, 2012, 09:27 AM

Feb 2012

.....but its not "insulting" to the audience, the audience from what i read just hear alone does not want to hear or read all the information and in fact wants only that partial information.

if i were to write what i've actually seen or what i actually know, i will be declared a liar, a propagandist etc, since what i do know will not sit well with certain ideological viewpoints.

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Why we fight [View all] DUIC Feb 2012 OP

Tyranny ,is only " moral depravity " orpupilofnature57 Feb 2012 #1

"Israeli soldiers" . . . "Hezbollah terrorists." Propaganda framing - morally depraved, indeed. leveymg Feb 2012 #2

So you think they're lying? Or that they should just shut up? n/t shira Feb 2012 #3

I don't think they're lying, or should shut up. I commented that this is propaganda leveymg Feb 2012 #4

but the actual stories are true.... pelsar Feb 2012 #5

Is there a difference? orpupilofnature57 Feb 2012 #6

it depends on ones morality... pelsar Feb 2012 #9

I'm appaled at people using children for effect orpupilofnature57 Feb 2012 #13

If the actual stories on both sides were told, the message would be more powerful, which is why leveymg Feb 2012 #8

actually i agree with you...how information is used selectively pelsar Feb 2012 #44

It depends upon the audience - I assume the audience is knowledgable and reasonable leveymg Feb 2012 #45

You do know, don't you, that there are plenty of shocking stories from your side of the conflict Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #16

I agree ,Highly biased orpupilofnature57 Feb 2012 #7

I felt this passage particulary rich azurnoir Feb 2012 #10

you asked.... pelsar Feb 2012 #11

so every Palestinian or is it Arab in general is guilty of what one individual Palestinian or azurnoir Feb 2012 #12

of course its a foolish question.... pelsar Feb 2012 #14

Did you just accuse azurnoir of posting a blood libel Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #17

its just a repeat of what azurnoir has claimed to be true in the past... pelsar Feb 2012 #18

lol if I remember correctly what I said about about the Swedish tabloid Afterbladet article was azurnoir Feb 2012 #20

so if i now understand... pelsar Feb 2012 #21

ah I sense someone has spent some time digging aroiund DU2 for some sort of what entrapment? azurnoir Feb 2012 #22

no digging just remembering... pelsar Feb 2012 #24

are yoiu speaking about Dr Yehuda Hiss? azurnoir Feb 2012 #26

i do owe you an apology.... pelsar Feb 2012 #25

Thank you azurnoir Feb 2012 #27

GOOD! pelsar Feb 2012 #29

congrats....a little soul searching on my part.... pelsar Feb 2012 #31

ok so every Palestinian is guilty of what any one Palestinian does? you've confirmed that thank you azurnoir Feb 2012 #19

do israeli soldiers suffer PTSD? pelsar Feb 2012 #23

well IDF is sometimes presented as 'super human' azurnoir Feb 2012 #28

as far as i know..... pelsar Feb 2012 #30

So Saudi Arabians are the same? orpupilofnature57 Feb 2012 #32

same as what? pelsar Feb 2012 #33

And a hell of a long way from " All Arabs " orpupilofnature57 Feb 2012 #35

He fights to save the Middle Eastern Arabs from their depravity. Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #15

No one said that in the article. Your contemptuous reaction to this article is a reminder... shira Feb 2012 #34

Bias ,like your comments ,cause Contempt. orpupilofnature57 Feb 2012 #36

Such contempt is not dependent on people's comments. Does your own bias cause contempt.... shira Feb 2012 #37

Bias - Objectivity--- --- Moral Depravity - Self Defense orpupilofnature57 Feb 2012 #38

Oh, why don't you just come straight out and say Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #39

You don't believe Israelis are under any serious threat, do you? shira Feb 2012 #40

I can't even figure out what you're trying to say in that post. Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #41

I'm asking you those questions b/c I'm thinking that if you don't believe... shira Feb 2012 #42

By GOI, are you referring to the government of Israel? Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #43