Its sad that we have started to romanticize and lust for fire power, arms and ammunition at a public level or at least the mass media is forcing these emotions into us.
Many television / cable channels commonly recommended for kids and adolescents now air programs depicting weapons and tools of war as the coolest stuff to posses and experience. How can we allow this to happen to our young (highly impressionable age groups) and complain about violent behavior / gun violence in schools and colleges? Whats this hypocrisy? Aren't weapons just a necessary evil to defend ourselves? Why are we boasting our military technology in mass media? Whats this new found lust for destructive gear and tools?
Is this all part of the 'War Propaganda' to prevent common backlash against ongoing wars by ordinary people (tax payers) funding these wars? This is a surprising trend in the past few decades to which mass media is playing host and common man is falling prey to! Even more surprising is how democratic countries are encouraging and falling prey to this conjuring indoctrination by wicked back stage forces!
Governments don't care! Leaders care less! But its important for the common man to remember that - 'No body ever wins a War! Everyone loses!'. When the mind and heart of the average Joe gets corrupt, families disintegrate, communities falter, nations tremble and empires fall.
Many television / cable channels commonly recommended for kids and adolescents now air programs depicting weapons and tools of war as the coolest stuff to posses and experience. How can we allow this to happen to our young (highly impressionable age groups) and complain about violent behavior / gun violence in schools and colleges? Whats this hypocrisy? Aren't weapons just a necessary evil to defend ourselves? Why are we boasting our military technology in mass media? Whats this new found lust for destructive gear and tools?
Is this all part of the 'War Propaganda' to prevent common backlash against ongoing wars by ordinary people (tax payers) funding these wars? This is a surprising trend in the past few decades to which mass media is playing host and common man is falling prey to! Even more surprising is how democratic countries are encouraging and falling prey to this conjuring indoctrination by wicked back stage forces!
Governments don't care! Leaders care less! But its important for the common man to remember that - 'No body ever wins a War! Everyone loses!'. When the mind and heart of the average Joe gets corrupt, families disintegrate, communities falter, nations tremble and empires fall.
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@Praveen- It would indeed seem to be a way for Corporate Media to further advance their agenda of conquering resources, by making violence more mainstream, they hope to desensitize the people of nations against it, so that when it comes time to ramp up propaganda on wars, its far easier to find your target audience and start the fear mongering. Individuals must take action and fortify their hearts and minds against it, but how do we do so in this age of 360 technology?
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@Nicholas - When information is ubiquitous and pervasive, so should be rational argument and debate. Technology enables both. If we spend 'n' hours consuming information, we should spend atleast 'm' (m<n) hours debating it. We cannot just be passive consumers of information and let that information (orchestrators) mislead us. Finally, its pivotal for us to understand that managing a life is as important as managing a living and that managing a living is just one part of managing a good life.
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I'm not so sure we are starting to romanticize about weaponry. I've seen some artifacts from earlier ages that would suggest our bloodlust is at least becoming somewhat more civilized. and before violent video games with gunfire and explosions and death, there was cops and robbers, and cowboys and indians and army games played with wooden or plastic guns as kids. (in between picking flowers and playing with kittens)
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maybe we notice more as adults than as kids, and it seems to us adults that our kids are different than we were.
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rank and order is a genetic trait. it exists in many animals. Stags butting heads, lions fighting for the leadership of the pride, raccoons have a multi family heirarchy with one leader, etc. purposeful competition could almost be called a way of life. (not necessarily the best way). Some societies rise above this sooner than others.
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Hierarchy is fine but bragging about guns on prime time television???!!! Isn't all this affecting the average child's mindset? Defence vs Offence (pre-emptive defence) is already a major debate in the political theatre. This is subtle war propaganda in peacetime. How is military technology a civilian issue? How many other developed and democratic countries air such programming? How many other countries have gun violence in schools? Will this not affect emotional response to aggression?
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