This is why there is an outcry about Janet Jackson's boob, but nary a peep when murders are enacted continually, daily, on the television, in front of your kids.
This is why on the TV News you don't hear about the backroom deals going on in the state capitol, or on K-Street up in Washington, but you daily hear about the local murder. You are taught that you are supposed to fear your neighbor.
This is why it was the Commies, then it was the Drug Pushers, now it's the Terrorists.
They want you to be afraid.
This is something the Neoconservatives in America and the Islamic Fundamentalists in the Middle East Have in Common.
“The Power of Nightmares” is a 3-hour BBC documentary explaining the use of fear by governments to oppress their populations. You won't find it at Blockbuster and it was pulled from Amazon.
Here are the three video episode downloads (Each 1 hour in Windows Media format. The introduction has been removed from the 2nd and 3rd episodes, as it was the same in all three episodes):
Episode 1 (74 meg) Episode 2 (73 meg) Episode 3 (73 meg)The Guardian calls “The Power of Nightmares” "The film US TV networks dare not show ", in their article
HERE.
The Nation says, "The Power of Nightmares, a three-hour BBC documentary directed by Adam Curtis, is arguably the most important film about the "war on terrorism" since the events of September 11. It is more intellectually engaging, more historically probing and more provocative than any of its rivals, including Fahrenheit 9/11."
