Comments on: Christian Distortions http://www.mskitka.com/2005/12/08/christian-distortions/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:45:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: FrwyTCat http://www.mskitka.com/2005/12/08/christian-distortions/#comment-580 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:43:03 +0000 http://www.mskitka.com/2005/12/08/christian-distortions/#comment-580 Kitka, 1. Utah is it's own little paradox neatly tucked into a territory known as a state of the US ... protectionisms that occur there really should be dealt with in a vacuum. 2. I had an interesting experience yesterday while getting a snack at McD's ... I had not watched CNN for any length of time in a loooooong time and it was on in the dining room (this is one of the really nice McD's with plasma monitors all over the place so it was hard to ignore). And as I sat there listening to the announcer a stunning realization came to me, this guy was creating the news, not reporting it. I'm sure there was some semblance of fact in what he was saying, but it was almost all hyperbole or at a minimum very very extrapolated. The point to come from this is that today almost (if not every) so called news gathering organization (at least in the US, you can speak for others because you seem to be much wider read) has an agenda and they are going to push it with or (in most cases) without first making their agenda/biases known or worse trying to hide it (we report the news as it is! ??!??). At least in the blog community agenda/bias is generally known before you read/hear/see the content. At least with people like Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh you have a very good idea of where they are coming from and you can set your filters accordingly. I may not agree with either, but I can respect each of them for pushing a clear point of view. I think that is all my $0.02 (US) is worth today. Kitka,

1. Utah is it’s own little paradox neatly tucked into a territory known as a state of the US … protectionisms that occur there really should be dealt with in a vacuum.

2. I had an interesting experience yesterday while getting a snack at McD’s … I had not watched CNN for any length of time in a loooooong time and it was on in the dining room (this is one of the really nice McD’s with plasma monitors all over the place so it was hard to ignore). And as I sat there listening to the announcer a stunning realization came to me, this guy was creating the news, not reporting it. I’m sure there was some semblance of fact in what he was saying, but it was almost all hyperbole or at a minimum very very extrapolated.

The point to come from this is that today almost (if not every) so called news gathering organization (at least in the US, you can speak for others because you seem to be much wider read) has an agenda and they are going to push it with or (in most cases) without first making their agenda/biases known or worse trying to hide it (we report the news as it is! ??!??). At least in the blog community agenda/bias is generally known before you read/hear/see the content.

At least with people like Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh you have a very good idea of where they are coming from and you can set your filters accordingly. I may not agree with either, but I can respect each of them for pushing a clear point of view.

I think that is all my $0.02 (US) is worth today.

]]> by: robber_baron http://www.mskitka.com/2005/12/08/christian-distortions/#comment-569 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:41:34 +0000 http://www.mskitka.com/2005/12/08/christian-distortions/#comment-569 I believe the term is 'fear mongering.' It isn't so bad that editorials are written with an agenda, because honestly that's what an editorial is, but rather that they are so often totally inaccurate or irrelevant. Obviously the _mainstream_ adult industry isn't about pushing porn on kids because they cannot legally buy their wares anyway. It would be a waste of marketing dollars. Anyone who would sit down and logically think things through would come to this conclusion. There is no incentive to do this, none. However, the underlying idea of this law is reasonable. If I had spawned a little robber_baron in training, I wouldn't want objectionable things coming to his electronic mailbox. This would include advertisements for cigarettes, booze, Viagra and a plethora of other goods and services. Ideally I think there should be a no-email list similar to the no-call lists that they US currently has. If I can put a no solicitors sign on my house to prevent unwanted business propositions coming to my door I should be able to do the same at my 'digital' door. I believe the term is ‘fear mongering.’

It isn’t so bad that editorials are written with an agenda, because honestly that’s what an editorial is, but rather that they are so often totally inaccurate or irrelevant.

Obviously the _mainstream_ adult industry isn’t about pushing porn on kids because they cannot legally buy their wares anyway. It would be a waste of marketing dollars. Anyone who would sit down and logically think things through would come to this conclusion. There is no incentive to do this, none.

However, the underlying idea of this law is reasonable. If I had spawned a little robber_baron in training, I wouldn’t want objectionable things coming to his electronic mailbox. This would include advertisements for cigarettes, booze, Viagra and a plethora of other goods and services.

Ideally I think there should be a no-email list similar to the no-call lists that they US currently has. If I can put a no solicitors sign on my house to prevent unwanted business propositions coming to my door I should be able to do the same at my ‘digital’ door.

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