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State of Fear

by Michael Crichton

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Oct 31, 2011 11:15AM

“I'm convinced that most men don't know what they believe, rather, they only know what they wish to believe. How many people blame God for man's atrocities, but wouldn't dream of imprisoning a mother for her son's crime?”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: agenda, apologetics, atrocities, belief, bias, biases, blame, confusion, crime, denial, dream, free-will, god, hypocrisy, imprisonment, mother, rhetorical, scrutiny, self-interest, skepticism, son, uncertainty

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“Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea?”
― Noel Coward

tags: tea

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“State propaganda, when supported by the educated classes and when no deviation is permitted from it, can have a big effect. It was a lesson learned by Hitler and many others, and it has been pursued to this day.”
― Noam Chomsky, Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda

tags: propaganda

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“No honest journalist should be willing to describe himself or herself as 'embedded.' To say, 'I'm an embedded journalist' is to say, 'I'm a government Propagandist.”
― Noam Chomsky, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World

tags: embedded-journalism, journalism, propaganda, war

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“Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy