Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily

Television is a wonderful instrument for brainwashing the masses.

"Think for yourself--question authority."

An illusionist's best skill is his sleight of hand: the art of distraction.

 

You must conform...

resistance is futile...

no pun intended

 

I had a mate that was speaking out against the abuse of communications technologies. No matter what approach he took, the ignorant masses were determined to be ignorant.

In the end the more he published and the more he lectured.. The more they started calling him a luddite.
Today he lives in Bulgaria working with orphans.
As he said, if they won't listen then they deserve what happens to them.

Like that character Homer Simpson... The average bloke isn't going to listen until he sees it on the tele.

As for me, I've already found a chap from Qatar. I'm going to finish up a few things I have here, then marry him and move to Qatar. I'll come back if the entire Internet blogging facebook like thing ever works out... If not, then toss the whole lot of you.

 

Some people don't snap out of their trances by themselves.

All of us need help sometimes. What are we to do, then?

 

Resistance isn't futile

Has CCTV increased or decreased the conviction rate?

 

Well, this is disenchanting. Although not entirely surprising, I find myself wondering about his methodology. Only an informed and organized movement will succeed in bringing awareness to this matter; however, it's possible that its influence would be limited by the interests of corporate media stations. Unfortuantely, in a capitalist, consumer nation, money talks.

One thing is for certain: if something is to be done, then it should be done now. It's a Brave New World, having realized the year 1984. I don't feel any safer with all of these cameras. In fact, considering the legislation that has been passed in the United States within recent years, and the events that were used as justification for these radical bills, I find myself feeling rather concerned about the intentions of those who wield power in the US Government.

 

I'm actually curious about this as well. Maybe I should do some research. =)

 

So one guy failed, I guess that proves the futility of the cause.

 

So what are you personally doing about it?
Be a brave boy and tell us all how you're able to educate the masses where so many others have failed.

 

I'm guessing that you're the glass-half-empty-type.

 

I boil and filter my water because of toxins

Joseph Goebbels : What you want in a media system is ostensible diversity that conceals an actual uniformity.
Watch this docmentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOygpfEl7nE"]Orwell Rolls In His Grave - The One Thing The Media Doesn't Like To Talk About - YouTube

 

That problem is easily solved by having glasses of different sizes.

Too many persons today begin their lives carrying the largest glass they can find and feel entitled to have it filled, and kept filled.

 

Anything worth having requires hard work.

The beauty of life is often found in the finer details.

Materialism is dissociating in its very nature:

 

People, like all other life forms, simply evolved.
Some people create things which they find useful to make their life easier and/or more enjoyable.
Things, which are incapable of displaying emotions, are put to use and enjoyed.
People are free to like, dislike, love or hate whomever they wish, however chaos occurs when those feelings are actively put to misuse.

 

Ye art covetous: thou art filled with all manner of greed, envy, jealousy...

The point is that things need to change.

P.S. When a man and a woman plan to have a child, do they not create that person to be loved? Different sized glasses... =)

 

covetous - Having or showing a great desire to possess something, typically something belonging to someone else.

greed - Intense and selfish desire for something, esp. wealth, power, or food.

envy - A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.

jealousy - hostile toward a rival or one believed to enjoy an advantage.

Who are you referring to in your first sentence?

While most everyone likely agrees that 'things' need to change, there appears to be great disagreement on 'what' and 'how'.

I would hope that when a man and a woman decide to have a child that they would recognize that it is an undertaking which bears great responsibilities and as it is a decision they alone have chosen, they are entitled to fulfill their created responsibilities assisted by others who choose to assist or not as the case may be, for reasons of which they are entitled.

Different sized glasses...? You can't figure that one out?

 

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Individual:
As in typical fashion you skew the thread off-topic (that must be your mission here on HF) just when something of substance is developing. childoflight made a valid point to Resistance isn't futile: negativism (or the-glass-half-empty-type) will not advance a cure for "the abuse of communications technologies" that Resistance isn't futile sees as keeping the masses "ignorant."

childoflight asks a valid on-topic question:

 

I've not seen anything of substance relative to the NSA collecting phone records. The fact is that government does many things which most are unaware of, and now that the story has become widely spread and unlikely to change what government is doing, exercise caution if you have something to communicate that you don't want government to know.

 

What are we to do, then?

 

Translation..... You're not going to do anything either.

One person protesting is not a resistance... it's considered a nutter.
And like my name, resistance isn't futile suggests... it's not futile but it does require that there be those willing to resist.
As it stands, there's no resistance or even the willingness to develop a resistance.
The general public, especially those on the Internet, just want something to complain about... It's just a lot of empty talk.
At the very least I'm being honest about looking out for myself and leaving England

Therefore off topic or on topic... my opinion is it's going no where.