RE: [b] ++ Brasseye 'tricked' 8 year olds into appearing

["Robert Morgan" <robbery@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: John Walker [mailto:johnw@xxxxxxxxx]

> It is haywire mimetic. Which is easier: Research into the actions
> of Rupert
> Murdoch, his business practises, and his discrepancies before deciding to
> give him your money, or getting Sky because your neighbour has?

Really.  And from that you conclude people are credulous fools?  The
popularity of Sky?  Fucking hell.

I'd get Sky like a shot, if the landlords let us have a satellite dish.  It
must have been hard for you, with all the adverts in Brass Eye, you know.

> Which is
> easier: Gawd blessing the Queen Mother, or investigating her
> history to find
> out what kind of person she is?

Support for the monarchy is lower than it has ever been. And it'll keep on
lowering.
The case of Diana (undoubtedly pretty stupid) was at least 50%
anti-monarchy.

People like the Queen Mother because she's a mad old lady.  A little silly,
but not something I'd use to delineate intelligence.

Again, you can't seem to distinguish between stupid actions and stupid
people.  Or you can, when pressed on it, but then you go off again talking
about the 90%, and peasants.  At the time of the original debate, I think I
remember we got you down to "100% of people act stupid 90% of the time".
But you've forgotten that now.

> Which is easier: Reacting to Brass Eye in
> the way in which your newspaper has told you to, or watching the programme
> and forming your own opinions?

Neither.  Read the message boards: both sides of the argument on Brass Eye
look equally stupid.
In fact, if there's one thing all of this has convinced me, it's that
appreciation of the work of Chris Morris says nothing of your intelligence,
and precious little about your political stance.  This, at least, has been a
surprise to me.


 God's way of forcing BEMLI back on topic..


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