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| Perception is reality? |
| 2006-12-08 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #2 In boot camp, soldiers are taught to obey commands without regard to the situation. If each soldier had to decide whether a particular battle could be won or lost before following commands, then indeed, each battle would be lost. So, the situation, and the truth of the situation are not factors. The only important factor to the commander is that when the forces act as if they are invincible, they can overcome bad odds and win the hard ones. Because of this, the officers desire total unquestioned obedience. That's how sucessful forces win over unsucessful forces. The media separates itself from the military in that they mislead without first preparing their forces to follow without doubting. So, the media followers begin doubting the media screed, and, low and behold, we soon find lies. For this, the media is in decline. The pen is weaker than the sword, and every day, more people are finding new sources of information. For this reason, the military should never act upon the recommendations or results of media efforts. The military in this democracy should act on commands from their leader, the Commander in Chief. Traditionally, we the people have prayed that he have the strength to do the right thing. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-12-08 13:01 |
| #1 Perception most certainly is a reality which overlays physical reality, as all those involved in sales & marketing well know, and must be managed as such. Getting the facts out about real progress on the War on Terror battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, about Arab perfidy with regard to Israel -- mainly via Conservative talk radio, bloggers, and messages/blogging by the troops -- is what has kept the anti-war coalition of Progressives and traditional media from having it all their own way ... For the first time people are not arguing about what should be done about what we read in the papers/see on television, but where the professional journalists have chosen to deviate from the facts that we've learnt from other sources. For the first time the professionals are battling publically to defend themselves against substantiated charges of falsification -- and losing. I would love to know how journalism school application numbers have changed post-9/11, not just because the job market is shrinking, but because the idealists who have historically been attracted to the field don't want to be part of a profession known for outright lying. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-12-08 12:43 |