Chiss Lees writes:
>This, IMO, exemplifies the nature of our contemporary world.
>People try to tell us what the 'reality' is. A battle of competing
>'realities',
>a war to win over your heart and mind, and mine, to sympathize with
>and support one or another quest for power. All is propaganda.
I don't see this as particularly contemporary. The example that most
readily comes to mind is one I used in class yesterday: the painting of
Napoleon portraying himself as a healer of his sick men who were actually
executed so as not to slow down his campaign. I'm sure we can all come up
with many others from many different times & places.
PS: you forgot to mention Clinton's now famous: "I did not have sex with
that woman..."
Louise
Louise A. Hitchcock, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies
UCLA
310-825-9639
For more info on the Center and its Programs:
http://www.isop.ucla.edu/cnes
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