Uncle Emanuel Watkins
02-27-2008, 02:34 PM
The original idea of the Golden Mean -- a political model developed by Aristotle which isolates the moderate point of view -- was in response to outrage caused by his teacher Plato and his revolutionary teachings. Although such liberal teachings helped mold the minds of his students, such extreme ideas by the master professor were so unpractical outside of the classroom in comparison that they caused a lot of political havoc in the city-state of Athens.
So, the original political spectrum contemplated by Aristotle was conceived so that Athenians might unite to develop a common culture. The development of this common culture really took a lot of work because effort was required of them to learn how to compromise.
When our forefathers exercized their Constitutional right to print up political propaganda, by way of the bill of right regarding freedom of the press, they invested their own money and effort to establish civil ideas that might lead the nation away from legal tyranny -- the type of government we live in presently.
In comparison, the news media today does not exercize such responsibility in their reporting. Although it should not be deemed a problem when the news media makes a profits, a right which they have because of the selfless investment of others, we should always appreciate that they don't make their money by reporting the truth.
Granted, they aren't reporting lies to us either as much as just selling us an empty box. In order to sell the empty box, one must never forget to tell the potential customer exactly what they want to hear while always remembering to never lead them up a hill. Because the latter endeavor would amount to work! Similarly, the nature of news media is all about down hill entertainment because such businesses are in the business of selling empty boxes.
This empty box I speak of is the legal tyranny we live in today. The news media reels us into this empty box by first dividing us up into liberals and conservatives. They divide us up by baiting our hooks with endless legal issues to debate. In order to get us all to bite, they use the polical spectrum irresponsibly.
For example, let's say in the future that a majority of us in the United States decide to turn unfavorably in opinion against the issues of legal abortion or gun control. In order that they might make money reporting this change in opinion, the media would report it to us with the claim that "The opinions of the American people are becoming conservative . . .." Although this statement might sound responsible and true, it is mere news entertainment. In actuality, if the majority of the people in the United States did decide to turn unfavorable in opinion against the issues of legal abortion or gun control, their political views would become the new moderate opinion. But such effort put into reporting the truth wouldn't sell a bent nickel through the one eye Willy (television) if it were given away.
The legal tyranny we live in today has become the empty box of goods the media sells to us. In fact, as the media was once part of the legal tyranny that existed in the former Soviet Union, it now exists in a like manner as part of a single party that has developed in our own nation.
In order to get potential voters to buy into such a cruel system, the news media distracts us from our good sense. Unfortunately for the legal tyranny now ruling over us, our forefathers left us a clear definition in the U.S. Constitution of what is good sense. Through its civil interpretation as evidenced in the Declaration of Independence, the Federal papers (Publius) and our Bill of Rights, we should be able as American citizens to see the filth, smell the filth, taste the filth and hear the filth of any impending legal tryannies.
But our forefathers expected much more than that from us. It was expected of us to feel unhappy as Americans when living under such a legal tyranny -- basically a reality eroded down to living in a courtroom. It was expected of us to share a common American culture which requires a prerequisite of happiness -- in order that we the people may establish a more perfect Union of civil contentment.
So, the original political spectrum contemplated by Aristotle was conceived so that Athenians might unite to develop a common culture. The development of this common culture really took a lot of work because effort was required of them to learn how to compromise.
When our forefathers exercized their Constitutional right to print up political propaganda, by way of the bill of right regarding freedom of the press, they invested their own money and effort to establish civil ideas that might lead the nation away from legal tyranny -- the type of government we live in presently.
In comparison, the news media today does not exercize such responsibility in their reporting. Although it should not be deemed a problem when the news media makes a profits, a right which they have because of the selfless investment of others, we should always appreciate that they don't make their money by reporting the truth.
Granted, they aren't reporting lies to us either as much as just selling us an empty box. In order to sell the empty box, one must never forget to tell the potential customer exactly what they want to hear while always remembering to never lead them up a hill. Because the latter endeavor would amount to work! Similarly, the nature of news media is all about down hill entertainment because such businesses are in the business of selling empty boxes.
This empty box I speak of is the legal tyranny we live in today. The news media reels us into this empty box by first dividing us up into liberals and conservatives. They divide us up by baiting our hooks with endless legal issues to debate. In order to get us all to bite, they use the polical spectrum irresponsibly.
For example, let's say in the future that a majority of us in the United States decide to turn unfavorably in opinion against the issues of legal abortion or gun control. In order that they might make money reporting this change in opinion, the media would report it to us with the claim that "The opinions of the American people are becoming conservative . . .." Although this statement might sound responsible and true, it is mere news entertainment. In actuality, if the majority of the people in the United States did decide to turn unfavorable in opinion against the issues of legal abortion or gun control, their political views would become the new moderate opinion. But such effort put into reporting the truth wouldn't sell a bent nickel through the one eye Willy (television) if it were given away.
The legal tyranny we live in today has become the empty box of goods the media sells to us. In fact, as the media was once part of the legal tyranny that existed in the former Soviet Union, it now exists in a like manner as part of a single party that has developed in our own nation.
In order to get potential voters to buy into such a cruel system, the news media distracts us from our good sense. Unfortunately for the legal tyranny now ruling over us, our forefathers left us a clear definition in the U.S. Constitution of what is good sense. Through its civil interpretation as evidenced in the Declaration of Independence, the Federal papers (Publius) and our Bill of Rights, we should be able as American citizens to see the filth, smell the filth, taste the filth and hear the filth of any impending legal tryannies.
But our forefathers expected much more than that from us. It was expected of us to feel unhappy as Americans when living under such a legal tyranny -- basically a reality eroded down to living in a courtroom. It was expected of us to share a common American culture which requires a prerequisite of happiness -- in order that we the people may establish a more perfect Union of civil contentment.