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Quote by: gela  Does this sound like pure paranoia to anyone else?
Its a bit of a stretch...
Basicly his saying, these people say that there is no evidence that iran is a threat - but they are planning to build nuclear power stations (like half the world) - so they must be planning on making nuclear wepons. You can never be too careful.
Its a fear campaign. No matter what evidence contradics you, just say that the public are threatened somehow. |
Yes it is paranoia, that is how governments use the media to control people. This is based on Ivan Pavlov's study with dogs. By showing news stories over and over again the viewer's "conditional reflex" is trigered into believe the stories, even if there is no facts backing them up.
Ivan Pavlov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There is a very good BBC documentary called "The Power of Nightmares" which discusses this which you can watch on google video.
The Power of Nightmares Part 1: Baby it's Cold Outside - by Adam Curtis The Power of Nightmares Part 2: The Phantom Victory - by Adam Curtis The Power of Nightmares Part 3: The Shadows in the Cave - by Adam Curtis