This is a little stroke of genius in the ongoing war of ideas that says gun imagery is lauded while peace and flowers are trivialised. That selling sex in advertising is OK but prostitutes are frowned upon. That excessive materialism is aspirational but ubiquitous poverty is pushed to the margins. That advertising is culturally representative yet failing schools are unimportant.
Thursday, 7 April 2011
Manly P. Hall & The Pyramids
If the pyramids had been washed away during the great floods and were an article of legend like Atlantis they would have been consigned to inconsequential and mythical status. People would laugh and scoff at something they couldn't touch. Something like Plato's description of Atlantis. A matter for ridicule instead of serious discussion.
The pyramids are the greatest teaser ever. They were built deliberately with part of their task to speak directly through the ages and give people with inquiring minds a chance. So the riddlers can hold their hands up and say we gave you clues. You ignored them and a chance to learn of their unfolding narrative before they reveal themselves.
Listening to the Manly P. Hall talk above is fascinating as I've reached a sort of half way house on the de-encryption journey. I still don't know it all but like those crop circles I'm beginning to see the rules of engagement.
Labels:
egypt
The Good Arab, The Bad Arab & European Pretensions
Do you mind if I interrupt your Starbucks Coffee and Pret a Manger sandwich for just one moment? Media is war and the longer we continue to allow the glowing screens of corporate controlled media to shape our opinions, inciting us to war where oil is at stake the deeper the pain will be when war arrives at our doorsteps.
A few weeks ago, I watched clueless and well entrenched media talking-head Paxman embarrassing himself on British TV defending Western imperial bombing of Libya and attacking Noam Chomsky for defending pursuit of peace. Where are our Michele Collon's? We don't have them. Instead we prefer to drive our fossil fuel-mobiles stop off for coffee and a sandwich at lunch and pretend that what we consume, be it oil or labour, has no bearing on the rest of the world. What we consume will consume us. Walk away from it or one day you will have to run.
Via Breathing Out Psychedelic Air
Via Breathing Out Psychedelic Air
Labels:
media,
oil,
propaganda
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