DangerousR6 said:
[Well next to Shiner Bach(which is made in Shiner Texas) Fosters is a favorite of mine and then Stella Artois and Becks. Other than Shiner Bach I rarely drink any of the domestic beers here , most of them are like water. Don't know what Fosters tasted like in the 80's, but what they are make now is good...
But I digress, my point of the commercial was "social networking" and the way they are going about it. Making light of the fact that censorship will put ya'll back in the old days.... :icon_biggrin:
I had taken my usual digression way off topic too. We do, however, use a lot of the old 'OI !" to get people's attention 'round here. :toothy11:
If the conservative element of our society attach themselves to an issue that is a pet hate of the mainstream media (ie: internet anarchy), the people who use the 'net have little chance of staving off an agenda driven media campaign that the likes of News Limited like to stage using the covert means of 'editorialising' and 'comments by columnists' that would only, in the end, put people back to the older styles of media that News controls so effectively these days on a global basis!
Stage 1 is to drive the hype, and plant the ideas into the head of those without an opinion or a lack of knowledge of the net, that a lot of nasty stuff is out there on the internet that will traumatise kiddies and make them more violent and sexually aggressive etc. etc.
Stage 2 is to then put it to the vote and restrict the access to those who can afford it or make it less attractive with massive restrictions - like ISP based filtering. (You can't watch everything your kid looks at on the net, let the ISPs be controlled so nothing harmful gets to your kids!)
Stage 3 is to then switch the editorialising around and denounce the net as highly censored, incapable of getting the truth out on issues or news and being a puppet of the State and that good old newspapers, magazines and TV progranms are the only way to get the 'truth'. (this internet is so slow you'd be better off watching Fox Sports instead of streaming off the net)
