____/ Mark Kent on Friday 24 August 2007 18:21 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ High Plains Thumper on Saturday 11 August 2007 20:09 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> John Bailo on Saturday:
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> PC World Editor Resigns When Ordered Not to Criticize
>>>>>> Advertisers
>>>>>> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/03/1810239&from=rss
>>>>>
>>>>> Who reads paper news any more?
>>>>
>>>> Most people do. Those who use the Internet /regularly/ are
>>>> still a a minority.
>>>
>>> What I find interesting in the slashdot article is the ad just
>>> below it. It states, "State Government Says Linux Was Too Big a
>>> Risk", another FUD ad by Microsoft.
>>
>> Yes, I saw this before and these government people were criticised for
>> embracing and helping Big Lie tactics (
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie ).
>>
>
> I don't think I've ever seen a company more overt in its manipulation of
> government and the media than Microsoft. The cigarette companies did a
> really good job pretending that they didn't know about the damage
> smoking causes, at least, until somebody split the beans; and the oil
> companies are right now doing a cracking job of hiding the impact of
> global warming and pretending that it has nothing to do with
> industrialisation - they're so successful that a large number of people,
> even *here* have been fooled. The problem with this whole approach,
> really, is that it works.
Yes, I have almost lost a friend who has been brainwashed by the oil giants.
How can anyone deny physics? Answer above (hint: Wikipedia).
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