Posted by Ritch on February 14, 2003, at 13:50:35
In reply to Re: State of the Union speech.... » Ritch, posted by IsoM on February 14, 2003, at 11:38:06
> I really am apolitical - there's not one political agenda out there that's not inherently self-centred AND very selfish too.
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> Besides the humour in the altered state of the union speech, I posted the link for another reason too. If a kid can make an altered speech (which is obvious - it's not done that well) saying something Bush didn't say, then how hard is it to alter any one else's word on tape or video when done by experts? I think more & more people are coming to understand how easy it is to manipulate the words coming from the "enemy camp".We had a big discussion about this very thing at work the other day (after Powell's presentation). I don't necessarily suspect that we made the thing up (we can certainly embellish some though for dramatic effect)-what worries me is that it might not be made up at all and noone will believe it because we have been lied to by leadership (primarily business) over the last few years in a big way. I am thinking Enron, Stock Market techno-bubble analyst spin, etc. Scandal after scandal where people made up stuff and lied to get what they wanted. It is just tough to believe anything you hear some suit say nowadays.
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