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[David Gentle]

<<But instead you lash out, showing how your hatred overflows! I think it's the constant flow of
factual data about the pro-Christian and pro-Zionist/Judaism bias in the US government in its
genocidal and hateful war on Iraq, Israel's primary enemy.>>
One of the more alarming tendencies shown by some people (I'm being deliberately general because the
phenomenon is not confined to any side) is a willingness to believe propaganda as long as it fits
with their agenda or opposes Mr G. W. Bush. Most people seem to believe that Bush's speeches are
propaganda (they may or may not be) but seem to think that the other politicians are only capable of
speaking the truth. I would suggest that this is a rather nieve view. Wouldn't it make more sense to
assume that everything they say is propaganda? Including the assertions of Mr Chirac and everyone at
the UN. And the propagandists of Indymedia and other web resources. Everyone (including me) has an
agenda and most of those people are spouting as much propaganda as they can get into the
mediashpere. It may be that there are some, uh, presences that are not interested in squewing the
facts to there own cause but it's probably better to just assume that everyone is leaning on the
facts in some way. And that probably includes those who oppose Israel. Or Palestine. Or the Denver
Broncos.
Personally, when I hear something new I either ignore it or place it on my mental notepad and see
how it compares to everything else. And maybe at some point down the road I'll have seen enough
opinions and "facts" to know what is actually happening.

David Gentle