From: cryofan@mylinuxisp.com
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 13:21:25 MDT
Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@yahoo.com> said:
> -- Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Monday, August 12, 2002, at 10:17 am, Michael Wiik wrote:
> > > Small kids like dinosaurs because they realize (even if only
> > > subconsciously), that as big as Mom and Dad are, a dinosaur could
> > easily
> > > tear them limb-from-limb or trample them underfoot.
You nailed that one, Michael! And that is precisely the reason why the
dramatic ending to the upcoming Jurassic Park IV has been such a closely
guarded secret. Well, since I have let the cat out of the bag in a way, I
guess I owe you one little hint: blood will flow....
>>Purple TV dinosaurs
> > > serve as early alienation training, in which affection toward
> > natural
> > > family is displaced by the dinosaur-led new 'family' of friends.
> >
Hilary is the czar of the Barney Alienation Regime. I fear her....
> > Is this supposed to be a a humorous analogy? Or do you really
> > believe that there is a conspiracy to destroy family values and
> > brainwash kids?
> > Are you claiming that advertising and Barney and the public school
> > system are somehow all controlled by a single source for the same
> > hidden agenda?
>
> Harvey, it really isn't any question that the agendas of certain left
> wing groups today (and political parties) are identical to the agenda
> of the ComIntern for many decades. It also isn't any question that the
> NEA is one of these groups. They have a greater degree of influence
> over education laws, taxation and spending than any other group in any
> other area of politics, and why not, they are a monopoly. They decide
> what idiocy the kids get taught, and no matter what parents may want,
> the teacher in front of one's children is the final filter on anything
> the child learns.
>
> Furthermore, one's teachers and peers at school have a far greater
> degree of influence over a child's development than their parents do,
> just looking at it from a time perspective. Teachers get 8 hours a day,
> peers get 12-16 hours a day, TV gets 4+ hours a day, and parents, if
> they are attentive, may get 4-5 hours, at most.
>
> >
> > This is a serious question. A lot of conspiracy theories seem to
> > float around on this list. I can never tell if they are supposed
> > to be jokes or whether people really believe in this stuff. I would
> > like to start figuring out what conspiracy theories extropians
> > believe in and why.
>
There are conspiracies, I think, and powerful ones, but they are rooted in
self interest of groups and factions, and navigate like en masse like
flocking birds based on unspoken signals that speak to their common self
interest.
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