Orwell's essay, Politics and the English Language, highlighted one of my favorite aspects of the english language. Euphemisms. As Orwell pointed out, politicians are full of confusing jargon, using complicated lexis to convey the most simple of ideas or comments. Not only that, euphemisms used by previous politicians and leaders, hide the real aspect behind them. Euphemisms let people react in a better way, rather than giving them the shocking truth.
Alot of these euphemisms started to occur during the Iraq war.
Friendly fire: term used to describe military action on ones own side or allied forces. (Came from United States Military, stupid bastards)
Shock'n'awe: The use of overwhelming power, to demolish the opposing side and destroy their will to fight, also known as Rapid Dominance.( Came from United States Military, thick bastards)
Collateral Damage: Dead Civillians (Probably American)
Department of defence: Department of War (America ...again)
Soft Targets: Bombing of civillian targets (Yeah you know who did it)
Neutralise: Kill
You can see, especially with the last one, that It sounds better to say these words because it takes away the shocking nature of what politicians actually mean. Neutralise doesnt even sound like something has been killed, immobalised maybe (Immobalise- break or use force to stop working).
Orwell described this perfectly throughout his book and also in 1984. The ministry of truth obviously being a euphemism for the ministry of lies or control. The ideas of surveillance and control through the use of euphemisms is extremely important in the film. Orwells genious really was foreshadowing the events of today.
I leave you with a short video of another euphemism that came to light in the heat of war. Extraordinary Rendition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0MjAzFeNbU (the 0 is a Zero not an o)
Monday, 7 December 2009
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Freud's ego is huge!!
To follow last weeks lecture i thought it would be nice to look into Freud and his ideas for the psychoanalytic theory for personality. It was a breakthrough to look into the human psyche at such a deep level and to look into the way that humans present themselves in and out of their own bodies.
A humans personality, according to Freud is made up of three different functions. The ID, Ego and Super-ego. Each one has their own role in determining persona and creating complicated behaviour.
1) ID
You could say that ID is the animal instinct that lives in it regardless of what we do. ID is present from birth and in it exists the most basic of needs. If we were to look at ourselves as an animal we need the basic things to survive. Primitive behaviour is what the ID is and encompasses the Pleasure Principal. Basically, we strive for our needs, our desires and what we want. If these needs are not or cannot be met, it creates anxiety.
For example, A new born baby is hungry. He cannot talk yet so the mother does not know until the ID of the baby makes it cry to get its needs.
You cannot live on this principal alone, if had a craving for something you may find yourself stealing from someone or killing them alltogether to satisfy your ID.
Freud sudgested that the ID resolves some of this tension throught the Primary Process where the ID forms a mental image to keep us happy.
2)EGO
Ego deals with reality. Freud states the EGO is conjured from the ID and that the EGO can fullfill the needs of the ID through simple acceptable manners. The EGO functions in all states of mind; concious, preconcious and unconcious.
The reality principal gives itself to the ID and supresses its desire through socially acceptable ways. It measures the pros and cons of an action before acting or ignoring. Some the ID can be happy through Delayed Gratification where the EGO will let the ID do what it likes in the right situation.
Also, through Secondary Process, the EGO can get rid of the ID's tension by finding an object that is similar to the mental projection created by the primary process.
3) SUPER-EGO
This is our morals and ideology that we gain from our parents and society. Right and Wrong. It helps us to make judgements and starts to play a larger part after about 5 years of age. The EGO IDEAL is a concept that controls the rules for acceptable behaviour, those which are aproved by parents or authoritative figures. These give us a sense of pride and fullfillment. On the other hand the Consience hold all things that a viewed as bad by parents and society. Most are not allowed and can lead to worse things. Often the Consience leads to guilt.
The SUPER-EGO stops all our ID's bad urges to make the EGO act upon standards rather than principal and is present in all states of mind.
Freud had the idea of EGO STRENGTH. Those of you with good EGO STRENGTH can manage the pressures of the ID. Those of you with too much or too little can become very disruptive.
Which one are you???
A humans personality, according to Freud is made up of three different functions. The ID, Ego and Super-ego. Each one has their own role in determining persona and creating complicated behaviour.
1) ID
You could say that ID is the animal instinct that lives in it regardless of what we do. ID is present from birth and in it exists the most basic of needs. If we were to look at ourselves as an animal we need the basic things to survive. Primitive behaviour is what the ID is and encompasses the Pleasure Principal. Basically, we strive for our needs, our desires and what we want. If these needs are not or cannot be met, it creates anxiety.
For example, A new born baby is hungry. He cannot talk yet so the mother does not know until the ID of the baby makes it cry to get its needs.
You cannot live on this principal alone, if had a craving for something you may find yourself stealing from someone or killing them alltogether to satisfy your ID.
Freud sudgested that the ID resolves some of this tension throught the Primary Process where the ID forms a mental image to keep us happy.
2)EGO
Ego deals with reality. Freud states the EGO is conjured from the ID and that the EGO can fullfill the needs of the ID through simple acceptable manners. The EGO functions in all states of mind; concious, preconcious and unconcious.
The reality principal gives itself to the ID and supresses its desire through socially acceptable ways. It measures the pros and cons of an action before acting or ignoring. Some the ID can be happy through Delayed Gratification where the EGO will let the ID do what it likes in the right situation.
Also, through Secondary Process, the EGO can get rid of the ID's tension by finding an object that is similar to the mental projection created by the primary process.
3) SUPER-EGO
This is our morals and ideology that we gain from our parents and society. Right and Wrong. It helps us to make judgements and starts to play a larger part after about 5 years of age. The EGO IDEAL is a concept that controls the rules for acceptable behaviour, those which are aproved by parents or authoritative figures. These give us a sense of pride and fullfillment. On the other hand the Consience hold all things that a viewed as bad by parents and society. Most are not allowed and can lead to worse things. Often the Consience leads to guilt.
The SUPER-EGO stops all our ID's bad urges to make the EGO act upon standards rather than principal and is present in all states of mind.
Freud had the idea of EGO STRENGTH. Those of you with good EGO STRENGTH can manage the pressures of the ID. Those of you with too much or too little can become very disruptive.
Which one are you???
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Conspiracy theories and theorists
We live in a an age with conspiracy everywhere. Whether it be on a personal or global scale everyone has a conspiracy theory on something. As a very big follower of conspiracy theories, and also a believer of some, i'm going to highlight some of the most famous and show how they all link to the documentary we watched last thursday.
1) Attack on the World Trade Centre, September 11 2001.
The amount of conspiracies that came out of this horrific attack was mind blowing to look at. One Idea included that demolition charges were placed in the buildings which was quickly passed aside by demolition experts saying that it would have been noticed and recognisable by the way the buildings fell. People believe that the plane that hit the pentagon was actually a missile, that the american government knew about the attacks before they happened and that the planes were controlled remotely. To highlight Anti-semitism in the last lecture it was also beleived that 4,000 jewish workers in the world trade centre failed to turn up to work on that day. To link it further you must think back to David Ickes and his belief that the Jewish community rule the whole world. See the similarities? However, with my own research I have found numerous sources that can make you think about whether or not 9/11 was really planned or not.
Firstly, the information i used to help gain some of this information was also from a conspiracy killer website, basically a website of the american government.....http://www.america.gov/st/webchat-english/2009/May/20060828133846esnamfuaK0.2676355.html .......So anything this website says is going to be bias towards the american government regardless.
Secondly, the only footage that the FBI will let the public see from the petagon crisis is this video which explains the possibility that the "plane" was actually a missile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRK8QFvXyfE
Not only that, the Pentagon has the most amount of security cameras in one place, IN THE WORLD, and the fact we can only see one peice of footage from this raises quite a few questions, also the fact that this footage was found from a gas (petrol) station.
I will leave you guys to look into this for more info.
2) The death of Princess Di and Dodi Fayed.
Only a couple of conspiracies but feasable none the less.
The First being that they faked their own death to get away from the media and everything else that was following their lives.
The usual driver of the mercedes was not actually driving on the night it crashed. Henri Paul was the driver of the car and he died and was aparently wisked away from hospital afterwards, did this man even exist? Now a 121mph crash would have definately killed everyone in the car so it could not have been going that fast. The body guard was the only one to have surved and he was believed to have links to MI6 which is another theory that they were responsible for the death of DI
6 Hours before the crash DI revealed that she was about to get out of public life permanently, she revealed this to a reporter called Richard Kray.
David Icke, which we learned about last weeks, is one of the key conspirisists as his ideology is the basis that all other conspiracies are roped upon. That a secret government that no one knows about is able to dish out death and judgement asd they see fit to keep us under control and to stop us asking questions. This being anti-semite is an ideology that sticks with Icke alone and other right-wing extremists around the world. Reavealing conspiracies and looking into them is a hobby of mine but does not represent my views on society.
If anyone would like to add to this with their own conspiracies i would appriciate it as it is a very large topic of discussion.
I will leave you with one of the best sources of terrorism conspiracies for your enjoyment..
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8136133221213939183#
1) Attack on the World Trade Centre, September 11 2001.
The amount of conspiracies that came out of this horrific attack was mind blowing to look at. One Idea included that demolition charges were placed in the buildings which was quickly passed aside by demolition experts saying that it would have been noticed and recognisable by the way the buildings fell. People believe that the plane that hit the pentagon was actually a missile, that the american government knew about the attacks before they happened and that the planes were controlled remotely. To highlight Anti-semitism in the last lecture it was also beleived that 4,000 jewish workers in the world trade centre failed to turn up to work on that day. To link it further you must think back to David Ickes and his belief that the Jewish community rule the whole world. See the similarities? However, with my own research I have found numerous sources that can make you think about whether or not 9/11 was really planned or not.
Firstly, the information i used to help gain some of this information was also from a conspiracy killer website, basically a website of the american government.....http://www.america.gov/st/webchat-english/2009/May/20060828133846esnamfuaK0.2676355.html .......So anything this website says is going to be bias towards the american government regardless.
Secondly, the only footage that the FBI will let the public see from the petagon crisis is this video which explains the possibility that the "plane" was actually a missile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRK8QFvXyfE
Not only that, the Pentagon has the most amount of security cameras in one place, IN THE WORLD, and the fact we can only see one peice of footage from this raises quite a few questions, also the fact that this footage was found from a gas (petrol) station.
I will leave you guys to look into this for more info.
2) The death of Princess Di and Dodi Fayed.
Only a couple of conspiracies but feasable none the less.
The First being that they faked their own death to get away from the media and everything else that was following their lives.
The usual driver of the mercedes was not actually driving on the night it crashed. Henri Paul was the driver of the car and he died and was aparently wisked away from hospital afterwards, did this man even exist? Now a 121mph crash would have definately killed everyone in the car so it could not have been going that fast. The body guard was the only one to have surved and he was believed to have links to MI6 which is another theory that they were responsible for the death of DI
6 Hours before the crash DI revealed that she was about to get out of public life permanently, she revealed this to a reporter called Richard Kray.
David Icke, which we learned about last weeks, is one of the key conspirisists as his ideology is the basis that all other conspiracies are roped upon. That a secret government that no one knows about is able to dish out death and judgement asd they see fit to keep us under control and to stop us asking questions. This being anti-semite is an ideology that sticks with Icke alone and other right-wing extremists around the world. Reavealing conspiracies and looking into them is a hobby of mine but does not represent my views on society.
If anyone would like to add to this with their own conspiracies i would appriciate it as it is a very large topic of discussion.
I will leave you with one of the best sources of terrorism conspiracies for your enjoyment..
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8136133221213939183#
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Epistemology- a basic run through
Epistemology was one of the words that came up in the last lecture and to be honest, i had no idea what it meant. So i thought i would post something up to help everyone else if they also had some trouble understanding this, or even wondered what it meant.
In brief, epistemology focuses on the understanding of knowledge and justified belief. It asks questions to gain knowledge for this like---- What are the conditions of knowledge? What are the sources?And what structure and limits does it hold?
Epistemology focuses on the justification of your own beliefs. How justified are your justifications? Is this internal or external to your mind? It has alot to do with the creation of knowledge in specified areas of investigation.
Knowledge comes in many different forms, which you all should know. Things like the knowledge of certain subjects, how to do things, how to deal with problems and specific areas of interest.
This is simply outlined with a very simple scenario and deals with the conditions of knowledge through epistemology.
"Tom knows that James has gone to the park"
Through this we see toms knowledge is that james has gone to the park. But how do we clarify this? Through investigative means (like investigative journalism). What we ask is--- What are the necessary conditions for tom to know that james has gone to the park.
To go into slight more detail, these conditions can be solved in two different ways.
1)Traditional--- Toms knowledge that james has gone to the park can be justified true belief. However, if Tom did not beleive the it cant be propersitioned that tom knows. Make sense? Is what tom nkows even true? he may belive it but it may not be justified because belief could also be a lie. To justify it it has to meet 3 conditions of truth, belief and justification. If one fo these is out of line then you cant have knowledge of something.
2) the non-traditional method is similar but no the same. It deals with whether toms statement if true out of probability to save it being true just out of luck. Basically, a balance of probabilty rather than guessing something that turns out to be right. This "guessing" idea is also a problem known as the Gettier Problem.
My knoweldge is also starting to get a little jaded at this moment so I will make a couple more points and then that should leave you the basic idea of epistemology.
The idea of justification can also be shown with a different scenario.
"Tom asks dick a question and dick answered with a lie" was dick justified to tell a lie? " Harry thinks that dick was justified because toms question was innapropriate to which the answer was none of toms buisness."
What does it mean to think that dick was justified into telling a lie. Because of the innapropriateness of the question dick was under no obligation to refrain from lying, it was not her duty to tell the truth. This form is also called Deontological justification. Simply---- A is justified in doing B if and only A is not obliged to refrain from doing B.
Non- Deontological justification follows a simply reverse pattern.
Tom is justified in beleiving james has gone to the park if and only tom belives james has gone to the park on a basis that properly probabilifies toms beleif that james has done so.
After these points it becomes very simple, and you can see how these philosophies can be merged in with investigative journalism. The ideas of evidence vs reliability to justify your knowledge through the justification means come into alot of modern day journalism and most of us dont actually realise how often the points above actually happen.
In brief, epistemology focuses on the understanding of knowledge and justified belief. It asks questions to gain knowledge for this like---- What are the conditions of knowledge? What are the sources?And what structure and limits does it hold?
Epistemology focuses on the justification of your own beliefs. How justified are your justifications? Is this internal or external to your mind? It has alot to do with the creation of knowledge in specified areas of investigation.
Knowledge comes in many different forms, which you all should know. Things like the knowledge of certain subjects, how to do things, how to deal with problems and specific areas of interest.
This is simply outlined with a very simple scenario and deals with the conditions of knowledge through epistemology.
"Tom knows that James has gone to the park"
Through this we see toms knowledge is that james has gone to the park. But how do we clarify this? Through investigative means (like investigative journalism). What we ask is--- What are the necessary conditions for tom to know that james has gone to the park.
To go into slight more detail, these conditions can be solved in two different ways.
1)Traditional--- Toms knowledge that james has gone to the park can be justified true belief. However, if Tom did not beleive the it cant be propersitioned that tom knows. Make sense? Is what tom nkows even true? he may belive it but it may not be justified because belief could also be a lie. To justify it it has to meet 3 conditions of truth, belief and justification. If one fo these is out of line then you cant have knowledge of something.
2) the non-traditional method is similar but no the same. It deals with whether toms statement if true out of probability to save it being true just out of luck. Basically, a balance of probabilty rather than guessing something that turns out to be right. This "guessing" idea is also a problem known as the Gettier Problem.
My knoweldge is also starting to get a little jaded at this moment so I will make a couple more points and then that should leave you the basic idea of epistemology.
The idea of justification can also be shown with a different scenario.
"Tom asks dick a question and dick answered with a lie" was dick justified to tell a lie? " Harry thinks that dick was justified because toms question was innapropriate to which the answer was none of toms buisness."
What does it mean to think that dick was justified into telling a lie. Because of the innapropriateness of the question dick was under no obligation to refrain from lying, it was not her duty to tell the truth. This form is also called Deontological justification. Simply---- A is justified in doing B if and only A is not obliged to refrain from doing B.
Non- Deontological justification follows a simply reverse pattern.
Tom is justified in beleiving james has gone to the park if and only tom belives james has gone to the park on a basis that properly probabilifies toms beleif that james has done so.
After these points it becomes very simple, and you can see how these philosophies can be merged in with investigative journalism. The ideas of evidence vs reliability to justify your knowledge through the justification means come into alot of modern day journalism and most of us dont actually realise how often the points above actually happen.
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Eurovision hope
Unfortunately i happen to be a eurovision freak, i don't know what it is i just love watching it. Random acts of stupidty, strange costumes, normally outrageous dancing and the German act which normally includes some form of leather bondage costume or obscene singing.
I think our chances are good this year, yes the last few years have been pretty terrible i will say, mabey horrific. But we have an ace in the hole now, a man to change our fortunes in this war.....Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Yes the musical wizard, has personally picked our young hopeful, promoted her all over the world and even tried to change the minds of the eastern territories to stop the bias voting.
Will this really happen though. I mean i cant remmember a year where Cyprus didnt give Greece top marks. The same goes for Russia, Ukraine and Serbia. But after many events of the past year we can definately see some new votes coming in.
We know for a fact that Georgia is definately not going to give Russia and its followers anything due to the fighting that has been happening. Most of the powerful EU (France,Germany,Sweden) may vote for us because of our lead in the global financial crisis.
We can pretty much say that Eurovision is going to stay a pollitical fight for surrounding allies, however i think this year will be slightly different due to the fact that our singer is fantastic. What do you guys think?
I think our chances are good this year, yes the last few years have been pretty terrible i will say, mabey horrific. But we have an ace in the hole now, a man to change our fortunes in this war.....Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Yes the musical wizard, has personally picked our young hopeful, promoted her all over the world and even tried to change the minds of the eastern territories to stop the bias voting.
Will this really happen though. I mean i cant remmember a year where Cyprus didnt give Greece top marks. The same goes for Russia, Ukraine and Serbia. But after many events of the past year we can definately see some new votes coming in.
We know for a fact that Georgia is definately not going to give Russia and its followers anything due to the fighting that has been happening. Most of the powerful EU (France,Germany,Sweden) may vote for us because of our lead in the global financial crisis.
We can pretty much say that Eurovision is going to stay a pollitical fight for surrounding allies, however i think this year will be slightly different due to the fact that our singer is fantastic. What do you guys think?
Sunday, 3 May 2009
Gaming
I notice that everytime i try to sit down and write blogs i struggle to find something to talk about. It could be just laziness (probable). But as of today i think i might start doing something on it. It may be too late to do so. So i figure that to get myself into it i would talk about things that i enjoy. It starts with gaming.
Now many people will say that gaming is a waste of time, an immature hobby or a way to just make time fly by. I disagree with anyone who says computer games are brainwashing or for unintellectual beings.
I want to start with talking about my grandparents. They always said to me that computer games were a waste of talent and that there are better things to do with my time, which sometimes there are.
Grandparents, Parents and people about 15-20 years older than myself and fellow students may think this because of a number of reasons.
Retro gaming was a phenomena years ago and older people only ever got a simple taste of what the future could hold. For example games like Pong. A simple black and white 2D game with the most basic of concepts. Hit a ball with your brick looking thing past the other brick looking thing like tennis and you win YAY!
Games back then did not have the complex and depth they do today. Games now have deep and sometimes emotional story lines that hold you in tension all the way through playing. The game is no longer a "game" it is a story, a work of fiction, a movie if you like. And you are the characters, the fictional makeup that the game needs to function. You no longer play games, you are the game.
Most games today, especially on the nex-gen consoles like the PS3 and Xbox360, rely on your choices when you are playing. Different things will happen on the choices you make. OOO will i go that way and take him from behind or could i go in all guns blazing. This tiny example of choice will spur numerous different reactions from other AI (Artificial intellegence) in the scenarios you play in.
AI is also another key factor in the greatness of gaming today. AI in gaming means enemies or opposition in the games think for themselves. They have the same options you do as a gamer. They also have choice. Which makes gaming a more spectacular phenomena then ever before.
I want your opinion on gaming and what you guys think about it. I know some of you are very much into them others mabey not. But reply with your ideas.
Now many people will say that gaming is a waste of time, an immature hobby or a way to just make time fly by. I disagree with anyone who says computer games are brainwashing or for unintellectual beings.
I want to start with talking about my grandparents. They always said to me that computer games were a waste of talent and that there are better things to do with my time, which sometimes there are.
Grandparents, Parents and people about 15-20 years older than myself and fellow students may think this because of a number of reasons.
Retro gaming was a phenomena years ago and older people only ever got a simple taste of what the future could hold. For example games like Pong. A simple black and white 2D game with the most basic of concepts. Hit a ball with your brick looking thing past the other brick looking thing like tennis and you win YAY!
Games back then did not have the complex and depth they do today. Games now have deep and sometimes emotional story lines that hold you in tension all the way through playing. The game is no longer a "game" it is a story, a work of fiction, a movie if you like. And you are the characters, the fictional makeup that the game needs to function. You no longer play games, you are the game.
Most games today, especially on the nex-gen consoles like the PS3 and Xbox360, rely on your choices when you are playing. Different things will happen on the choices you make. OOO will i go that way and take him from behind or could i go in all guns blazing. This tiny example of choice will spur numerous different reactions from other AI (Artificial intellegence) in the scenarios you play in.
AI is also another key factor in the greatness of gaming today. AI in gaming means enemies or opposition in the games think for themselves. They have the same options you do as a gamer. They also have choice. Which makes gaming a more spectacular phenomena then ever before.
I want your opinion on gaming and what you guys think about it. I know some of you are very much into them others mabey not. But reply with your ideas.
Swine Flu: Pandemic or a Mild Symptom
Looking at Swine Flu over the last few days has made me think about whether or not it is really as bad as the WHO say it is. A few people all over the world are becoming infected with this strain of flu, and it does seem to be spreading at a fairly fast rate. But is it really going to be threatning to the health of the world?
Confirmed cases of Swine Flu have risen to 16 in the UK now and it seems to be under control. All the individuals in question have indeed had contacts with people who have either vistited Mexico or Mexicans themselves so we can understand why they have caught it.
I get a little hazy as to why everyone is going mad about this Swine Flu though. I mean, the amount of people who have died, got it and transmitted it is the tinyest fraction of the human population possible.
Secondly, the symptoms are supposed to be fairly similar to normal, bog standard flu. How do we know that some cases are actually just flu?
I think that one of the main problems I have with it is that Mexico have lowered the amount of suspected deaths from 176 to 101. It says to me that the unnacounted deaths were probably from other diseases or illnesses. Can we really be sure that this a mass killer, or is it going completely blown out of proportion, I leave you to decide.
All I know is theres no way in hell im going to Mexico.
Confirmed cases of Swine Flu have risen to 16 in the UK now and it seems to be under control. All the individuals in question have indeed had contacts with people who have either vistited Mexico or Mexicans themselves so we can understand why they have caught it.
I get a little hazy as to why everyone is going mad about this Swine Flu though. I mean, the amount of people who have died, got it and transmitted it is the tinyest fraction of the human population possible.
Secondly, the symptoms are supposed to be fairly similar to normal, bog standard flu. How do we know that some cases are actually just flu?
I think that one of the main problems I have with it is that Mexico have lowered the amount of suspected deaths from 176 to 101. It says to me that the unnacounted deaths were probably from other diseases or illnesses. Can we really be sure that this a mass killer, or is it going completely blown out of proportion, I leave you to decide.
All I know is theres no way in hell im going to Mexico.
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Start anew
Right instead of planning stuff out and trying to organise this bloody thing i think im just gonna write about whatever the hell I like from now. hoorah!
Thursday, 12 March 2009
apologies
Ah! sorry to all i keep on forgetting to write on the blog. As of tomorrow i should be adding a different section to this blog, or mabey a new one. I will be writing about any events happening in the world of the xbox 360 i.e reviews, new releases and any kind of subject that springs into my head. This should also motivate me to write about the politics lectures aswell, so there should be more posts up on that as off our next lecture.
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Does it really need to be said that much.....
Most of you have been watching or reading the news this week and there is one story which i am starting to get tired of. Jade Goody has been told she has around 2 months to live due to cancer, sad story, yes, news worthy, yes. It is an emotive story she has young kids who wont understand why and shes using her last few moments to marry her partner. Beautiful. to constantly have it in the papers and in the news is outrageous.
Front page of the sun yesterday said how she is being brave shopping for a wedding dress. She isn't being brave she is doing what any other person would do in the circumstances, go and spend as much money as possible. The full story showed a picture of her in a wheel chair. Sad to look at, but not so sad when you look at the picture of Emporio Armani next to it.
I'm not saying I hate Jade Goody, nor am I saying that no one cares. But what on earth has she honestly done for the country. A thick sponge is put onto a reality T.V show and automatically gains celebrity status. The loud mouthed beaver gets put on the show again and tries to get more attention but making unintelligent and completely unimaginative racist, if you call it racist, remarks to a bollywood puppet. A huge media uproar started just because a slightly pale smurf stated a tasty yet dry indian snack after the name of an indian woman. Rediculous.
All i'm trying to say is if it were Sir David Attenborough in Goody's position, i would be upset and i would expect large coverage because he is a pure british legend and has actually done something for the respectable public. Goody appeared on Big Brother.
I was upset when Steve Irwin died, he did something. I was upset when Heath Ledger died, he did something. I was upset when Bob Munkhouse died, he did something. If keith chegwin died I would also be upset. But Jade has done sweet sod all apart from being stupid. It's upsetting yes, and I know i'm probably being rather cruel, but a page or two in a paper for 1 day would have been enough to make me go "aw thats quite sad", now it's getting rediculous.
Now a little more for paper stupidity. Front page of the mirror today states " Jade to get her dream wedding". Ahem, sorry did it just say "dream" wedding. I don't think her dream wedding involved her being pushed down the isle in a medical wheel chair on the drip thank you. I will take her side for this. I'm sorry her "dream" wedding, i'm pretty sure cancer didn't come into the equasion when her and her partner were thinking of the idea. Not only that they put a picture of her wedding location which actually looks beautiful.
Why isn't she putting money into cancer research? Why isn't she doing talks on how she has tried fighting it? She is winging and moaning about her cancer, but has she forgotten about the other 100's of thousands of people who also suffer? Attention seeking once again, still not caring about the other members of society.
Front page of the sun yesterday said how she is being brave shopping for a wedding dress. She isn't being brave she is doing what any other person would do in the circumstances, go and spend as much money as possible. The full story showed a picture of her in a wheel chair. Sad to look at, but not so sad when you look at the picture of Emporio Armani next to it.
I'm not saying I hate Jade Goody, nor am I saying that no one cares. But what on earth has she honestly done for the country. A thick sponge is put onto a reality T.V show and automatically gains celebrity status. The loud mouthed beaver gets put on the show again and tries to get more attention but making unintelligent and completely unimaginative racist, if you call it racist, remarks to a bollywood puppet. A huge media uproar started just because a slightly pale smurf stated a tasty yet dry indian snack after the name of an indian woman. Rediculous.
All i'm trying to say is if it were Sir David Attenborough in Goody's position, i would be upset and i would expect large coverage because he is a pure british legend and has actually done something for the respectable public. Goody appeared on Big Brother.
I was upset when Steve Irwin died, he did something. I was upset when Heath Ledger died, he did something. I was upset when Bob Munkhouse died, he did something. If keith chegwin died I would also be upset. But Jade has done sweet sod all apart from being stupid. It's upsetting yes, and I know i'm probably being rather cruel, but a page or two in a paper for 1 day would have been enough to make me go "aw thats quite sad", now it's getting rediculous.
Now a little more for paper stupidity. Front page of the mirror today states " Jade to get her dream wedding". Ahem, sorry did it just say "dream" wedding. I don't think her dream wedding involved her being pushed down the isle in a medical wheel chair on the drip thank you. I will take her side for this. I'm sorry her "dream" wedding, i'm pretty sure cancer didn't come into the equasion when her and her partner were thinking of the idea. Not only that they put a picture of her wedding location which actually looks beautiful.
Why isn't she putting money into cancer research? Why isn't she doing talks on how she has tried fighting it? She is winging and moaning about her cancer, but has she forgotten about the other 100's of thousands of people who also suffer? Attention seeking once again, still not caring about the other members of society.
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Orwellian state
During the lecture today, we were foretold the ideas of the state, what it means and different variations of how the state worked, works now and how it could work in the future. I did notice that George Orwell was mentionned at sometime during the lecture, however brief, so i would like to do a little para on what George Orwell's ideas convey.
In Orwell's book, Nineteen eighty four, he mentions numerous ideas about how the state should work and what could be acheieved by this. You guys know that rediculous programme where a number of "randomly" selected individuals partake in a 13 long, long, long weeks of grueling stupidity, retina straining nudity and down right bolluks. Yes, yes, BigBrother. This idea that "BigBrother is always watching you", was origionally thought up by George Orwell. His ideas included a complete state of surveilance where no one was free from cameras, listening devices and the national service.
This may seem like a good idea to the naked eye, but Orwell predicted this outcome and also predicted the ideas of anarchy that is caused by this ordeal. Today, we are nearlly on an epidemic. CCTV lies everywhere we walk, our credit cards are tabbed everywhere we use them, the new chip cards in passports keep a record of wherever we travel. We are slowly falling into this "Orwellian State", and wanted to highlight an important factor of the state, but let you guys realise the horror of what actually goes on behind the picture.
Oh yeah, BigBrother is shite never watch it again :-)
Another addition, when i start i should be uploading a "terry's daily fun" section on this blog. This will include anything funny i find on the likes of youtube or any other website which i think you guys will appriciate. Most of them will be mildly rude and some of them fairly clean, but i guess your all adults and can understand this.
Be posting at some point soon goodbye!!
In Orwell's book, Nineteen eighty four, he mentions numerous ideas about how the state should work and what could be acheieved by this. You guys know that rediculous programme where a number of "randomly" selected individuals partake in a 13 long, long, long weeks of grueling stupidity, retina straining nudity and down right bolluks. Yes, yes, BigBrother. This idea that "BigBrother is always watching you", was origionally thought up by George Orwell. His ideas included a complete state of surveilance where no one was free from cameras, listening devices and the national service.
This may seem like a good idea to the naked eye, but Orwell predicted this outcome and also predicted the ideas of anarchy that is caused by this ordeal. Today, we are nearlly on an epidemic. CCTV lies everywhere we walk, our credit cards are tabbed everywhere we use them, the new chip cards in passports keep a record of wherever we travel. We are slowly falling into this "Orwellian State", and wanted to highlight an important factor of the state, but let you guys realise the horror of what actually goes on behind the picture.
Oh yeah, BigBrother is shite never watch it again :-)
Another addition, when i start i should be uploading a "terry's daily fun" section on this blog. This will include anything funny i find on the likes of youtube or any other website which i think you guys will appriciate. Most of them will be mildly rude and some of them fairly clean, but i guess your all adults and can understand this.
Be posting at some point soon goodbye!!
An introduction....
Obviously this is my first post and because this is fairly new to me, it might not be as literate as some scholars might think. So to start of my name is Terry, my hobbies will come to light at some point I deem neccessary to save my own dignity. This blog is going to start off slow, however, it should pick up as I get used to it. Items will include overviews of the lectures I have attended and political issues that are happening or upcoming in the news.
Will post another artical nearly straight after this one..
Will post another artical nearly straight after this one..
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