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[Blackmane]

Originally Posted by manasecret

Propaganda.

The Peak Oil ideas are very interesting and I'd like to read more about that. But that website seems like a lot of political propaganda against the right.

Look at the way it's written.

The way things are presented is very propaganda-like, with very little point-counterpoint discussions about differing viewpoints. Instead, it's written with incendiary accusations and acting as if everything it says is pure fact. It seems very inflammatory, if that's the right word, like it's trying to use apocalyptic scare tactics or guilt to move people into action for something that isn't necessarily true. In other words, propaganda.

But hey, I didn't read it all. I was interested until I started reading the anti-war, anti-Bush drivel. I don't like Bush much, but once politics enters an article like that I take it with a grain of salt.

So if you think I'm wrong, fine. I'm not going to argue about it.

P.S. Some choice quotes.

What are some steps that I can take in the next few days to begin addressing this situation?

-5. Adopt a vegetarian/ vegan diet, or at least reduce your meat consumption as much as you can.

-12. Investigate alternative forms of health care such as bioenergetic healing, self hypnosis etc. . .

It merely said that going to war to fight for the last scraps of oil that were feasible to mine is foolish. He also said that Bush was one of the first to acknoledge the problem and put money behind finding new sources of energy, something he stated Clinton never did.

I found no signs of any real bias, lots of quotes from many different sources of opinion, and very well explained and thought out ideas, though perhaps a little more doomsdayish than other sources. Read the article completely before you make accusations against it.

The scary thing is that we can see some of this stuff beginning to occur. Just think about the soaring prices of gas and reading the newspaper about the lack of cooperation of middle-east countries in the "war on terror". It's kinda creepy.