http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/03...reut/index.html

so?

800,000 machette deaths in less than 10 years?

 

I guess the media is not always a scape-goat and does have some sway over hearts and minds.....

Are you kidding? It happened on the African continent. Basically nobody in America cares. As a country the general ignorance of what happens in Africa is amazing. The great majority of people couldn't find Rwanda on a map, let alone tell you what a Hutu or Tutsi are.

I was talking about their media or media in general.

 

But your (honest and depressing) point is well taken.

let alone tell you what a Hutu or Tutsi are

 

 

Common now, those are Dustin Hoffman movies.

 

 

Curveball

I was talking about their media or media in general.

 

But your (honest and depressing) point is well taken.

But we as American's know what we see on TV has no affect on how we live our lives

But we as American's know what we see on TV has no affect on how we live our lives  

Yeah....perception, subconscience, nurture and motivation have long been debunked as silly elitist superstition.

 

American people know better.