Friday, December 29, 2006
Citizen Journalism
timely. fascinating. insights.
INDCJournal at At Kuwait’s “Not to Forget Museum”
“This is the head of a statue that was toppled in Tikrit, donated to the museum by the Coalition. The bust sits in a re-creation of the spider hole and farm where Hussein was discovered by GI’s. World-class schadenfreude ...” --INDC Bill
[that’d make a mighty fine men’s room...]
*clicky*clicky*—much more to see [includes some graphic images]
His American-educated guide discussing the popularity of conspiracy theories in the Arabic world:
“Right after WWII, Arabic countries began to achieve their independence and at that time many were backward. They looked at the west, very sophisticated, and still many were poor and lack(ed) technology, and they were trying to build modern societies. But many people still were illiterate, and many naive, so (the rulers) used conspiracy theory to motivate the population, because conspiracy theory has more in common with the myth, the superstition, that are very effective in non-educated societies."
I think this applies today more than many realize. [and our excuse?]
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