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To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (119832)	11/17/2003 7:20:09 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The biggest problem with media, particularly here in the US, is that it's driven by advertising revenue and desire to always increase circulation True, but determinism of freedom (sort of -g) dictates that this is how it must be. Otherwise, who is going to pay for the media? A special "Media tax"? Moreover, can you make it verbotten for mainstream media to accept payments for promotion? If you will, you'll basically push advertisers towards sponsoring a "parallell" media, where ads would be allowed - and history would repeat itself... Like with everything in a free society, there is a price to pay - and one is guaranteed to get some bad along with the good. Beats getting government controlled one party BS.

To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (119832)	11/17/2003 8:56:54 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In this scene, a group of rabbis and other Jews in a Romanian ghetto gather to torture and kill the father of Theodor Herzl's mistress, the owner of a brothel. The man was found guilty of marrying a non-Jewish woman. (Al-Manar TV, Lebanon, November 1, 2003) Man: "Water, water." Head Rabbi: "You hold his nose shut. You, open his mouth with tongs. You, pour lead into his mouth. You, cut off his ears. You, stab his body with a knife before the lead kills him. This is a sacred Talmudic court; if any of you fails in his mission I will try you just like this criminal." (The men proceed to carry out their duties, pouring lead down the man's throat, cutting off his ears, and stabbing him.) Man: "Water, water." Cool, huh? This was a scene from the new Syrian TV series - it seems that they must be in competition with the Egyptian "Elders of Zion" masterpiece. Just imagine the outcry if anyone would dare make - nay, dare propose - a movie based on the "Satanic Verses". memri.org