tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post5561645773094433669..comments2024-03-24T11:22:15.548+00:00Comments on Lustig's Letter: Welcome to a fact-free worldRobin Lustighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00578195216460807588noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-18400770951314879052016-06-09T15:18:34.096+00:002016-06-09T15:18:34.096+00:00Nice one Robin! I remember the quote from the Bush...Nice one Robin! I remember the quote from the Bush aide "‘We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.’ from many years past when we worked together. It sent a shiver down my spine then and I have quoted it to others many times since. To be honest, the whole "fact-free world" concept scares the hell out of me.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-39773573703459976232016-06-08T21:39:13.701+00:002016-06-08T21:39:13.701+00:00I think that you are jealous of those people with ...I think that you are jealous of those people with personality. Sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-64631695473824328742016-06-06T09:48:12.183+00:002016-06-06T09:48:12.183+00:00Lie after lie after lie has been left unchallenged...Lie after lie after lie has been left unchallenged by the present UK government. It sets an appalling example to the world and to its citizens. No wonder such buffoons (?) are allowed to prosper. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-44015749773289322016-06-03T15:08:46.824+00:002016-06-03T15:08:46.824+00:00"Our politics, religion, news, athletics, edu..."Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice. The result is that we are a people on the verge of amusing ourselves to death.” <br />― Neil Postman "Amusing Ourselves to Death"<br /><br />When this book came out in 1985 there was considerable criticism in the press, mainly on the lines of "He's an academic, so what does he know?" 31 years later and his words ring even more true than they did then. Sadly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com