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| From | D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? |
| Date | 2018-05-02 16:23 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <20180502a@crcomp.net> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <p82EI4.1s3G@kithrup.com> <XnsA8D58711D3A6Dtaustingmail@69.16.179.42> <p82H6A.1y0C@kithrup.com> <fa487f78-9dc6-4a00-9d42-369f2818f24a@googlegroups.com> <XnsA8D5AAA67A65Btaustingmail@69.16.179.43> |
Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote: > Once again, you snip out all of what you're replying to, so it's > impossible to even tell *who* you are replying to without reloading > old messages. > > Dumbass. > > Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in > news:fa487f78-9dc6-4a00-9d42-369f2818f24a@googlegroups.com: > >> When Orson Welles broadcast his adaptation of The War of the >> Worlds, a few dozen individuals, who tuned in after the program >> began, thus missing the announcement of what was to come, were >> in fact confused, and did panic. >> >> A few dozen, across the length and breadth of the United States >> of America. > > Yeah, pretty much. You'll find more people today who believe that > most elected officials are actually lizard people disguised as > humans. >> >> While this was hardly plunging the nation into chaos - and no >> tragedies resulted, although one suicide was narrowly averted - >> it was sufficient to create a realization of the power and >> potential danger of radio, and so it led to a more extensive >> level of government regulation thereof. >> > Not really, no. That's a fantasy of people who have advertisting to > sell, and know that panic and outrage will bring the best rates. > Decades before the Welles broadcast, monopolistic minded mass media tyrants such as General David Sarnoff enlisted Uncle Sam to quash person-to-person two-way radio communications in favor of one-to-many one-way radio /broadcasts/. General Sarnoff's Empire of the Air was a fait accompli long before Madison Avenue baffle-gabbed about the reported _War of the Worlds_ mass hysteria in 1938. ✍ Thank you, -- Don
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