Zeitgeist

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  1. battig1370 Registered Senior Member

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    March 15, 2008 the movie 'Zeitgeist' will be shown in many city and communities around the world. This documentary movie is available on the internet. google > Zeitgeist

    It will be interesting to see what reaction this movie will have. Watch 'Zeitgeist'.

    What kind of reaction do you think will take place?
     
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  3. John99 Banned Banned

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    The only place i really hear about this movie is here and i think it is most of the time by you. Reaction to what parts?
     
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  5. DramaQueen Registered Member

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    Great movie.. could see some mixed reactions.
     
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  7. Kadark Banned Banned

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    Even though I'm not Christian, I found the first trimester of the movie to be irrelevant and uninteresting. The other 2/3 of the movie were magnificent.
     
  8. John99 Banned Banned

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    I never watched the last 2/3rds of the movie because the first part was all conjecture and couldnt see wasting my time. Not that it could not be of some significance but opinions no longer interests me. These are serious issues and i prefer to draw my own conclusions from verifiable data. The days of me sitting in front of a video and going oooohhh...aaahhhh are long gone. I just demand proof.
     
  9. Jason Chapman Registered Senior Member

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    I watched this film a few months ago now. Its is a good film, but you have to watch it objectively and with an open mind. Its common knowledge that the world is run by people who are corrupt. You cannot be honest if you want to rule the world.

    The film does demonstrate that main stream media 'TV newspapers, magazines etc.' Are still a separate entity from the internet. Yes they use the web for their own ends, but whenever they broadcast a story relating to any kind of conspiracy theory they always treat it with ridicule, and blame the internet for spawning a generation of conspiracy nuts.
    Of course this is untrue, there have always been people out there who are less likely to believe what they read in the papers or see on the TV. It’s just until ten years ago or so they never had a chance to air their views in public. I used to be an angry person, screaming and shouting at all manner of subjects, however if you scream and shout no one takes you seriously, which is why I just write objectively and as calmly as possible.
     
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    Do you pay royalties to the BBC for your avatar ?
     
  11. Jason Chapman Registered Senior Member

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    My opologies I didn't think anyone would take any notice of the avatar. The one I have changed it to is my own creation so I have full copyright.
     
  12. Myles Registered Senior Member

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    I was just kidding. The BBC hasn't used it for donkey's years.
     
  13. Jason Chapman Registered Senior Member

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    Thought you were one of the moderators.:shy:
     
  14. Challenger78 Valued Senior Member

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    I saw the movie and was blown away, but I did some digging around, and alot of the rhetoric they use isn't true. However, I haven't found alternate sources on why exercises were being run at the same time, so either it did happen or not.
    *possible spoilers*...

    Read Only says that the part about the Federal Reserve having no oversight is false, but he's just one poster, with or without credentials.

    The religion bit will probably get the most reactions and acceptance, The 9/11 bit, (while not entirely plausible, wouldn't surprise many if it was true, but will probably outrage those that are right wing..etc. The Fed reserve might convince some people in the states, but I doubt it'll have any impact worldwide.
     
  15. John99 Banned Banned

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    Truth is the saddest casualty of the internet. I would believe something carved into a cave wall with the fingernails of wild beasts 4,000 years old before i believe what i read on the internet ten minutes ago.
     
  16. Jason Chapman Registered Senior Member

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    Oh yeah I agree with you on that one but do you believe what you see on the news and read in the newspapers? If yes then what and who do you trust?
     
  17. sly1 Heartless Registered Senior Member

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    I trust the every-day normal person who really has nothing to gain from lying to you or me...OVER...the money hungry corporations that run the mass media and have EVERYTHING to gain from lying to you and me...

    We have to get our info from somewhere, I find the internet to be as full of garbage as anywhere else but it has more truth than most major sources.

    Yet you cross me as someone who is religious and believes in god/Jesus...

    Do you really demand proof or do you just pick and choose when proof is necessary at your convenience??
     
  18. John99 Banned Banned

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    People are all the same, you have good and bad across the board. This should come as no revelation. The other poster uses terms like 'ruler of the world' and stuff like that whic i think is far fetched.

    I am NOT a religious person, it is really as simple as that. If arguments are presented that try to prove the non-existance of one person against facts and similarities about others who SUPPOSEDLY did not exist then you dont see the problem?

    As far as the movie, if i can watch it for free and not in a compressed window then i would sit there and probably get as much out of it as any other editorialized documentary, i am really not impressionable like that and honestly you can see the same developments in a Dan Brown novel or many works of complete fiction. Its really not the important to me and it is just a matter of distinguishing between facts and reality or someones interpretation of reality.

    As far as trust in media, this can be debated for hours. I DO trust the main media sources like BBC AND CNN because there is some accountibility that is lost on the internet web pages of anyone who can afford $20.00 a month, although that should be obvious. But trust is not the issue and i never brought the word up it is more about being right and accurate.

    I think belief and trust are two very different things.
     

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