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Post by MOHC TheGirl on Dec 22, 2003 17:45:38 GMT -6
In the wemonk discussion, the issue of propaganda was brought up. I think the patches are terrific propaganda. I will make myself one I think. We really ought to have more propaganda...
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Post by The Admin on Dec 23, 2003 11:18:48 GMT -6
Propaganda is a means and must, therefore, be judged in relation to the end it is intended to serve. It must be organized in such a way as to be capable of attaining its objective. And, as it is quite clear that the importance of the objective may vary from the standpoint of general necessity, the essential internal character of the propaganda must vary accordingly. The cause for which we fought during the War was the noblest and highest that man could strive for. We were fighting for the freedom and independence of our country, for the security of our future welfare and the honour of the nation. Despite all views to the contrary, this honour does actually exist, or rather it will have to exist; for a nation without honour will sooner or later lose its freedom and independence. This is in accordance with the ruling of a higher justice, for a generation of poltroons is not entitled to freedom. He who would be a slave cannot have honour; for such honour would soon become an object of general scorn.
From our Holy Text, Mein Kampf
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Post by The Admin on Dec 23, 2003 11:20:14 GMT -6
More on propaganda
Propaganda must always address itself to the broad masses of the people. For the intellectual classes, or what are called the intellectual classes to-day, propaganda is not suited, but only scientific exposition. Propaganda has as little to do with science as an advertisement poster has to do with art, as far as concerns the form in which it presents its message. The art of the advertisement poster consists in the ability of the designer to attract the attention of the crowd through the form and colours he chooses. The advertisement poster announcing an exhibition of art has no other aim than to convince the public of the importance of the exhibition. The better it does that, the better is the art of the poster as such. Being meant accordingly to impress upon the public the meaning of the exposition, the poster can never take the place of the artistic objects displayed in the exposition hall. They are something entirely different. Therefore. those who wish to study the artistic display must study something that is quite different from the poster; indeed for that purpose a mere wandering through the exhibition galleries is of no use. The student of art must carefully and thoroughly study each exhibit in order slowly to form a judicious opinion about it.
The situation is the same in regard to what we understand by the word, propaganda. The purpose of propaganda is not the personal instruction of the individual, but rather to attract public attention to certain things, the importance of which can be brought home to the masses only by this means.
Here the art of propaganda consists in putting a matter so clearly and forcibly before the minds of the people as to create a general conviction regarding the reality of a certain fact, the necessity of certain things and the just character of something that is essential. But as this art is not an end in itself and because its purpose must be exactly that of the advertisement poster, to attract the attention of the masses and not by any means to dispense individual instructions to those who already have an educated opinion on things or who wish to form such an opinion on grounds of objective study - because that is not the purpose of propaganda, it must appeal to the feelings of the public rather than to their reasoning powers.
All propaganda must be presented in a popular form and must fix its intellectual level so as not to be above the heads of the least intellectual of those to whom it is directed. Thus its purely intellectual level will have to be that of the lowest mental common denominator among the public it is desired to reach. When there is question of bringing a whole nation within the circle of its influence, as happens in the case of war propaganda, then too much attention cannot be paid to the necessity of avoiding a high level, which presupposes a relatively high degree of intelligence among the public.
The more modest the scientific tenor of this propaganda and the more it is addressed exclusively to public sentiment, the more decisive will be its success. This is the best test of the value of a propaganda, and not the approbation of a small group of intellectuals or artistic people.
The art of propaganda consists precisely in being able to awaken the imagination of the public through an appeal to their feelings, in finding the appropriate psychological form that will arrest the attention and appeal to the hearts of the national masses. That this is not understood by those among us whose wits are supposed to have been sharpened to the highest pitch is only another proof of their vanity or mental inertia.
Once we have understood how necessary it is to concentrate the persuasive forces of propaganda on the broad masses of the people, the following lessons result therefrom:
That it is a mistake to organize the direct propaganda as if it were a manifold system of scientific instruction.
The receptive powers of the masses are very restricted, and their understanding is feeble. On the other hand, they quickly forget. Such being the case, all effective propaganda must be confined to a few bare essentials and those must be expressed as far as possible in stereotyped formulas. These slogans should be persistently repeated until the very last individual has come to grasp the idea that has been put forward. If this principle be forgotten and if an attempt be made to be abstract and general, the propaganda will turn out ineffective; for the public will not be able to digest or retain what is offered to them in this way. Therefore, the greater the scope of the message that has to be presented, the more necessary it is for the propaganda to discover that plan of action which is psychologically the most efficient.
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Post by MOHC TheGirl on Dec 23, 2003 16:44:47 GMT -6
Is any of that your own writing, or is it all mien kampf?
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Post by The Admin on Dec 24, 2003 15:44:07 GMT -6
Mein Kampf, although the scary thing is it sounds a lot like stuff I would say, doesn't it?
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Post by MOHC TheGirl on Dec 25, 2003 11:56:06 GMT -6
It is remotely creepy. Not all of it sounds like you. But bits and pieces certainly have a lowgie quality to them...
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Post by HCMBrainCandy on Dec 26, 2003 11:14:59 GMT -6
That's just a way us people talk. But, that leads to the conclusion that us and Hitler think in a somewhat similar manner.
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Post by MOHC TheGirl on Dec 26, 2003 14:01:12 GMT -6
WHat is this "us"? Was I addressing you at any point in this post? I thought not. Please feel free to not include yourself, at anytime. Thank you. ;D
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Post by The Admin on Dec 26, 2003 17:57:55 GMT -6
BC's problem is that Hitler and I can both speak well, but he can't.
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Post by MOHC TheGirl on Dec 26, 2003 19:38:35 GMT -6
THat's cold but true!
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Post by HCMBrainCandy on Dec 26, 2003 19:55:05 GMT -6
I regard no rules other than my own. Thank you.
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Post by MOHC TheGirl on Dec 26, 2003 19:56:38 GMT -6
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Post by The Admin on Dec 28, 2003 17:14:37 GMT -6
BC is once again mildly confused... This is normal... You don't think he'd dare be my arc-nemisis if he had the least clue as to what he was doing, do you? Also, no matter what he says, he doesn't nearly measure up to Hitler.
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Post by MOHC TheGirl on Dec 28, 2003 18:32:21 GMT -6
Mildly confused? I'd hate to see severly if this is mild!!!!! ;D
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Post by The Admin on Dec 29, 2003 16:15:15 GMT -6
Severly is when he forgets that walls can't feel pain and kicks them anyways...
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Post by HCMBrainCandy on Dec 29, 2003 22:21:50 GMT -6
So what Zoel is also saying is that he doesn't have the least clue what's going on either.
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Post by The Admin on Dec 30, 2003 19:26:44 GMT -6
What ZOel is saying is that if BC isn't careful, he's going to kill Drewen in the final battle just to spite him! Soha!
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Post by HCMBrainCandy on Dec 31, 2003 11:59:02 GMT -6
Go ahead and try!!!
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Post by The Admin on Dec 31, 2003 18:51:37 GMT -6
Okay, I conceed that it will be difficult [since I love you so much, and also since I probably won't ever write the final battle] but I am still warning you, BC. Drewen's life is in danger if you keep this up.
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Post by MOHC TheGirl on Jan 1, 2004 11:38:52 GMT -6
this isn't genius wars boys.
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Post by The Admin on Jan 1, 2004 15:11:57 GMT -6
Sorry....
But I did finish Part Nine in my book which is the first final battle [if that makes no sense at all]
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Post by MOHC TheGirl on Jan 2, 2004 20:42:39 GMT -6
it doesn't make any!
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Post by beanababe on Jan 2, 2004 21:36:35 GMT -6
What book?
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Post by The Admin on Jan 3, 2004 10:15:14 GMT -6
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Post by HCMBrainCandy on Jan 8, 2004 17:41:02 GMT -6
Zoel, why doesn't your link have an http:// in front so it's an actual link?
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Post by beanababe on Jan 8, 2004 21:57:12 GMT -6
Cause he figured we are all smart enough to figure it out
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Post by HCMBrainCandy on Jan 9, 2004 22:42:36 GMT -6
Hehehe...
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Post by beanababe on Jan 9, 2004 22:43:57 GMT -6
BC you should at least say something...you always just leave a he he he and thats it...
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Post by HCMBrainCandy on Jan 10, 2004 12:15:06 GMT -6
I should have figured that you wouldn't get the hehehe's. Zoel probebly would, but then he'd claim he didn't just to spite me...
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Post by The Admin on Jan 10, 2004 21:03:48 GMT -6
Actually, there was a definate logical reason, but it's all very technical and complex so I wouldn't understand any of you to figure it out unless I told you
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