(3 reader(s) have rated this comic 4.67 out of 5)
Loading ...
Doing as the Voices Say.
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 by Admiral_CoeymanT-Shirts make for good titles. That does not mean that I have a tirade to go with any of those titles. Stand up philosophy is part ripping off cheap sound bytes and part letting your mind wander down dark alleys in the dangerous parts of town. When my mind gets out of traction, I will be sure to write something that is as witty as the title I selected to head it all off. In all likelihood, I’ll be out of good titles by that time.
People who think with their emotions are easy to sway. It is not what you show that manipulates hearts and minds, but the way in which you show it. Nothing is ever neutral. Enough of the right pictures and the general public could be turned against fighting Adolph Hitler. Joseph Stalin makes Adolph Hitler look like a girl scout but, like Vlad the Impaler, Stalin is still viewed as a hero in some circles.
We know, in words, what Hitler and Vlad did. You cannot help being repulsed by the images of the things that they have done. It is a prejudice that the mind cannot reason itself around. Just because it is a prejudice does not make it wrong. That is just my point.
It is not that we are doing what the little voices say. We are doing what the little pictures command. Did you hear that the Associated Press was caught manipulating the pictures used in some news stories? Stuffed animals are light and do not often land on top of piles of rubble. The little pictures tell us what to think because the mind leads our actions.
This seems to be a specifically fitting tirade to post under a comic strip. When you come to this site, reading this strip, you agree to let yourself be manipulated by a story that, as far as you are allowed to know, is fictional. Have you considered how you have been shaped by the little stories that you have been told? Fiction is the catalyst for deep thought. This is entirely too deep of a subject for a Monday.
