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However, we live in a society where candidates are "sold" to voters by political consulting firms, where the electorate is actively manipulated by sound bites and empty catch phrases, and where an increasing number of individuals have become so cynical about the political process that they don't even bother to vote. That space where politicians communicate arguments to citizens and citizens develop their own opinions is in serious jeopardy. If Cotton is genuinely committed to his "true model of deliberative democracy," then it seems that he has much to learn from Habermas after all. --Jared H. Beck...
...should Johnny bother to read when the vast majority of teachers and parents prefer football games to science fairs?" NATASHA X. JACOBS Bloomington...
...several clips of propaganda-type films, which seem to be poking fun at Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" series of publicity movies for World War II. More than anything, the film seems confused at these points, as if going through the motions of something it would rather not bother with. The political concerns are therefore glossed over with alacrity and a minimum of depth and discussion. Someone obviously took a quickly decided that it would make a fantastic opportunity to have people eaten by bugs on screen. The movie seems positively relieved to put aside the socio-political aspects...
...shirts. It all seemed like such a perfectly organized circus to us that Jiang might take the idea back to his own military state. The message for the next Communist Party convention? If you can manipulate and manage dissent so as not to have it taken seriously, why bother shooting...
...didn't bother us that we had to change [the routine] if it's what the people of the show wanted, but there was no way we were trying to endorse the beating of women," he said...