The "Debates"(wow that was embarassing)

So, as painful as it was, I gave in and watched the debate between Portia and Bruce  HERE.

Needless to say I felt a strangely powerful sense of deja-vu that reminded me of my fourth grade English class--as well as a need to share the following paragraph whose author shall remain anonymous ( since its clear that BOTH sides must understand the concept even if one side seems to understand it a little better):

"The general drift [is that] it is the masses of simpletons who determine election victories and defeats. And since the people are incapable of sophisticated political understanding only simplistic messages can be delivered to them as entertaining sloganeering from the political platform. The political platform he regards "as the best means of communication to the general public" in this age of mass media. In countries where the society has a literate tradition, there is better understanding of the main issues which affect the country, he says, but Jamaica is not a literary society; it is an oral one, implying incapacity to deal with complex issues."

Comments

[mars]

Interesting post. Sat thru the whole thing. Thanks.