We as a society are afraid of Mad Cow Disease and E. Coli outbreaks but not of having a heart attack from eating to much processed food. We smoke cigarettes like they're going out of style, drive recklessly at high speeds, and don't wash our hands after using the bathroom. Avian Bird Flu has killed NO ONE in the US and we are terrified of it, but don't get vaccinated for the common flu which kills thousands of people every year. We spend a lot of time worrying about Terrosist Threat Levels being raised to orange and bickering about closing off the borders and the issues of immigration yet completely ignore our ports which take in Billions of foreign products EVERY DAY! Why?
I saw an article about this in the most recent TIME Magazine and found it fascinating. Just passing it on.
2006-12-01 00:14:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Allot of the problem here is allot of people don't seem to be able to think for themselves nowadays, they just spew back stuff the media has told them. The media, and everyone else for that matter has a bias (a point of view), not only do they have a bias , but many media outlets have an agenda, so the people who trust the media 100% often end up with the very same agenda of the media they pay attention to most frequently.
To prove to you that most people are not thinking for themselves
you are right that people are afraid of E.Coli on spinach, and that allot of people don't wash their hands after using the rest room.
They irony of this is one of the reasons that it is important to wash your hands after using the rest room is you can get E.Coli
from touching your bottom after having a bowel movement, and then eating with the same hand you wipe with. So people are afraid of E.Coli only if it comes from spinach or lettuce and not from it's most common source.
I congratulate you for spotting something that allot of people don't seem to notice.
The only answer I can see for this is alternate news sources, one day listen to the radio news, one day watch the tv news, next day go to the internet, and on the weekend pick a news story to learn more about at the library.
Also when you spot something that the media got wrong contact that news source and tell them what they got wrong, and if appropriate tell your lawmakers at Congress.org
2006-12-01 01:18:39 · answer #1 · answered by Mad Maxine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I live in fantasy, so I'm not afraid of the wrong things.
2006-12-01 08:46:00 · answer #2 · answered by linda c 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your like deep, your like double super-duper neato are you like in fifth grade or something?
2006-12-01 08:30:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋