My mind works funny connecting one thought to another and another. The results of what I call my "mild schizophrenia" can be interesting to see.
Yesterday I, like everyone else, read the open letter from John Pilger to Noam Chomsky published by Common Dreams.
John Pilger's letter here
I was mildly curious as I read it...but, call me cynical, I wasn't too too surprised that they canceled his scheduled talk at the very last minute and "banned" the film.
The shock came later when I was searching on YouTube (and all other places where I may be able to watch it) and that I got messages reading:
"Sorry! Access denied."
http://www.disclose.tv/...
AND
"This video is no longer available due to a Copyright Claim"
http://www.immortaltechnique.co.uk/...
even DAILYMOTION had this to say:
"Content removed. This video has been removed due to a breach of the Terms of Use."
http://www.dailymotion.com/...
I looked everywhere: Access Denied, Copyright blah blah blah, removed; on some sites the little circle just kept going and going, presumable loading but no movie played. It was one thing to have a movie banned from public theatres but another all together to have it "banned" banned. I don't know, in some ways, I GUESS I'm still naive because I can't tell you how shocked I was that every place I looked, I was blocked from seeing this movie. I GUESS, if I can still be shocked, maybe I'm not quite as much a cynic as I was afraid I'd become..I GUESS.
Finally (and NO exaggeration here, it took us 2 hours to find it) my honey found a place we could watch this movie.
Shocking? Yes. For the general American public unfamiliar with some of what has been going on in their name? YES YES, much more so. But it was not unlike other documentaries by John Pilger that I had seen freely before..? My GOD,we have Noam Chomsky at a FAIR lecture I attended a couple months ago in NYC (that has since been posted to YouTube with no incidents) boldly proclaiming America's hatred for democracy when asked his thoughts on the Arab Spring. What has made this video sooooooo dangerous?
(Psssst If at all interested, I have posted it below for your viewing pleasure. Subsequent parts are listed on the right per usual - just look for the "SonsofLiberty" user as the format of the numbering changes slightly.)
http://youtu.be/...
What could it be that makes this so dangerous I wondered? Most people who have been paying attention since 2001 will not find too many new pieces of information here (sadly most of what you'll see is WAY too familiar).
Is it the American/British reporters admitting their failures?
The idea that media is toothless and was complicit in State deceit?
The lies that are Iraq/Afghanistan and now Pakistan, Yemen, Libya?
Is the looming Iraq pullout? The claims of the US gov't..that Iraq is asking us to stay beyond December 2011?
Afghanistan pullout being argued in Congress right now?
Civilian death tolls?
WikiLeaks' importance in the exposure of these lies?
The COSTS of these lies in Lives and Dollars?
Wait, OMG! When you start listing, when you start adding it all together..
WHAT has happened to this country?
I can see why "they" might not want you to see it..