Evmonk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Interesting interviews. Media literacy in particular is so important, yet it's almost never seriously taken up in the public debate. I'll have to check out the "Generation M" doc.

BeatBuddy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Of course people are judged by what they wear! Clothing is a form, subconsciously or consciously, of self-expression. The best way for people to lose their identities is for everyone to go naked.

BuzzCoastin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

great vid, however, jw wiley sums up the crux of the matter @ 4:19 "What would make them change? They're not gona wake up and have some kind of Epiphany; it's all a part of our educational system." It's the education system itself that is designed to foster media illiteracy, pupils taught by media illiterates, the proverbial blind leading the blind; what's a mother to do?

WhatIsNotSeen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Good comment. I couldn't have said it better, except the Washington part does not surprise me, as Wa. D.C. is a state city, run like a corporation, and thus expressing behavior consistent with different set of rules. I'm more worried about the parroting of the messages - and I'm guilty of it too - that we tend to think is 'ours' when we start identifying with content in mass communications.

WhatIsNotSeen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You might want to check out John Taylor Gatto's view of the educational system. You would be surprised on how much social engineering is really behind it. Peace.

thbyrnes (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Very nice and thoughtful video. It gives me hope to see rational people out here pulling things together. And I like the message of not letting us be divided by "their" labels. "ism" and every other kind of labeling for behaviors is the most damaging part of government run education & multi-media.The poor children influenced by those systems must spend years (if ever) opening the narrow viewpoints offered by labels. It teaches people not to think... just look at Washington, it's working.

boylebongo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The first woman I understood but the clips after her make no sense.