Monthly Archives: May 2008

2008

Is the American Mass Media (A.M.M) today presenting a true picture of its own society? (Part I)

thumbmwc Having spent almost half of my life on the North American continent, I am well aware of the power of the American Mass Media (A.M.M), especially American Television, to influence, to cajole and to brainwash, as well as to selectively inform its American audience about what is happening beyond its own national borders. Being part of the 60s generation, and also having lived in other continents, I find the A.M.M. today as compared to the 60s and 70s has honestly deteriorated both in content and in purpose.

Friendship

A verse from the epic story of “Gilgamesh”, the oldest known written epic originating from the ancient city-states that belonged to the Sumerians during the third millennium B.C. in Mesopotamia. It talks about the relationship between “Gilgamesh”, a powerful demi-god king and a primal human being whom the gods of the universe sent to save “Gilgamesh” and civilized human kind from their self-destructive arrogance and egoism. Redemption comes through the realization of real friendship between humans.