A healthy Democracy needs healthy debate. But I would say some debate strains the label “healthy”. To wit:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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And then there are the talking head news discussion panels, of which the following does a fantastic job of reproducing:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Healther Skelter – Obama Death Panel Debate | ||||
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I wonder if this is what Nero saw just before he began fiddling? Buncha goofballs.
“Debate” these days means shooting down the other guy’s strawman before your opponent can get its point across, instead of engaging in discussion on an agenda of issues. While it’s great to have comedy shows like Jon Stewarts address the general skepticism of the public, it only saddens me more that we get straighter facts from our clowns instead of our leaders.
I hear Nero’s faint fiddling, but as an Australian, I rub my evil marsupial paws and bide my time for when An unhealth-cared for nation falls and allows Australia to arise and conquer you all with our boomerangs and lager.
You’ve got me at “lager”.