and now for something completely different.

[jumpy]

Originally Posted by CB..

inferring that the generation who lived thru the war were stupid...is hardly what i would call light hearted

NO, no, no, no, no. That is not what I said at all.

Originally Posted by jumpy

At no time did I draw a comparison between myself today and people back then in terms of sophistication, rather by todays standards I don't believe everything I read in a tabloid (or other) newspaper etc. However, with this last in mind, my question was how much more subtle and insidious is advertising and propoganda now it has come of age, so to speak, than it was then and how much are we influenced by it wheather we are aware of it or not?

I guess I failed to make clear what I was saying

[CB..]

Originally Posted by jumpy

NO, no, no, no, no. That is not what I said at all.

I guess I failed to make clear what I was saying

well ok accept my apologies..i must have missed the second part of the reply....so again my apologies...current propoganda is certainly a major catch 22 of gigantic proportions..it used to be said that the first casualty of war was the truth.....now it seems the first casualty of EVERYTHING is the truth...and i for one am no longer able to tell where the joins are any more....and as i was saying one of the principle goals of propoganda is to limit the general populations ability to make clear and reasonable decisions about the issue of the day...to render us passive recipitents of what ever mesage is presented to us..OR at the very least render us less capable of reacting in any organised way against the policys of the day...a march every now and then is fine....looks good on the news ..makes every-one feel better about them selves..but any serious long term protest would be considered tantamount to an act of terrorism..i don't know about the rights and wrongs of this....in an increasingly globalised political landscape it is allmost impossible for the man/woman on the street to make any sort of decision that could stand up to the full impact of all the possible issues ..it's like trying to eat spegghetti with a straw...if our leaders have started to believe their own propoganda or have become so committed to trying to up-hold the policys dictated by their propoganda then things are getting a tadge out of control...dwindling resources....the clash of cultures religions etc etc...our in-ability to take our foot of the gas pedal and slow down for the bend..the last thing we need now is orwellian type propoganda machines blinding us to what we all know is coming...major global up-heaval..if were lucky it will socail and economic up-heaval...if we are un-lucky it will be war..looks like it'll be both at the moment..!

[Yahoshua]

In order as seen:

Korean (North)

Cambodian

South American (Brazil?)

Unkown

And a Chinese- American

[August]

The first one is the President of Bolivia i believe.

[TteFAboB]

Originally Posted by Yahoshua

In order as seen:

Korean (North)

Cambodian

South American (Brazil?)

Unkown

And a Chinese- American

Good effort.

1. August got it right, it's the President of Bolivia. Difficult one. There's two ethnicities in Bolivia, one of them shares similarities with the guy from the next picture, but the subject at hand is far too mixed to identify at a single glance. The hints are subtle and come from his great-grandfather.

2. He's a peruvian Inca. And a rather fine example too.

3. This one looks like a Mexican, hopefully he is because I took it from Google, in a sort of Aztec costume. He almost looks like an impostor though, if he has any native blood, it didn't marked him very much.

4. What an irony, this one is a South American Brazilian indian.

5. This one is great. He looks alot indeed like a Chinese, but, guess what, he's Japanese! His eyes might give him away, because he's mixed with, not American, but Portuguese blood.

[Yahoshua]

Oh well...I threw out some wild guesses but at least I pegged one (although it was the wrong number).

Maybe we should have a "Name that (whatever it is)" thread.