The US gov has clearly stated it does not torture prisoners. This show is clearly part of the leftist smear to convince the gullible public otherwise. This show must be part of the vast left-wing conspiracy.

But evidence obtained under torture is being argued by this administration as admissable.

I have only watch a little bit of 24, and whenever I have (because my wife turned it on) I find it offensive. And yes, the theme of every show I have seen is an immenent threat that justifies illegal actions. While it may just be entertainment, it certainly mirrors the neocon mentality to a T.

we can use info obtained from torture in the coming terrorist trials.......

If it is propaganda,good - maybe it'll counteract the lib worldview that has been ceaselessly pounded into the heads of idiots with a vote for the last 50 years on TV and in movies.

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I understand that. But my first thought was "entertaining?" Money-making is an empirical term. Entertaining is subjective.


But I think the Daily Show is actually entertaining. The Colbert Report gets old. But Jon Stewart is a (*)(*)(*)(*) funny guy!

But I suppose now I'll make a "serious" post on the topic. If 24 is propaganda... so is pretty much everything people see. The effects of too much watching TV and not enough going out are well documented (more socially conservative, more afraid of crime, more afraid of EVERYTHING really) and really don't have much to do with what's being sold on TV so much as the lack of real life. Propaganda is only a serious threat when nothing else is allowed. In Nazi Germany, for instance, you could not legally oppose the government's propaganda and the propaganda was pervasive and unending.
In this case... there's a show. You can watch it or not. You can take it seriously or not. You can weigh it against your experience and knowledge of real life or not.
Even if we are to water down our definition enough to call this propaganda... it's nothing to worry about. And it's not even pushed by the people who want to sell such policies. It just so happens people are entertained by the same stuff that makes them paranoid. This was true in the '80s when EVERY movie was about communism and it's true now.

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"Man lives in the sunlit world of that which he believes to be reality. But unseen by most is an underworld, a place that is just as real... but not as brightly lit... A DARK SIDE!"
-opening from Tales From the Darkside

If you think a presentation on global warming findings by numerous international scientists is propaganda you are beyond ignorant. Do yourself and more importantly our country (I assume you are an American) a favor and get yourself informed so you can make better choices at voting time. Your ignorance is appalling.

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LOL
Gores movie is fearmongering hype.
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'24' is a TV show..its a good TV show. ut its simply a TV show.
It does show one aspect of reality the Far Left types despise. That you don't have the luxury of 25 years of litigation to stop an imminent event.


Rebellion really nailed it on the West Wing..hell we can apply that to any sdhow.

Cheers is obviously propaganda for drinking alot.
Seinfeld obviously pro-jewish NYC propaganda.





Good.
Besides "Torture" to you guys is talking to them naked without a Koran ..so whatever.

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McCain/Palin 2008
"We make war that we may live in peace"
"Peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever."
"Keep that faith,keep your courage,stick together, stay strong,do not yield,do not flinch,stand up,we're Americans,we'll never surrender they will"
http://members.cox.net/neddy/bobhope_kerfuffles.wmv
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RnfflRNpwKA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j-QYIP7o2-A

Throughout this thread, I've yet to see a single thread convincing me that the Pope is Catholic. Since no one is willing to refute the point, I must assume that the Pope is not Catholic and that the Catholics of the world are only duped into believing he is by propaganda from prime time TV.
And don't get me started on the bodily functions of bears in the woods. All bullocks.

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"Man lives in the sunlit world of that which he believes to be reality. But unseen by most is an underworld, a place that is just as real... but not as brightly lit... A DARK SIDE!"
-opening from Tales From the Darkside