Just proving my point that the 1980s are cool: Holden are now advertising the Barina with a reworking of the 1983 hit: A-Ha’s Take on Me. Go Morton!
Can the only logical reason be that we teenagers of the 1980s are now cashed up? Are the advertisers purposely trying to use nostalgia to free us of our dollars? Does Adam Sandler’s The Wedding Singer have to answer for this new wave [hehehe], or is it my fault due to the Photoshop 6.0 Roadshow’s “1980s Music Trivia” contest?
If World War II had the same immediacy of media and information flow as we witness today – would there have been any more wars? What is it about human nature that forces people into a “dictatorship” mode and reliance on armed conflict to resolve issues? It also goes to prove the adage from WWII veterans, as reported by Ambrose, that war is hours of boredom interspersed with minutes of sheer terror.
The embedded journalists and the communications infrastructure provides an element of honesty in war. At least with the units that have journalists attached, the ability to commit “war crimes” is diminished. Media at its best.
However, the cost is the lack of “filters” and the great degree of confusion that occurs as differening qualities of information is communicated. For instance, Channel Ten News reported live on TV that Tariq Aziz had defected after the initial bombardment; this was pure rumor and proven wrong very quickly. Confirmation is important. In times like these, some of the media processes are forgotten in the fog of war.