Sunday, October 23, 2011
the Philadelphia ANTI-FRACKING rally, September 2011
I never knew that these kinds of things are happening in your own back yard. I did not know about Fracting until a day ago and to think that this is going to happen in my home town is disturbing. The most disturbing part is that there are a lot of people in Philadelphia and not that many show up for this rally;not because they do not want to help but they do not know about it. This just proves Noam Chomsky to be right when he talks in his book Media Control majority of the population are the "bewildered herd" and the other part are the "selective class" which makes up a few of the population in society. He also talks about how the government works hand-in-hand with the media. He further discuss in the beginning of his book how Walter Lippmann says that you only need a few people to know everything and tell the rest what they need to know, which does give the majority much say on issues. If people in Philadelphia knew about these kinds of things they would take precaution against what they are trying to do. The public not knowing much about this works at the government advantage of course which makes it difficult for people to find out much on issues that are important to there City.
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Do you think that if more people in Philadelphia knew about fracking, they could get it to stop eventually? Do you think there is a way to get these companies to stop fracking?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think we can do to get the public more aware of what may be happening in their own backyards?
ReplyDeleteHow would you suggest is the right way to get this information out there, in order for people to be more aware of this situation/issue?
ReplyDeleteI think that the majority rules and has a voice in what happens in there community. If enough people knew about what is going on; they would not want Fracting to take place in there community.The fact that the people do not know about
ReplyDeleteFracting is both the media and community fault; when you live some where you should be aware of the things that can effect you and your family.