ahhh
reinforcements have arrived
Allow me to translate from Parsonese to English:
"Ahh, one of my equally paranoid friends has turned up!"
Look, I don't quite know what exactly you guys are getting at, but in this country we have an extremely robust and healthy tradition of DIStrusting the government, mocking authority figures and generally believing that the people who run the whole show counldn't find their own arse with both hands if provided with a detailed diagram. If we really are 'brainwashed' then exactly who is doing the brainwashing? The government, whom most of us consider a laughing stock and have only not voted out yet for lack of a credible opposition?
In what way are my thoughts 'controlled'? In what way am I not free to think whatever I like about anything I like? No doubt your answer will be "well of course, that's what they've PROGAMMED you to think!!!". In that case, I have no answer. It's a consporacy theory, and therefore unfalsifiable, and therefore a lot of toss. You might as well believe we're all stuck in the Matrix (and I would not be at all surprised if some of you lot actually think this, or would at least claim it's some kind of valid metaphor for modern society, maaan...).
There's a lot that I don't know about the world, and I'm fully prepared to admit that, but I think there's very little I'm actively misinformed about. My political views don't align with any major party or ideology, but they're strong views nonetheless and they're based on information from all sorts of sources. I choose these sources based on whether or not I think the people providing them are utter wankers - so while I don't read the
Daily Mail, I don't read
Alien Abduction Monthly either. And quite frankly, I'm not sure what to make of an accusation of 'brainwashing' from someone who thinks 'contoversy' exists over alien lizard-men.
Having said all that, I expect the pair of you aren't even going to take a minute out from watching
Dark Skies or listening to System Of A Down to read this. Ahh, the moral certainty of the conspiracy theorist.
This is Mindless Drone Unit #23-6544-b signing out...