Vienna 11/30/2023
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“I don’t have time” is the most common excuse. It’s very convenient – I use it often myself. If I wanted to be honest, I would have to say that I think other things are more important, which would offend the person who suggested something to me. We all have the same amount of time. Whether you have billions and are a great philanthropist or you are in debt and participating in the rat race, you have 24 hours, 1,440 minutes or 86,400 seconds in every day.
I once heard a story like this: Someone was walking through the forest and saw two workers cutting down trees with a dull saw. They worked hard and he felt sorry for them, so he offered to sharpen the saw for them. They answered in unison: “We have no time for such nonsense!” Look how many trees still need to be felled! Is not It Funny? It’s also true that we do this every day.
This is my fourth year running this blog. I search the Internet for interesting films and events. I write articles in which I always offer sources of information. What’s stopping you from taking a look at the websites that can be found by clicking on the magic word “source”? Then no one would need my blog. Is this some kind of loss? No matter – that would be progress. I long for the day when my writing will no longer be needed by anyone.
Maybe you don’t know any foreign languages? I only know a few swear words in French. Nevertheless, I also use French sources. There are simple tools that translate pages – even if those pages are written in a language whose name we find difficult to repeat. Or maybe you’re too busy to search for the information you’re interested in yourself? I would advise you to sharpen your saw.
For those who don’t believe in television manipulation, I will give an example of my own behavior from 30 years ago. There was war in Yugoslavia and the media had long since divided the sides into the “black” Serbs and the remaining “white” Balkan nations. After the parent-teacher conference day at school here in Vienna, I returned home with the mother of my son’s friend – a Yugoslavian. I asked where exactly she was from and she said Serbia. My surprised reaction, which I’m still ashamed of: How? Can you be a Serbian? Idiotic, but it was a media-induced reflex. It happened a few years after I spent two days in besieged Sarajevo. I myself was an eyewitness to the war lies and met decent Serbs in Sarajevo, and yet my irresponsible reaction was exactly this. The media has a decisive influence on our thinking.
About 25 years ago, after this event, I decided overnight to stop watching television, and I still don’t today. I used to think it was my duty to watch the news – it was a daily ritual. What did I gain from this change? First, I deprived television editors of the opportunity to influence my views. Now both the choice and sources of information depend solely on me. Of course I also read mainstream sources – you have to know the language of the enemy. I like to refer to them to expose more lies.
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Author of the article: Marek Wojcik
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