Of course the government wants people to remain dumb... Every totalitarian regime since the dawn of time has always hunted down and exterminated the intellectuals first, even though the people who started those regimes were intellectuals themselves. Think of Lenin, Mussolini, Mao, etc etc etc... The first thing they did was kill anybody who wore glasses. (Well, maybe not Lenin initially, but Stalin certainly did)
F L E S H Reviewed by F L E S H on . Many students willing to give government control of press http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/public_editor/index.ssf?/base/editorial/111053935253810.xml wow, i feel sorry for kids who are being fed the new world order line as if it's good... Many students willing to give government control of press Sunday, March 13, 2005 Public editor: When students try journalism, faith in press increases Lindsey Pendergrass trusts the government more than she trusts the press. Rating: 5