I'm worried for that person. I think he might have minor issues about getting things in perspective. If he thinks that a company (sorry 'corporation' - it always is with these people. Beautifully ironic.) calling a sheep a mammalian cell bioreactor is some sign of a 'new world order' taking over then he's an idiot, frankly. Does he think that the Apache was in some way so called because of the sinister ways in which it might be interpreted, or just because it was a groovy name with a warlike tinge that someone wanted to call their helicopter? How is that an example of 'Corporate America' 'usurping language?' Half of what he's talking about is spin, which is just what people always and naturally do when they're trying to persuade people of something. The other half of what he is on about has nothing to do with any corporation, but are just inconsistencies in people's values. So what? That's nothing new either. People are inconsistent, shock horror. Unless perhaps he thinks that all our cultural values are controlled by evil men in smoked filled rooms who have a master plan to suppress our true desires and liberties. Once it would have been the Illuminati. Or the Catholics. Or the Jews. Or the Communists. Now it's 'corporations.' Yawn.

All articles require at least a sentence or two of commentary from the thread author or they are considered SPAM>... please add some commentary or this will be shut down.. thanks...

okay,.. okay...

though I don't think it could be (what is usually) considered "SPAM" - the solicitation/sending of unrequested or junk mail, usually for a financial gain.
But then... thats really semantics.

Anywho,.. as to my opinion of the article...
I found it to be quite entertaining, in a parody/satire sense, and would believe thats the 'angle' to which it was being written;

E.g:
While a Corporation (I believe) hasn't developed a patent known as a "mammalian cell bioreactor", one must remember that a Corporation does hold a 'patent' on Dolly - the cloned Sheep. Maybe this is what the were referring to, indirectly...?

Or another example...
Is this not a parody on society?

so as to Arty's thoughts...
Nothing personal,.. but I think you mis-interpreted what they were trying to purvey or present in this piece, as I would take it for parody.


I hope this suffices your commentry requirements for the moment, Dyshade.
... sorry just trying to do some "paid" work, while posting...

You might be right, it does seem more light-hearted second time round. Still, while it certainly is satirical, I think it's pointing in the wrong direction, and I think that the targets of its satire aren't credible. Satire always has a serious point, and I think that he really does believe that it's a kind of oppression he's talking about:

"The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." Etc. I think he paints something organic as something deliberate, co-ordinated and sinister.

As to what's Satire, what is serious, and satire, 'pointing in the wrong direction'...
well possibly, but it depends on the individual's interpretation of the satire.

Even further...In that, this piece is self evidently anti-corporate and anti-consumerist, how can one determine his words not to be 'credible', if they are a 'consumerist' and a 'corporate'...?
E.g:
Is this not an accurate description of Consumerism with advertising and marketing? - convincing the consumer of their need to acquire a "product", even though you'll never actually use it?

Oh,.. and yes... the consumer does always have options;
and then we can't forget about how the law exists differently for business;
I'm mean... Kenneath Lay (ex CEO Enron), was a "good businessman", through the exploitation of tax loopholes. It wasn't like he 'cooked' the books...
(And as we all know, the "books were cooked" by Arthur Anderson.)

"The greatest commodity in times to come, will be Information.
Those who hold the 'information' will hold the key - or the POWER..."

I'm not sure if u ever studied up on the (original) GATT treaty being pushed through under the veil of the WTO, under "Free Trade" - but personally I heavily objected to it.
(GATT/GATS - General Agreement of Trades in Services/Tarrifs)

As a small example, under the GATT agreement Australia was (originally) meant to sign, the once state owned, & now privatised business: Telstra, would be completely sold off, with NO limitation on foreign ownership, to the extent, - a foregin CEO wouldn't even ever have to come to Australia, yet could be handed the controls on a multi-billion dollar business, which controls approx 85% of the national telecommunication's in Australia.

To explain it in lamens terms... the physicial infrastructure for voice land line communications in Australia, were originally payed for by the Australian Tax Payer, back in the days when Telecom Australia was a 'state owned asset'.
Why should (as an example) a US Mutinational Corporation, be handed the complete telco infrastructure, to make a profit off?
We (Australian's) paid for the 'lines' to be installed 20-30 yrs ago... and now the government wants to hand it to a private enterprise to run, WHO WILL BE PROFITERING OF WHAT THE TAX PAYER, PAID FOR.

Semantics aside..... SPAM according to DF is anything which is unsolicited..... noone here asked for your article.... therefore it is unsolicited.... yet if you at least add commentary to provide an insight as to why you may have posted said article and generate interest in it from other members you create a thread which may increase traffic..... as well as spur on interesting debate and civil discussion.... without commentary it is unsolicited junk..... SPAM...... and all threads which have articles as thier main theme and yet contain no commentary from the Thread Author will be considered such and deleted and the Thread Author may in fact be Formally Warned.... this is just an FYI... it is not so hard to add a few sentences of commentary.....