Saturday, October 18, 2008

Interview with Mindich

I truly appreciated the tone David Mindich took in explaining his views on youth involvement in media. He seems less angry with young people for tuning out and more hopeful that a difference can be made. Although the way he communicated with us was quite kind, I believe a more hardline approach must be taken to convince young people. Considering what is at stake, and some believe it is the future of this nation, we must understand how dire the situation is if we continue to be ignorant.
There are countless ways to get involved, and I cannot believe that anything more than laziness and dispassion are the reasons for young people to become a part of our government system. There is passion, there is thievery, there is deceit, true heros, villains, and everything else that makes up all the movies, tv, and videogames we ingest. all it takes is a slightly more than cursory look at Fox News or The Atlantic or the Washington Post or CNN to figure out what makes the news fun.
So David Mindich should take a look at what he wrote, and begin preaching louder and harder to those who he seeks to influence.

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