Propaganda and Psyops in T2K

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

That kind of made me think of an interesting (and monstrous) idea -- what if World War 3 started because of warhawk-type propaganda -- coming from the US or another NATO country? In essence, there was no legitimate reason for World War 3 to have happened, other than the distorted thinking of those who wanted it? (The parallels to the Iraq War are deliberate...)

And here's another horrible idea for World War 3 starting: Neunundneunzig Luftballoons...

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

And here's another horrible idea for World War 3 starting: Neunundneunzig Luftballoons...

LOL. The song started the war? Or was it actually 99 Red Balloons?

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Raellus

LOL. The song started the war? Or was it actually 99 Red Balloons?

While it would be "funnier" if Nena and their singing started the war, I meant the 99 balloons -- or some other object (on the ground or in the air -- or even a Fail Safe scenario along the Iron Curtain or Chinese border where it's a sensor glitch) that everyone misinterprets.

How about a real-life ET spaceship accidentally starting the war? The ETs might feel obligated to help us recover from the war, or they could be like humans and be trying to cover up the incident so they don't get executed by their superiors.

BTW: The German version of the song is REALLY hard for me to follow -- it strains my incredibly-rusty German, and has a lot of colloquialisms in it and regional accents. Of course, trying to follow Falco's German-language songs are pretty much impossible for me...I can't rock Amadeus because I don't know what Falco's trying to tell me!