[ThePythonicCow]

Perhaps we need to learn a very tough lesson.

Some lessons need to be learned. Some are too expensive ... you have to survive the lesson.

I would not let a young child run out on a busy freeway or play with a loaded gun like a toy.

Anyhow, I don't think this is a lesson. If you put me on the beach in the face of a tsunami, I don't learn to swim better. I drown.

The power of mass media and propaganda to spread socialist, fascist, Marxist and Islamist lies is overwhelming the power of books, blogs and radio to nurture conservative ideas, moral integrity and the proper study of history and other human endeavors.

[mrsmel]

The power of mass media and propaganda to spread socialist, fascist, Marxist and Islamist lies is overwhelming the power of books, blogs and radio to nurture conservative ideas, moral integrity and the proper study of history and other human endeavors.

Damn straight. And ditto to the rest of your post.