Recently I was watching some old Charlie Chaplin movies that were edited and re-issued by him in a later era. He added music and replaced the captions with his own voice-overs. I thought it was an interesting -- and effective -- combination of old and new techniques. Perhaps this suggests how a modern media consumer can be more than a passive consumer. As an example, consider how numb and passive we have become to news of slaughter in Gaza. It bothers me that I object to the sadistic murder of children in a purely intellectual or philosophical way, but don't really feel anything. It's not that I consider feelings more important than thought. There are people who do consider feelings a more essential and authentic part of their soul. Recall the classic movie, "Lawrence of Arabia:" the newspaper reporter asked the Arab king, 'Isn't mercy a passion with Lawrence?" The king replied that yes it was with Lawrence, but with the king himself mercy was
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