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From: "John M. McMahon" <mcmahon@mail.lemoyne.edu>
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Taking a cue from SJW to link then and now, as it were, I
point folks to a Bill Moyers/PBS piece about "Selling the
War: History and Propaganda." Some CC wrt to the origins of
the term "propaganda" and a mention of Trajan. 

http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/propaganda.html

I do find it curious that no other ancient figures are
singled out as early proagandizers of their wartime
achievements, though. OTOH, can't we all envision a new Mt.
Bushmore a decade or so down the road? Of course, it won't
be located in coal mining state: they won't have any
mountains left. ;-)

John McMahon
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