Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Week of February 1 - 7 #2
I completely disagree with the Greeks belief than an orator has to be morally good. There is not a connection between goodness, truth, and public communication. We live in a country that believes in freedom of speech and there are lots of people that exercise that right like Michael Savage. He is a controversial radio host. He is a great orator, he has plenty of followers and when he speaks he commands attention. He is a great speaker but the things that he says or not good, half of it is not true, and seems to be extremely unethical. He has radio talk show that is aired all over the bay area, and if you listen online or through satellite you can hear it across the world.
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I agree that many people today have a very vast audience that listen to them, and a lot of the things they say are both unethical, and untrue. In today's society I think people appreciate one's ability to be honest. When someone's character falls short of what we believe to be morally correct, their ability to be honest about it offsets that. Honesty over morality seems to be the way many people get by today.
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