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Cultural readjustment part I
Sep. 22nd, 2003 03:10 pmPolly's and Blue Velvet was fun. Quite a good cross-section of my friends (the aesthetes, the politicos, the techs and combinations thereof) in attendance.
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Having turned on the television and discovered that it is still utterly inane I have taken to watching some decent videos as cultural catch-up.
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One thing I have noticed is that people in wealthy, advanced, industrial nations are also superficial and insecure. I've seen a couple of instances in the past couple of days where people basically project being insecure by being catty, rude and in one instance downright violent towards others. It doesn't impress me one iota. In fact it saddens me a great deal as the promise of a modern, liberal, and democratic society is that we would be less insecure and more likely to treat each other with respect.
I'll ponder more on this one.
Why does a US government website need to tell people why they don't just nuke the hurricane. Are people really that stupid?
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Having turned on the television and discovered that it is still utterly inane I have taken to watching some decent videos as cultural catch-up.
( Read more... )
One thing I have noticed is that people in wealthy, advanced, industrial nations are also superficial and insecure. I've seen a couple of instances in the past couple of days where people basically project being insecure by being catty, rude and in one instance downright violent towards others. It doesn't impress me one iota. In fact it saddens me a great deal as the promise of a modern, liberal, and democratic society is that we would be less insecure and more likely to treat each other with respect.
I'll ponder more on this one.
Why does a US government website need to tell people why they don't just nuke the hurricane. Are people really that stupid?