Jumping off point:
Quote:...I think those people are f*cking idiots too, but I understand it. At least with religion and politics it's something bigger than you that you are supporting/trying to change...there's some big issue or cause there usually
In the circles in which I move, the individual decides who or what is important. Personally, I have a fondness for Prince Charles, an organic gardener, and I wish him well on his wedding day.
I would not march for him--with or without a banner. I don't feel that people who feel the guy is a burden on the British taxpayer should go to hell.
He gets much, much more publicity than I do, but I don't think he's much, much more important than I am.
I think that Michael Jackson's dedicated pickets (as well as the Scott Peterson groupies) are classic star fuckers. These emotionally impoverished women feel that by showing a great public love for the object of their affections that they share in the fame of the chosen beloved.
Sometimes I'm frightened by the people who assume that whatever the media is hyping this week has historic importance.
Of course, many of them belong to a generation that was raised by Mommie and Daddy and the one-eyed monster in the corner of the living room (or perhaps in their bedroom).
Because the Bible tells me so....because I see it in
The Sun it is so....
....tangles and plaque...plaque and tangles. Brave New World.