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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
CMAC,
The answer lies in your signature line.
It IS the culture.
Remember the quote, " Without a vision, the people perish"? We, as a people have no vision of our society that is "worthy". We, as a people, have no fear of any deity, any future judgment, our Courts are corrupt, and punish the innocent and allow the guilty to go free. As a result all issues become primarily financial ones. Our law-makers (generally) consider themselves our masters, rather than our servants. "Public service" is now an oxymoron.
Is that a bleak enough bleak outlook? No wonder the Muslims refer to us as "The Great Satan". We resemble that remark.
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Watch out, wouldn't want to give credence to that remark in the wrong conservative circles.
You're starting to scare me man, making good sense and all. I agree that our culture is vacuous in many ways. In the last decade, the biggest decision for some people was whether to go with the RV that had the telescoping living room extension and the washer and dryer in back that gets 5 mpg, or go for the one w/o those features getting 6 mpg for $20 K less.
The huge swarms descending on NASCAR tracks for long tailgate parties and the irreplaceable excitement of having your ears slightly damaged by hours of delicious noise ought to be proof enough that we are a society adrift.