Necessary? Unnecessary? Is anything really necessary? Before I continue populating this message board with some old ideas, I am compelled to make one thing clear ...
You think I'm 'bullying' Holden? Wow. You've GOT to be kidding me. Well, I guess you feel he needs your protection, since it's obvious the poor thing can't stand up for himself with those incredibly weak arguments he gave me for posting that ****.
That
**** is classic literature. This message board was inspired by a series of interesting emails going back and forth between Holden and I. This thread is about resisting consumerism, and that Tolstoy excerpt suggests that entire industries are promoted by certain types of women. To be fair, yes, there are entire industries promoted by certain types of men as well ... I think George Carlin listed them in one of his books, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? The gun/hunting culture, the automobile pick-up-truck culture, the sports culture, golfing, tennis, the macho gang culture, and yes, the drug/alcohol culture, and on and on ... So, yes, to be fair ... that might have been included. Well, we include them now. Too late I see. She has left the building.
Like George Carlin, Crazy Squirrel doesn't have
pet peeves. She has major psychotic
**** hatreds. I should have seen that coming. Very temperamental when it comes to hating on women. The ironic thing is that a gort is a gort is a gort, whether male or female. When a herd of consumers tramples a poor worker in some mega-store, both sexes are represented.
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."
"People are
**** nuts. This country is full of nitwits and assholes. You ever notice that? Nitwits, assholes, fuckups, scumbags, jerkoffs, and dipShits. And they all vote. In fact, sometimes you get the impression that they’re the only ones who vote."
"Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it."
"Here’s all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid."
(George Carlin)
Back to the thread. We are pointing out ways to resist consumerism.
Yes, our species is pathetic ... a very good point and something we ought not forget for one moment lest we lose our wonderful senses of humor.