I suppose we are reaping what we sowed; our years of tolerating and promoting avarice, indulgence, and ego- centric celebrity have caught up with us. We not only forgot the seven deadly sins but promoted them - lust, greed and gluttony were clearly promoted in our mainstream media, sloth was not a sin on the welfare state, vainglory was a key part of our celebrity culture, and envy and wrath were well represented positively in our media. Nothing now is wrong, nothing should stand in the way of our consumption and woe betide any fool who stands between me and my plasma TV.
While we will all get angry and demand that people play for this we have to think what we can do to improve our culture. In addition to what the state does to reduce inequality we have to look at what we can do personally. Just as we won't tolerate racism in public we should start to criticise the crass and unethical. We should switch of 'Shameless' as it is no more than misguided pornography for the middle-class, mute out N.W.A. , 50 Cent and the rest as it glorifies violence, zap MTV and shopping channels with their incessant promotion of bling and consumption, stop 24 hour shopping, burn celebrity magazines instead of trees, laugh at the person that needs "me time", and the list goes on and on.
All of us need to reconsider how we think and feel, for those of us with kids it is infinitely more important.
Despondently yours ... ..
My Epileptic Lurcher by Des Dillon
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
Dya like nugs. Daddymummy like nugs. Nugs doing no no things. Bitey bitey no no. Good writer use all words, biggy big words and wee totty words. Book writer no use all words. He no likey grammer and stuff. This are big bookybook and only short storywory. You not likey this review - then avoid this book like the plague
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