"those that find ugly meanings in beautiful things, these are corrupt without being charming, this is a fault" wilde
--- On Tue, 12/8/08, Platt Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Platt Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [MD] Collectivism vs. Individualism > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Received: Tuesday, 12 August, 2008, 10:21 PM > Hi All, > > David Brooks, the NYTimes columnist, has written another > beauty. Entitled > "Harmony and the Dream" the article provides > insight into the ongoing > debate here about the individual vs. the collective, > intellect vs. society. > Brooks confirms the feeling I got while watching the > opening ceremonies of > the olympics -- a feeling of horror as thousands of human > beings were > forced to become mindless robots. Brooks' last line is > particularly > compelling. Summing up collectivism he says, "It's > certainly a useful > ideology for aspiring autocrats." > > The column appears in today"s NYTimes at: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/opinion/12brooks.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx > =1218542584-Bc6z1ynB7ux5Y4jScbQvlQ > > Platt > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Win a MacBook Air or iPod touch with Yahoo!7. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
