Hi Platt & others Nothing wrong with pleasure and recreation, but there does seem to be a problem with excess and with a failure to appreciate more sophisticated and finer pleasures and possibilities. Why is that?
David M ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [MD] Quality decline > Quoting "Laycock, Jos (OSPT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Responding to Platt: >> >> I'd be interested in your explanation of how the "base >> > doltish-mediafrenzy-cult-of- >> > clebrity dross" arose that we both agree is currently >> > afflicting the country. >> >> >> Hard to say, don't really have one. >> >> Basically I blame anyone who's in their late middle age at the moment and >> whose >> held any positions of influence, participated in any poltical or >> commercial >> activity and had anything to do with educating anybody. >> Whatever decisions you lot made, were what they were. >> I can't pin it on anyone in particular, our cultral makeup sits in >> balance between >> push factors in various directions and as a result I see it that everyone >> and >> anyone who has any involvement in life is responsible for the outcome. >> >> There's an overall the cultural pattern that everyone was part of and how >> ever >> many times it's repeated always brings us to here. >> Each one of you can look back at your lives and describe to me what >> happened - >> that story will be your explanation. > > For me the explanation is pretty well covered in Lila, Chapters 22 and 24. > Intellectuals failed to see the role of hard-nosed social patterns in > holding the > forces of "feel good" biology at bay. As a result, the doors of "anything > goes" > were open, and the fun and games of sex and drugs roared in. Those who > were(and are) > the pied pipers of this lifestyle are today's celebrities who many > secretly envy > for their freedom to pursue debauchery without suffering consequences, > except for > an occasional stay in rehab. > > But, I could be wrong. Thanks for your response. > > Platt > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > 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/ > 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/
