>Gordon Fitch wrote:
>
>> But I don't remember when we didn't have a torrent of
>> righteousness, bombast, hucksterism, bellicosity, and self-pity,
>> as well as sanctimony, sentimentality, tribal fetishism and
>> the worship of moronic simple-mindedness. When was that?
>
>The late Pleistocene?
Gosh, guys. I'm not evoking any nonexistent Golden Age. You don't see an increase in righteousness, bombast, etc., since 9/11? Admittedly from an already high level, but a palpable increase nonetheless. Or am I just hallucinating?
Doug