"Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things -- bread and circuses." [Sat. 10.77-81]
CGE
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Luke Weiger wrote:
> Joanna wrote:
>
> > No. I'm not that stupid. But if you put the worst interpretation on
> > everything I write, it might come out to mean
> > something like that.
> >
> > Joanna
>
> I can't formulate a charitable non-trivial interpretation of what you
> wrote or what Chomsky said. Perhaps you can help. Does sports
> actually dull the collective mind? Controversial, but possible. Is
> sports produced, marketed, and televised _because_ it serves (or is
> believed to serve) this function? That seems implausible.
>