>
> It seems that entertainment can be just as good opium
> for the masses as religion. Forget about the traffic,
> forget about the lack of efficient transportation,
> affordable health care or being one paycheck from
> homelessness, forget about the war, corruption, crime
> or lack of prospects - just put your earphones on and
> tune in.
Yeah, shame on me, for I know that if I'd just squnch my mind down and concentrate on these pressing social problems 24-7 instead of ever wasting irreplaceable hours drinking beer or reading fiction or sleeping, they'd all be solved by now. But the problem is, I'm too hedonistic.
Yours WDK - WKiernan at ij.net