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> --- Jerry Monaco <monacojerry at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Obviously. I don't get it. Which is why I asked
> > the question. As usual
> > the smart and brilliant thinkers like Dennis treat
> > with contempt any
> > question, and any person, who doesn't conform to
> > their accepted mode of
> > cultural knowledge.
> >
>
> [WS:] I think you are misinterpreting his response.
> To me it meant that in 2008 Amerika everything is
> trivialized, debased, and reduced to the lowest common
> denominator by the mass media. Therefore, voting for
> POTUS is no fundamentally different than voting for
> Miss America or the American Idol - all are exercises
> in silly popularity contests and mindless
> entertainment.
>
> Wojtek
Thanks Woj. Good explanation of an explanation I didn't get.
I apologize to all if I am too outside the scrabble of pop to know a pinch of salt and a slag of iron from Dennis. I also apologize for calling smart and brilliant.
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