On Feb 10, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Eric Beck wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Awesome site. I love this stuff (to look at and ponder, not eat).
>
> I do too. But when I ask myself why, I don't really like the answers,
> because I think it's mostly for prudish reasons: a moralizing critique
> of American gluttony, excess, etc. Why do you like it?
How can an American be a radical without a critique of the gross excesses of our society? "Moralizing" blames individuals for their choices, which isn't right, but there's an awful lot of revolting crap that comes down the pike every minute.
Doug