tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545046006258079254.post5412100405080847555..comments2023-10-15T04:16:01.614-07:00Comments on West Paris Universalist Church: Neil Postman RevisitedWest Paris Universalist Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13867888490920591696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545046006258079254.post-7116572807730464552008-08-31T06:47:00.000-07:002008-08-31T06:47:00.000-07:00Very interesting comparison, Jim. Perhaps we're c...Very interesting comparison, Jim. Perhaps we're caught somewhere in the middle between these two extremes. Well, that's the whole problem, isn't it? Where are we?<BR/><BR/>I'd say it's true that the many distractions we have, not all pleasurable ones either, are keeping us from finding the truth, or from the reality of what's going on, a reality that may be being controlled by a relatively few powerful people, like, say, the Bush-Cheney crowd, the big corporation crowd, perhaps other power centers, like maybe powerful evangelicals. So, do "ordinary" people have to fight to keep their heads above water, so to speak, or is it easier for the "ordinary" people to just focus on the distractions, all the things it's possible to do these days, have fun doing. There are others, of course, closer to poverty who have little time for much else than keeping bread on the table. The big guys can run ruff shod over them, a la Orwell.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a very interesting topic for discussion, Jim.seevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100940795319799759noreply@blogger.com