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just felt like putting some of this stuff up...
The day after Columbine, I was interviewed... The reporter had been assigned a theory and was seeking sound bites to support it. "Wouldn't you say," she asked, "that killings like this are influenced by violent movies?" No, I said, I wouldn't say that... The reporter looked disappointed, so I offered her my theory. "Events like this," I said, "if they are influenced by anything, are influenced by news programs like your own. When an unbalanced kid walks into a school and starts shooting, it becomes a major media event. Cable news drops ordinary programming and goes around the clock with it. The story is assigned a logo and a theme song ... The message is clear to other disturbed kids around the country: If I shoot up my school, I can be famous..."
~ Roger Ebert
Nothing you do, however many of us you kill, will stop that flight to our cities where freedom is strong and where people can live in harmony with one another. Whatever you do, however many you kill, you will fail. ~ Ken Livingstone
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds. ~ John Maynard Keynes
Obituary of the late Mr. Common Sense
> Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common
> Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure
> how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in
> bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated
> such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
> Why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn't always fair; and Maybe
> it was my fault.
> Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't
> spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not
> children, are in charge).
> His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned,
> but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year
> -old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate;
> teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a
> teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his
> condition
> Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for
> doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining
> their unruly children.
> It declined even further when schools were required to get
> parental consent to administer first aid cream, sun lotion or a
> band-aid to a student.
> Common Sense lost the will to live as churches became
> businesses and criminals received better treatment than their
> victims.
> Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself
> from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for
> assault.
> Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman
> failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled
> a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
> Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and
> Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his
> son, Reason.
> He is survived by his 3 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone
> Else Is To Blame, and I'm A Victim.
> Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was
> gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the
> majority and do nothing.
and on a lighter note...
this is one of my ALL TIME favrite quotes!!!:
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge —
That myth is more potent than history.
I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts —
That hope always triumphs over experience —
That laughter is the only cure for grief.
And I believe that love is stronger than death.
~ Robert Fulghum ~
 Nepenthe Beryl · Sat Aug 11, 2007 @ 09:23pm · 0 Comments |
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