Re: holy smoke
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:53:25 -0400 (EDT)
You made some good observations, Camille, but your conclusions were
backwards :)
We idealize the past because the present ALWAYS sucks.
Which means the past always Sucked :)
heh ;)
Jim
On Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:21:48 +1000 Camille Scaysbrook
<verona_beach@geocities.com> writes:
>
>> I'm not embarrassed of modern humanity. I'm sad, but not
>embarrassed. I
>> think that, given the opportunity, people choose to be good, and to
>do
>> right. I thik people try, and if they fail, then that's sad. But not
>
>> embarrassing. Not to me, anyway.
>
>Me neither, and it really ticks me off to hear people saying that it
>does.
>Since Ancient Rome people have been whinging about how much better
>life was
>thirty years ago, which consolidates my belief that it's just a
>fundamental
>part of human nature to believe that the past must be intrinsically
>better.
>These times we're living in are the greatest!
>
>Camille
>verona_beach@geocities.com
>@ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
>@ THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest
>
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