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In einer eMail vom 27.01.2004 00:30:50 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt 
lycidas2 at earthlink.net:


> 
> > > The text does not support your conclusion. In fact, it contradicts it.
> 
> The story of the Simpsons makes one aware that youthful idealism--so
> vital to the progress of any society--is effective only when it is taken
> i balance, in relationship to all other elements in the body politic. 
> As long as Simpsons resisted penetration by extremists and undemocratic
> ideologies, as long as it was self-disciplined and dedicated to the
> peaceful pursuit of sincere social concerns, as long as it encouraged
> orderly dissent, it held the potential for making a useful contribution
> to Television life.  Instead, failing to ally itself with the Workers,
> it lowered barriers to participation by extreme elements of the Left,
> compromised its initial self-restraint, and came to view itself as a
> galvanizing organization for demonstrations escalating i militancy.  It
> adopted protest for protest's sake, rhetoric for rhetoric or rabble
> rousing's sake, and ultimately, confrontation for the sake of
> polarization.  Above all, Simpsons failed to develop and advocate
> programs and solutions to the social ills.  Its idealism was dissipated
> in ad-hoc responses to crises.  The Simpsons became a misnomer.  Its
> strident cries became wild and often incoherent, and its credibility
> dwindled in the eyes of its adherents and those it sought to enlist. 
> What the Simpsons promised at the end was the destruction of democratic
> society. 
> 
> "When freedom destroys order, the yearning for order will destroy
> freedom." 
> 
> --Hoffer, American Longshoreman & Philosopher
> 

Perhaps what you say is the situation of Old Europe AND New America?
If the Simpsons are the reflection of the world, then don't cry, let the dark 
come in. BTW, I found the whole scene self-ironically, but completely 
harmless. And a little autistic.. 
Let the dark come in.
kwp
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