Grumpy Pants

[rich]

thx, Thomas

One more beautiful quote from Mr Beale:

What is finished is the idea that this great country is dedicated to
the freedom and flourishing of every individual in it.
It’s the individual that’s finished.
It’s the single, solitary human being that’s finished.
It’s every single one of you out there that’s finished.
Because this is no longer a nation of independent individuals. It’s a
nation of some two hundred-odd-million transistorized, deodorized,
whiter-than-white, steel-belted bodies, totally unnecessary as human
beings and as replaceable as piston rods.

On 10/15/09, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>
>>another movie reminder--Network
>>
>>'there are no nations, there is only ITT', etc etc.
>>
>>how so ever true today except replace ITT with Goldman Sachs. same
>>system, only different masks, same players
>>
>>
>>
> I only recently saw the movie for the first time. I had known a few
> things about it (wonderful media satire, 'I'm mad as hell' etc.) but
> nothing had prepared me for this scene. Astonishing, and indeed 'how so
> ever true today.'
>
> My best wishes to you, rich.
>
> Thomas
>
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