Originally posted by HairDogYou're right, thanks for the valuable insight. This completely invalidates everything they stand for and has re-affirmed my faith in the banks, politicians and large corporations that enhance our lives on a daily basis.
Has anyone noticed the protesters are using items that they are protesting against? Cell phones, Starbucks, signs made from Staples? All corporations at work.
Originally posted by expuddlepirate"Irony" implies some level of active thinking. What's ironic in picking up some half baked cynicism from the media and passing it on without critical thinking? The self same comments are being made in the popular press about protestors in London - e.g that they go to Starbucks for a coffee and use ...
Kinda ironic ain't it?
So they are all useless students - oh no they aren't - well, they are all unemployed - oh no, lots have good jobs - well they are just part time protestors and not genuine - on and on in endlessly meaningless cynical irrelevance.
This thread is not about thinking - it is about avoiding thought. Those horrible protestors are asking me to think! OMG!! They are saying the emperor has no clothes - ought not to be allowed. Why can't they just go home to watch TV or wander the net in search of the void? (They'll find it on this Forum for sure)
Originally posted by finneganI blame Alanis Morissette.
"Irony" implies some level of active thinking. What's ironic in picking up some half baked cynicism from the media and passing it on without critical thinking? The self same comments are being made in the popular press about protestors in London - e.g that they go to Starbucks for a coffee and use ...
So they are all useless students - oh no they aren' ...[text shortened]... watch TV or wander the net in search of the void? (They'll find it on this Forum for sure)