tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post4390321075747006608..comments2024-03-18T17:03:17.871-05:00Comments on Augoeides: SUVs Are The New BroomsticksScott Stenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-19110327763335706552011-04-01T17:48:08.180-05:002011-04-01T17:48:08.180-05:00Speaking as a South African with esoteric leanings...Speaking as a South African with esoteric leanings, I can report that the Satanic panic is alive an kicking throughout all the income groups. It's really quite sad. I tend to avoid discussing religion with people. It's just not worth bashing my head against that wall.nerinedormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12885964421325041778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-18024586581468762282011-03-31T13:19:12.810-05:002011-03-31T13:19:12.810-05:00It's basic human nature to try and make sense ...It's basic human nature to try and make sense of the randomness of privilege and success. The idea that "people are poor because they're lazy" is the form it tends to take here in the US, when in reality the working poor work at least as hard as the more financially successful.<br /><br />I don't know that my predictions regarding the state of education in the US would be as dire as yours, but I agree that the current defunding trend is a serious problem. A society that glorifies stupidity is only undermining its own future potential for success.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-18454253440791151542011-03-31T13:03:54.246-05:002011-03-31T13:03:54.246-05:00It's truly atrocious. I lived in a Greek vill...It's truly atrocious. I lived in a Greek village for a while, quite a few years ago. While there, you would hear similar gossip going on. Anyone doing well was either "doing magic" or having sex with the mayor. It was almost always aimed at women as well. Their mentality is that men work hard and earn their good fortune, women find ways to work around the system, cheating. Mind you, the second you want to know your future, you go to the "cafetsou" and she reads your coffee grounds to tell you if your gonna have a boy or make any money. She tends to be the same person that arranges marriages too... go figure.<br />My take is that it is all due to a lack of education and experience. The scary part is that the US, through its de-funding of education, is heading in that same direction.... likely within one generation... just look at the Diesel Jeans "Be Stupid" commercial... case in point.Hypnovatoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959801151825593183noreply@blogger.com