Infinite MonkeysIn reference to the title of Ben's post below (Where Did All The Heroes Go?), I was wondering the same thing. As in the material he cites, it seems to be more a matter of shifting perspective than a decline of courage and character. See the "23apr2004 -- Heroism Quiz" (scroll down just a bit) on this DOC page, and its Addendum just below it.
I'm left wondering how Deuce or Mr. Taibbi would even define a hero, or whether they could provide an example of someone who they might find heroic under their terms.
Their naysaying positions, standing against the tide of more proletarian interpretations and presuppositions, to me amount to just so much socio-political gnosticism. But what they are advancing as some deeper level of insight or understanding, appears to me to be even more one-dimensional and simplified than that of the dupes and sheep they wish to deride.
I'd be pleased to be written off by such mindsets as one lost, brainwashed, having taken the soma.
Posted by Brad at April 28, 2004 06:10 PM | TrackBack