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Feb. 12th, 2004 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vostoklakeMmm. I've got my vinyl records sounding *really* good through this system now. It's good getting reacquainted with gorgeous music that, in some cases, I haven't listened to in years.
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To change the subject, I realised last night that, when one of the rules of a group is "Don't discuss politics or religion", what they *really* mean is "Don't disturb the prejudices of the majority". The problem is that everyone has a political viewpoint, but if it's sufficiently close to that of "common sense"* - i.e., the crap they feed you in the mass media - they'll think it's a simple fact. So, they'll say "common sense" things like "the wars in Ireland and Yugoslavia are based on religion" or "the police are our friends", and seem totally non-plussed when you point out that these are, in fact, political statements. Sheesh.
*"Common sense is what tells you the earth is flat" - Principia Discordia, an observation replicated by Antonio Gramsci.
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To change the subject, I realised last night that, when one of the rules of a group is "Don't discuss politics or religion", what they *really* mean is "Don't disturb the prejudices of the majority". The problem is that everyone has a political viewpoint, but if it's sufficiently close to that of "common sense"* - i.e., the crap they feed you in the mass media - they'll think it's a simple fact. So, they'll say "common sense" things like "the wars in Ireland and Yugoslavia are based on religion" or "the police are our friends", and seem totally non-plussed when you point out that these are, in fact, political statements. Sheesh.
*"Common sense is what tells you the earth is flat" - Principia Discordia, an observation replicated by Antonio Gramsci.
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Date: 2004-02-12 03:27 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-12 10:40 am (UTC)"The wages are too high! High wages ruin
our industry!" over and over again, would you
call this a politicial statement, or, more precisely, a political statement that reflects
an opinion of the parrot?