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Originally posted by ARTelevision
We have that society.
Personally, I'm not ready to dismantle it on shot-in-the-dark solutions to solving social problems.
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Are you suggesting that nothing be tried until we somehow
know it will cure all ills? In my mind, this is the same logic that perpetuates the continual degradation of the global environment.
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Originally posted by ARTelevision
Personally, I have come to loathe this stereotype for what it is - a cheap and manipulative attempt to popularize losers and another example of how a corrupt cultural hegemony profits by appealing to the lowest common denominators of human behavior.
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Now, this I can agree with. It's unfortunate also that the popularization of the event (or any like it) could have the reverse effect of providing strategy and impetus for others.