tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post6141024249587370386..comments2024-03-26T09:35:47.151+00:00Comments on No PC Views: World Turned Upside DownNo PChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-31638243431887730002014-08-19T15:07:26.873+01:002014-08-19T15:07:26.873+01:00I suspect that memories are so short is because we...I suspect that memories are so short is because we no longer teach history in context ... as for 'Idiocracy' I have seen it and it is funny .... and maybe propheticNo PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-49381503910484561822014-08-18T12:00:57.459+01:002014-08-18T12:00:57.459+01:00There is a film 'Idiocracy' which explores...There is a film 'Idiocracy' which explores the theme of a world run by the stupid (who really are cocksure - as they out breed the intelligent people). You should watch it, as its both funny and actually makes a very good point - which is rather slyly delivered and of course ignored by the cocksure. Kennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-76086099115291264792014-02-01T21:02:31.623+00:002014-02-01T21:02:31.623+00:00We truly live in a world turned upside down ....
...<i>We truly live in a world turned upside down .... </i><br /><br />Indeed we do. Memories are short as far as the Nazis are concerned but worryingly long according to nationalist and/or cultural agendas.<br /><br />The reason for this topsy-turvyness is perhaps explained by the following observation :<br /><br />"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" [Bertrand Russell]<br /><br />....or is this just a symptom? rendering my comment ironically back-to-front.Vroomfondelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502448843409791872noreply@blogger.com