The Shrine

PostPosted:**Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:07 pm**

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.thismagazine.ca/issues/2002/ ... ell.php</a>

This article blew my f#&%&$*!-ing mind. Read.</div>

PostPosted:**Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:44 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>More intellectual minds looking down their noses at the US. "Look at me, i use big words, run on sentences, tons of referrences that you wont know, and lots of commas!" I read the whole thing, but i get tired of reading articles from guys who like to hear themselves write after 2 paragraphs.</div>

PostPosted:**Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:52 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>It sure took them a long time, too, to get to what they really wanted to say, the last 6-7 paragraphs.</div>

PostPosted:**Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:59 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>*sigh* i need to stop being so negative. It is almost like the first thing i try to do is argue, even when it is stupid to do so. It was a good article to read, how about that :)</div>

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PostPosted:**Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:25 pm**

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>It's actually an excerpt from a book, which is probably why it felt so long-winded to you.</div>

PostPosted:**Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:18 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>It's about the need for status, distinction, uniqueness, "cool." An old argument, but never an obsolete one, in my opinion.</div>

PostPosted:**Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:19 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Look, I think some forms of anti-Americanism are virulent and silly, but this isn't one of those kinds. The quest for status is by no means exclusively an American one.</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:17 am**

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Shut up! You only hate him because it's COOL to hate him!</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:20 am**

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>"Being punk isn't about wearing a fucking uniform!"</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:23 am**

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Yeah, it reminds me of those useless "Gas Outs", where people pretend to stick it to The Man and don't get to sacrifice anything.</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:39 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>You're not cool enough to tell me to shut up!</div>

The Shrine

This article blew my f#&%&$*!-ing mind. Read.

This article blew my f#&%&$*!-ing mind. Read.

Let me add, that while these Canadians are obviously smart guys, i just do not see why they think a world without advertising will be a better place? The whole article seems pointless, an advertisementless world, ok?