Shame, shame, shame

From: Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk <(Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk)>
Date: Tue Aug 25 07:56:41 1998

Anthony Clifton wrote:

> It never ceases to amaze me that, when offered an opportunity to
> celebrate in a positive manner, groups of people will choose to smash,
> burn and destroy things instead. If it were some kind of demonstration
> against a particular company for some kind of social violations, it least
> smashing a computer made by that company would have some kind of symbolic
> purpose (albeit still a negative one). But to just smash something for
> the hell of it.
>
> I think there's a song about smashing a "perfectly good guitar."
>
> Myself, I prefer dancing and singing to celebrate things. What
> happened to dressing up in costumes and building floats and giving away
> free stuff like candy or food?

I was hoping not to get drawn into this somewhat strange thread, but...

I agree with Anthony. (Why is smashing pottery always such a popular
sideshow at the fair?) I have noticed a similar trend in other areas,
such as sponsored events to raise money for charity. People always want
to be sponsored to do something useless like walking 1000 miles or
jumping out of an aeroplane (airplane). If it's a worthwhile cause they
are supporting, I'll go ahead and sponsor them, but why can't we have
sponsored events like "Pick up all the litter in the neighbourhood -
sponsorship per bag collected"? The worst thing is, no-one would
sponsor people to do something useful because "Aren't the council
supposed to be doing it anyway? Why am I paying council tax? [Rant,
Rant]"

Sad, but that's human nature for you.

Philip.
Received on Tue Aug 25 1998 - 07:56:41 BST

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