Reply #7: Emblematic of what we're dealing with here in the U.S.A. [View All]

[Phil Rockstroh]

Emblematic of what we're dealing with here, is, I believe, captured in this short email exchange I had this morning with an (un)concerned citizen.

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Message:
"Is there more to life then a didgital camera and a giant t..v? I doubt it. George Bush and Cheyney represent the real America.They are us.Is that bad?I doubt it.Have enough money,you can have fun.Is there anything better then having fun?I doubt it.Iraq is a way for Americans to let off steam,like sports .Me ,I prefer golf.Now thats a real way of life.As for you,keep waving at windmills,it is silly but harmless."

I reply: If your missive isn't a quixotic attempt at humor (charging at the windmills of irony -- not to mention good grammar and syntax) -- your statement (as well as your pitiful life, as you inelegantly describe it) is simply another dim variation -- summed up -- succinctly by the expression "the banality of evil".