Opiate of the masses poll

[JVS]

[jobycom]

1. Internet blogs

They make us all feel like we are doing something when we are really aren't.

Not that some people don't achieve good things through the Internet, just that often we wind up defusing our energy on sites like this rather than grabbing pitchforks. That was the point of the original comment--that religion made people feel better about their lives, so they stayed publicly peaceful.

[JVS]

3. I'd put that in the opinions category

As a freshman in college, I once claimed that granting the people free speech was an elaborate ruse to get us to talk about things that don't matter. If something were really important, no ban would keep people quiet

[jobycom]

15. Ah, we're thinking along the same lines, then

I didn't understand why you included opinions, but you're right, that's exactly the point I was getting at.

Free speech zones are even better. We are allowed to say what we want in certain areas, so as not to disturb the people we are criticizing. Yippee, we got to carry a plaquard and take a picture to show all our buddies. We really told them! Now let's watch the Rose Bowl and feel like activists. (Not trying to criticize anyone for carrying signs or watching the Rose Bowl--it was a great game--just pointing out that it usually does no harm to the officials in charge.)

[CanuckAmok]

2. All these opiates are intertwined.

example: it's the entertainment industry, and its advertisers, which tell us which consumer goods will bring us happiness.



And it's Michael Franti who called television "the drug of the nation".

[JVS]

4. Chuck D popularized it in his song though

[leftstreet]

5. The TV is the new Village Square.

But unfortunately it's not interactive.

Oh, unless you're voting "in" or "out" an American Idol.

TV sucks.

[LSdemocrat]

6. Other: Everyone has their own opiate

[ghostsofgiants]

7. Other...

Opium.

[JVS]

8. that's one for the opiates option

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Damn, missed the opiates option...

It's 4:27 AM, cut me some slack.

[JVS]

10. Are you in Greenland or something

1.5 hours off eastern time?

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Newfoundland, actually

[JVS]

12. I've heard rumors that Canadians of the other provinces...

consider newfies to be retarded cousins of sorts, are these rumors of such heinous bigotry true?

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Not in my experience, but you never can tell.

[HEyHEY]

14. Marketing

[jane_pippin]

16. Yep. That gets my vote too.

[RPM]

17. Uh- Chuck D didnt say that

That was Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - fronted by Chuck D sound-a-like Michael Franti.

Lots of folks think his work is Chuck "the greatest thinker of all time" D.