Even though the weekly assignment for this week is Israel, I think we have to pause and ask ourselves what sort of discount is worth being "herded like upright walking pigs." Perhaps a topic for next week.
I think Brad Pitt's line in "Fight Club" illustrates this beautifully: Tyler Durden: We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy's name on my underwear. Rogaine, Viagra, Olestra. Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. [1]
I think Brad Pitt's line in "Fight Club" illustrates this beautifully:
ReplyDeleteTyler Durden: We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy's name on my underwear. Rogaine, Viagra, Olestra. Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. [1]
Sources:
1 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/quotes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kOXwYS-r1A
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