I've been enjoying "Empire" which plays on FOX. It's a very good
representation of the politics of the music industry of which I was a
part for many years. I've also been watching episodes of the original
Australian version of "The Slap" on Hulu+. I'll be comparing episode
two of the NBC version tonight also via Hulu+. The Australian version
is much more HBO like and couldn't be broadcast in prudish backward
America. Melissa George plays the same role in both versions and does an
exceptional job for such a complex character.
The lack of civility comes primarily from overpopulation and
inequality. People are feeling "pinched" and yet they won't do anything
about it. They should be taking to the streets in mass and forming a
New Robin Hood Society to rescue the rich for their excess wealth that
makes them insane. :-D
On 02/19/2015 04:17 PM, ultrarishi wrote:
I'm still a meditator (2x daily for 20 minutes since 1975). Used to
do the Siddhis, but the time investment got way to large for the
return. Does this put me in the TB camp. Fine. I don't really care
one way or the other. Lately, I'm here for the book, film and tv
recommendations since this is a pretty damn smart group in spite of
the histrioncs.
I've been mostly a lurker here over the years and I would hvae to
agree that the state of forum has sadly declined. Some issues really
get my goat and so I speak up. Free speech is one. The right to know
is another. I see a general decline in civility everywhere these
days, though, not just here. Somebody tell Kanye to just STFU,
please, or get his own show on Comedy Central.
There is orchestrated trend right now to try to smear by association.
It's a very old trick, but folks still use it because it works. It's
being applied to the anti GMO folks by trying to associate them with
the anti vaxers, the global warming denyers and the "we never went to
the moon" nonsense. Truth be known, it's just the opposition trying
to change the narrative away from them.
