> I was using the '79 mod revival as an example. And calling mod elite
>gives
> everyone a bad name. Maybe nobody listens to '79 stuff and I think it's
> boring too, but somebody out there is buying it.
> Mod is no different from any other sub-culture in that we all have
>something
> to believe in.
Apart from nihilist punks, of course.
> When it goes too far, elitism, it becomes obsession,
> something that becomes a dominant and persistent influence that a person
>can
> not escape or realise the difference between the right and wrong.
No, that's a psychopath, not an elitist. An elitist is someone who believes
that certain things have more merit than others, and that people don't
deserve a pat on the back just for trying. And when it goes too far the
insistence that all cultures are no different because they all offer
something to believe in, leads to people not being able to tell right from
wrong. Of course, that's when it goes too far. Rather than just a bit. Or
just enough. . .
Which of the following statements is elitist?
Celine Dion is crap.
McDonalds isn't proper food.
Jimmy Smith is better than the James Taylor Quartet.
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