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Entries for September, 2009

The Paradox of Our Time

“The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but [...]

It’s just a ride…

“The World is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it’s real, because that’s how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round, and it has thrills and chills and is very brightly colored, and it’s very loud. [...]

Censorship: For we must be protected from the true beast, ourselves!

Censorship is dangerous and pointless, especially when applied to forms of art such as film, television, video games and other media. ‘Censorship’ is defined by premier online dictionary Wiktionary as “The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.” Some [...]