Thursday, November 19, 2009

The land of make believe

There are people who believe that watching Gone With The Wind on a video screen is watching a movie.
--There are people who believe that eating a McDonald's Quarter Pounder is eating a hamburger.
--There are people who believe that listening to Wayne Shorter through earbuds on an iPod is listening to jazz.
--There are people who believe that drinking Bud Light is drinking beer.
--There are people who believe that reading
Nostromo on a Kindle is reading a book.
--There are people who believe that television news is news.
--There are people who believe that laying off workers to increase profitability is managing a business.
--There are people who believe that praying to a Big Daddy in the Sky is medicine.
--There are people who believe that staying in touch by phone is staying
in touch.
--There are people who believe that a long drunken weekend in Cancun is foreign travel.
--There are people who believe that shooting at animals with a high-powered rifle through a telescopic sight out of a helicopter is hunting.
--There are people who believe that two underfed Russian teenagers copulating in front of a webcam is arousing.
--There are people who believe computing is thinking.
And there are people who think,
oh lord, help me in my unbelief.

1 comment:

  1. just beautiful. makes me want to reclaim all that is even a little bit authentic.

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