tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17596486.post6117771877317553172..comments2023-10-18T08:36:38.926-07:00Comments on Not Noteworthy: On cliches and commonalitiesJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932010485918756589noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17596486.post-79672304276995956152010-02-12T00:49:37.089-08:002010-02-12T00:49:37.089-08:00"...The shared (nearly slavish) fear of conve..."...The shared (nearly slavish) fear of convention takes the shape of an unwittingly lock-step group-think. The irony is that, self-amputated from tradition, the victims of this zeitgeist lack the reserves of human thought buried deep in history, by which they might have actually learned how to think for themselves."<br /><br />I believe everyone has the capacity to love rightly. To say that a group, "...lacks the reserves of human thought buried deep in history, by which they might have actually learned to think for themselves." is to insinuate that God creates waste. I know you are being a touch facetious when you say this (similar to the nature of Roger Ebert's film critiques before his surgery), but would the rest of the hungry?<br /><br />That bit about,"...The shared (nearly slavish) fear of convention takes the shape of an unwittingly lock-step group-think." is dead on. Their fear of convention equates itself to a fear of responsibility. Their supposed lack of convention and irresponsibility has itself become convention, ironically making guys like you and me the rebels now. How cool is that? ;)Matt of CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10170852231685602251noreply@blogger.com