tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post112646316320252322..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: HistoryHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1126534110010135192005-09-12T10:08:00.000-04:002005-09-12T10:08:00.000-04:00Apparently, Lord of the Flies happened because the...Apparently, Lord of the Flies happened because they were counting on the Ford of the Lies. Which symbolizes your point.Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1126505864241545112005-09-12T02:17:00.000-04:002005-09-12T02:17:00.000-04:00Today's rut had been yesterday's groove...Nice.Con...<I>Today's rut had been yesterday's groove...</I><BR/><BR/>Nice.<BR/><BR/>Conservatism is out of fashion in the arts for the past 400 yrs or so. Of course, the epic poets were essentially conservative and told their societies their myths, to inspire the contemporary generation toward the greatness that was required of their forebears that built the great houses in which their children's children found themselves luckily inhabiting.<BR/><BR/>But the counterculture is our culture these days, and our myths are deconstructed: the American experiment was set up with a lot of highfallutin talk by selfish bastards who meant it only to apply to themselves; even Lincoln didn't free the slaves, really. A quarter million Union soldiers died to preserve tariffs.<BR/><BR/>We come to see ourselves as simply renters in a very rotten house. We have no stake in it, and it would be better torn down or washed away. We shall raise our hands to further the former, and not lift a finger to prevent the latter.<BR/><BR/>So when we see <I>Lord of the Flies</I> played out in a disaster area, it is no surprise. When the levee breaks, we find ourselves once again back in the primordial ooze.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps Plato was right and our poets are to blame, present company excepted.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com