Right. And I think it's a direct result of how Americans have spent the last
few decades dumbing everything down. We don't want anyone to feel bad, so we
keep lowering the bar, and there's not really an easy way back out. Our
society is very much against intellectualism. We don't like to think that
someone may know more than we do or be capable of things that we aren't...it
goes against our concept of equality. And, as much as I'd like to think that
journalists would be better about such things, some of them choose to
introduce conflict where there is none or to perpetuate conflict in order to
keep their readers' attention.



On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:11 AM, geoff carver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> That's always going to be true, even with poachers, bank robbers, etc. But
> ideologically, or in terms of the original article, there seems to be this
> suggestion of anti-intellectual or anti-professionalism not only among the
> bottle-collectors but also among the journalists (who should know better,
> given the way bloggers seem to be making them redundant)
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> No. I don't think they see how it has any relevance to their lives,
> especially right now with the economy so bad. Most people don't have time
> or
> the inclination to care.
>