tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635939.post2776918190908679420..comments2024-03-15T10:23:07.022-06:00Comments on Sustainable Adventure: The Blind SideAndrew McKinlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14951795633428513769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635939.post-19024832740746319712010-04-03T13:41:16.280-06:002010-04-03T13:41:16.280-06:00Excellent points. Thanks for the review - I think...Excellent points. Thanks for the review - I think I'll give that movie a pass. I don't need to see more of that kind of stuff. Instead, I think I'll go outside and split some firewood. ;-)Mtn Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521614757208939451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635939.post-70540146366825280642010-04-03T05:00:42.030-06:002010-04-03T05:00:42.030-06:00Very depressing. In Britain the culture among most...Very depressing. In Britain the culture among most boys is to hope to become a star and a 'celebrity'. It is only the middle classes who have any ethos of effort and that perpetuates social divides. And also the immigrants who do menial jobs but are determined their children shall not.<br /><br />Girls have slipped backwards - stories written eighty years ago for girls were about their achievements - winning hockey matches, catching burglars, chasing spies and so on. Not so now. Perhaps though it was always the middle classes who read those stories. <br /><br />We scorn what we see as the American desire to make money and enjoy ostentatious luxury but is that not better tha thelabsence of any aspiration beyond 'being a star'?John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15164975589117097310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635939.post-31987403597770776592010-04-02T15:51:54.251-06:002010-04-02T15:51:54.251-06:00Excellent analysis. Thanks for this. (I was tempte...Excellent analysis. Thanks for this. (I was tempted to say, "Who are you and what have you done with Andrew." Oops. I guess I have.)Larry Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15950655805971599646noreply@blogger.com