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1. Captain Wrath:Jealousy is an ugly thing, is it not? I was recently reading a history of ancient civilizations, and they discussed the advent of modern language and lettering. Apparently, the more archaic and complicated forms of communication were kept in place by the scribes as a way of protecting their power base. After all, if everyone could read and write, what need was there for them?
Trudeau, Jennings and even Drudge have become the modern scribes. Their monopoly on the communications realm is compromised and fading fast, and rather then adapt, they are digging in their heels and hoping it all goes away.
Good luck with that, losers…
Jul 5, 2005 - 8:25 am 2. Buddy Larsen:Gotta hand it to ‘em, prideful zeitgeist managers such as Nick Coleman and Brian Williams sure know how to extend their name-recognition. But sour grapes will always be sour grapes, alas.
Jul 5, 2005 - 8:34 am 3. photoncourier.blogspot.com:People who can deal with their competitors only by mocking and belittling them are people who are riding for a fall.
Astute people try to learn from their competitors. “This man will teach us how to beat him,” said Peter the Great after losing a battle.
Few of today’s media people are likely to be remembered with the words “the great” in association with their names.
Jul 5, 2005 - 1:01 pm 4. Buddy Larsen:Photon, the only English King to have “The Great” behind his name is Alfred–and it’s thought that what earned it was his successful effort to create a more-or-less standardized English language from all the dialects–full of Norse–thereabouts. He went to great expense to get the Latin works translated into a new blend, that came to be “English Language”. Cool, huh? Got that off the History Channel–one of the three or so cables that make TV worth having.
Jul 5, 2005 - 2:04 pm 5. gumshoe:“Trudeau, Jennings and even Drudge have become the modern scribes. Their monopoly on the communications realm is compromised and fading fast, and rather then adapt, they are digging in their heels and hoping it all goes away.”
-Captain Wrath
events have a way of verify
many of Marshall McLuhan’s observations.
he noted that resisting oncoming
technological innovations
was like driving the wrong way into oncoming freeway traffic:
bad enough to stand still.
facing traffic and accelerating
just makes the impact twice as devastating.
thanks,Mr Rather,
for the historical demonstration.
Jul 5, 2005 - 5:05 pm