Comments on: Lords Of The Flies

By: lumps937

lumps937 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:18:42 +0000

You should give Rand a try. After all, I did and I don’t spend *all* of my time in the basement.

By: Robbo

Robbo — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:29:59 +0000

I’ve never actually read Rand, largely because I don’t want to turn into one of those people who spends all his time in his basement cleaning his assault rifle and muttering about secret guv’mint mind-probe radio frequencies and those “damned commie squirrels”.

I started reading Clockwork, but the lingo gives me a headache so I just stuck with the movie.

And speaking of movies, my very favorite movie dystopia is Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil”.

By: The Abbot

The Abbot — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:03:16 +0000

I’ve been meditating lately on how America seems to be living out “Atlas Shrugged”, while Britain has gone straight to living out “A Clockwork Orange.”

Life imitates Art, or maybe we just get the dystopias we deserve?

By: The Abbot

The Abbot — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:54:02 +0000

There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.

By: Robbo

Robbo — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:41:10 +0000

Tsk! Tsk!

In fact, when my gels are acting badly, I often call them barbarians. When they’re at their worst, I call them baboons.

They know when Dad considers their behavior out of line.

Would I get a Good Parent Award for this? Nope, probably get hauled away by C.P.S. for verbal abusiveness.

(Don’t tell, by the way.)

By: beth

beth — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:21:28 +0000

So. Um. Why are said adults – most of whom probably failed to rear at least one of said children adequately in the recent past – not doing something, like, oh, teaching children how to behave and right from wrong?

Oh that’s right…that’s judgmental and intolerant. I keep forgetting.