Thursday, November 01, 2007

Myths of Our Time

Some common myths we live with today:

  • A car can be considered beautiful
  • It's possible to win a war on terror
  • It's better to drive than to walk or ride a bike
  • Leaf blowers are necessary
  • Meat is essential to our diet
  • Time can be wasted, or lost
  • Water is better if it's packaged in plastic bottles
  • Growing hemp to produce the myriad products it is capable of will lead the world down a perilous path toward heroin addiction
  • McDonald's, Coca Cola, WalMart and their ilk need to expand into international markets
  • We need more highways
  • We need more housing and commercial development
  • We need to find more oil
  • We need an economy that relies on the production of material goods to continue to grow
  • One person's god can be better or different from another's person's god
  • Religious faith can justify hatred or violence
  • A TV series that celebrates a serial killer is OK
  • A movie that shows consensual sex is not OK
  • Heterosexuality is normal; anything else is not
  • Everyone has the same opportunity to succeed in a capitalist society
  • A wall between the U.S. and Mexico will stop poor people from seeking a better life
  • Ann Coulter can be considered beautiful


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