While We Wait: Writer's Block & Other Lame Excuses

[Terrance888]

What's next? We won't be allowed to talk about such things on TV because even relatively poor people can see them? Then what? No books on those topics? No internet discussions allowed? Conversations monitered to prevent them from popping up? Will dictionaries be expurgated?

 

[SKILORD]

What a brave new world that has such people in it.

 

[Gem Hound]

This is just ridiculous. Someone should act like Australia.

 

[SKILORD]

If only we all acted like Australia...

 

[Tycho]

Same reason as "Mercedes." It could make children of low income families raise uncomfortable questions about the distribution of wealth in america.

Because we cannot let poor people know about the toys for rich people.

Very true, and that's why it is in the interest of others to keep the people as they are, no?

What's next? We won't be allowed to talk about such things on TV because even relatively poor people can see them? Then what? No books on those topics? No internet discussions allowed? Conversations monitered to prevent them from popping up? Will dictionaries be expurgated?

Sounds like 1984. I also here that the English use that book as a guide for surveillance of the populace, so let's see what they do.

 

[GamezRule]

We could all act like France and surrender to each other!

 

[Terrance888]

The future sucks, but at least it sucks differently from the way the present does.

 

[nutranurse]

Hopefully we'll get jetpacks.

 

[Angst]

But, you see, Denmark is a country of socialist hedonists. Here in the states we have morals.

And I feel bad for you that you have to live with that. God help you all.

 

[nutranurse]

The only God you know is beer.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

The only God you know is beer.

and a right proper god that is.

 

[Terrance888]

Hey now, play nice.

At least in America, we try to convince ourselves that surrendering free will is good. Many other countries simply dived in.

 

[Blaze Injun]

Hey,

Why on Earth would yacht be banned from school books?

Because we cannot let poor people know about the toys for rich people.

Thats bascally why. It divided rich and poor on name of their toys.
Poor/rowboat & Rich/yacht.


Blaze Injun

 

[merciary]

and a right proper god that is.

All hail the Mighty god Beer. May he bless us with his holy Hops.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

We don't want to be too much like Australia... their software legislation is terrible.

 

[SKILORD]

I'm started to be tempted to act like Denmark.

 

[Masada]

You do all realize that there's a lot of statistical evidence backing up the notion that using words that aren't common to a given sub-population do weigh down on their marks in standardized tests right? But whatever, go get all middle and upper income butthurt over it or something.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

I think most people are more worried about the motivation behind the word removal.

 

[Tee Kay]

"Removal" itself can be a controversial word in certain contexts.

 

[Masada]

This story's right, this story's true
I would not tell lies to you
Like the promises they did not keep
And how they fenced us in like sheep.
Said to us come take our hand
Sent us off to mission land.
Taught us to read, to write and pray
Then they took the children away,
Took the children away,
The children away.
Snatched from their mother's breast
Said this is for the best
Took them away.