Monday, 27 May 2013

We think better of the dead

than we do of the living.
Although this tendency
was always so, nowadays
we live not only in a culture of blame,
but worse - a culture of no-praise.

2 comments:

  1. Jindra K. Hrdlička May 27, 2013

    Except, perhaps in Canada.
    We have a culture of constant cravings for constant praising
    .

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  2. WoflMay 27, 2013

    But of course it is not *real* praise that you're talking about, Jindřich.

    That kind of praise - dispensed so automatically and so hypocritically - is just social grooming, meaningless ritual.

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