Subj : Okay, now I'm depressed..
To   : topcat
From : Finnigann
Date : Sat Sep 10 2005 22:26:00

-=> topcat wrote to alt.tv.nypd-blue <=-

 to> From Newsgroup: alt.tv.nypd-blue

 to> I was watching an old Hope/Crosby movie on AMC this morning. Is it
 to> possible to be nostalgic for a time you weren't even alive?

 to> With all our modern conveniences and technology, are we *really* a
 to> better society? I'm starting to doubt it. I'm not even looking forward
 to> to the Christmas holidays. It's all so commercialized. You try to talk
 to> to somebody and their cell phone goes off, or yours does. You try to
 to> call somebody about something and you get their damn voice mail. You
 to> try to get some company you have business dealings with to answer the
 to> phone, and you get a corporate directory. Everybody has so many ways to
 to> stay "in touch" as they're trying to avoid you.

 to> I guess every generation longs for a simpler time and as I was watching
 to> that movie, where there was no internet, there was no OPEC, there was
 to> no red-state/blue-state America, there was no cursing or murders or
 to> rapes or armed robberies, I started to understand why. It just seemed
 to> like so much more of a civil society.

 to> So I'm going to put on my "These Days" CD and wallow for a while. This
 to> song fits my mood to a tee....

Better never watch 'The UnTouchables'

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