Monday, February 26, 2007

Bits AND PIECES

So much going on some say and such must be organised. The movement must be ordered by those that did not set it up ! MYSPACE must go to adults. YOUTUBE to business. AWKS to experts of persuasion. But history often repeats itself as tragedy. This tragedy is life itself at work quite often. Reminded, I am, of a piece of writing :-

" Though in the first half of the century there was deep ( and not wholly idle ) apprehension that making the lower ranks of society literate would breed all sorts of disorder and debauchery, in the long run the prolification of reading matter proved to have been the oil that was needed to quiet the troubled waters .... The comparative tranquility of Victorian society after the mid-century was due in no small part to the growth of the popular press. "

But when tragedy turns into farce .....

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

The conflict is clear.
But it really does not to be that way always !

anticant said...

At the risk of repeating myself, some years ago I overheard someone saying: "I was at the Department of Education this morning, and a senior official said to me 'we don't want too many highly educated people in this country, do we? THEY CAUSE TOO MUCH TROUBLE!' "

Anonymous said...

"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
"There's a porpoise close behind us and he's standing on my tail."
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle—will you come and join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you,
won't you, will you join the dance?

zola a social thing said...

in stormy seas I have learnt to ride the waves and wait for the rollers to arrive and then swell.
When the compass keeps spinning wild check the bedrock.
Zola is confused again.

Anonymous said...

Isn't there an important difference between 'treading' and 'standing', LavvyGirl?.
Or am I just being picky?.

Anonymous said...

Yes.

Anonymous said...

Is Lavenderblue being very clever here?
Which Quadrille?
Is the dance of the Awks being referred to, perhaps?.
'We don't need no Editors, we don't need no..........'.
Please do tell us.

Anonymous said...

Would I do that ?
But now that you have brought the subject up...........more in the vein of W H Auden, perhaps?
' the instruments of production have been too much...........' ( Marx )

and of course 'Bonfire of the Vanities' ................

zola a social thing said...

Where angels fear to tread?

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