We live in a crazy world. Of course that is news to no one, but I wonder how some otherwise intelligent people think their way through the notions that are obviously carry overs from a less thoughtful time.
The media today is full of all sorts of conflicting ideas.
Live green! Lessen your footprint on this earth!
The queen wears her clothes more than once! Two starlets are spotted wearing the same dress!
Most of us wear our clothes many times. Spending more on something because it is better made, lasts longer, or is possibly more comfortable makes sense, but can most of us really tell the difference between a good shirt and haute coutoure with our eyes closed? The only people who really benefit from original, one of a kind outfits worn one time by one person -- is the person who makes it and sells it.
I feel the same way about people who buy fifty million dollar private homes that can park a hundred cars. If you want to do that with your money that is your business, but don't ask me to believe that anyone must live that way, or that it is economically or environmentally sensible. It is pretentious to say the least.
I enjoy good things. I like comfort and ease, but I think we do our children and possibly the whole world a disservice by implying that people who do and have outlandishly priced things are somehow better than the rest of us. We say we don't want an aristocracy yet we make such a big to do about people who can spend money. Frankly I am more impressed with noblesse oblige than those ridiculous hats that look like they came straight out of an old Disney film.
My great aunt used to say you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear and I hear an awful lot of oinking hidden in the folds of the society that surrounds me.
The media today is full of all sorts of conflicting ideas.
Live green! Lessen your footprint on this earth!
The queen wears her clothes more than once! Two starlets are spotted wearing the same dress!
Most of us wear our clothes many times. Spending more on something because it is better made, lasts longer, or is possibly more comfortable makes sense, but can most of us really tell the difference between a good shirt and haute coutoure with our eyes closed? The only people who really benefit from original, one of a kind outfits worn one time by one person -- is the person who makes it and sells it.
I feel the same way about people who buy fifty million dollar private homes that can park a hundred cars. If you want to do that with your money that is your business, but don't ask me to believe that anyone must live that way, or that it is economically or environmentally sensible. It is pretentious to say the least.
I enjoy good things. I like comfort and ease, but I think we do our children and possibly the whole world a disservice by implying that people who do and have outlandishly priced things are somehow better than the rest of us. We say we don't want an aristocracy yet we make such a big to do about people who can spend money. Frankly I am more impressed with noblesse oblige than those ridiculous hats that look like they came straight out of an old Disney film.
My great aunt used to say you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear and I hear an awful lot of oinking hidden in the folds of the society that surrounds me.
No comments:
Post a Comment