A Problematic Article from TODAYonline - "Do I Look Rich to You?"
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/311658.asp About a TODAY Plus section writer who attempts to justify his elitist attitude to the reading masses.
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A Sorry Excuse for Challenging the Unpopular Views about the Problems of Elitism in its Intended Context
This entry was first posted as a note in my Facebook account. ________________________________________________________________ The writer of this article in Friday's (3 April 2009) edition of the TODAY paper obviously has got a grudge against having been made to feel guilty over his elitist attitude. ( Web source: Link ) __________________________ _______ _________________________________ Do I look rich to you? Rich kettle, poor pot —all black. You’re just asbad as the person you’re hanging your baggage on Phin Wong plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg I’m rich. Oh, I’m rolling in green — and I don’t mean grass. No, grass is for poor people who have to appreciate the riches of the outdoors because they don’t have terribly much indoors. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not some hideous nature-hater. Goodness, no. Only the tacky nouveau riche have no appreciation for Gaia’s bounty. I myself adore my modest field of South African calla lilies where I often frolic upon ov...
The Cancer of the Mind And Political Apathy in An Affluent Society
This entry was first posted as a note on my Facebook account. ______________________________________________________________ Coming across a series of three separate articles over these couple of days on the TODAY paper and Straits Times - on the study report by AXA Life Outlook Index pertaining to the general local consumer's confidence level; the sentiments of notable high-fliers in the private sector concerning their aversion towards a life of being scrutinized, i.e. e.g. political life; and on the inadvertent revelation of airline pilots' income in relation to latest corporate decision to impose a duration of 'no-pay' leave upon them every month following impending severe negative growth in the commercial aircraft industry. Reflecting on these articles has afforded me the credulity to abide by the view that our ever increasing dependency on the world economy, together with the continually incremental affluence of our society, have caused the greatest harm ...