Consumption Comments

So that was a super fun rant! Conspicuous consumption and people following unfollowable bullies...seem to rule this day. The bald spot and the spot that won't come out and wow... you somehow brough in Macbeth. There is so much to like in this writing. A true prose poem where the poet unleashes.

thinking more on this, neal. if we could all grasp the idea of enough. how much does it take to enjoy a sunset? ultimately, is there any security in this world? the primary sin, as i understand it, is taking to ourselves the responsibility for our security instead of trusting God for it. impressive, amazing in his example, we are told, abram trusted God, and it was credited to him as righteousness (the only righteousness for us there is, that we get, using the new testament word, through faith) . -glen

A nice commentary on our modern consumerist attitude - - Big and glamorous advertisements seduce the naive consumers into the trap to run after their products.The advertisement Houses really do not care about the environment nor about the health of the consumer.Profit is what they care.

Excellently written indictment on greed and selfishness in our modern consumer propelled world. Nothing is without reach for the right price including happiness or so the ads proclaim. A forceful yet sadly amusing ending.

whew! a good expression of the disgust at this, neal. and then i think of the lines from ps 46 in a favorite rendering of mine: step out of the traffic. take a long loving look at me your high God above politics, above everything. glen

Shakespeare and Hawthorne in one poem and very entertaining it is too. my late wife's favourite phrase from MacBeth is Is this a dagger I see before me... The answer is, no love it's a putty knife. Must say lady MacBeth is a good symbol for the Consumer Society too.