tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427538608110635294.post7792134123837020101..comments2023-08-09T03:21:13.354-05:00Comments on Letters from Gehenna: The World on a Slant: Women's MagicDw3t-Hthrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11584245136407694660noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427538608110635294.post-48892458871797592202007-04-30T19:47:00.000-05:002007-04-30T19:47:00.000-05:00you know, reading that gives me a similar reaction...you know, reading that gives me a similar reaction: angry and yet just plain tired.<BR/><BR/>Why do so many people devalue the very things that support them? What working people doesn't matter. What parents do doesn't matter. Etc.<BR/><BR/>All that matters is what the leisured class does in their leisure time. The rest of it is just *them*.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what I find more insulting about that premise: that only their hobbies are "meaningful" (and there are intellectual pursuits which are far from useful!) or that actually doing work and keeping home and hearth going is meaningless.<BR/><BR/>After all, if these people's parents hadn't done what THEY did, where would these people be now?Vievahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15156288385744214737noreply@blogger.com