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Enneagram Main Board Archive Re: TIME leaders and revolutionariesPosted by Derf on April 12, 1998 at 19:37:02: In Reply to: Re: TIME leaders and revolutionaries posted by Copperhead on April 12, 1998 at 05:35:42:
Culture changes, and so do ideals. Are we living in Arthurian times? In Roman times? In the future, we might become more like Japan or Bali or wherever; or they might become more like us. If "Gone With The Wind" were made today, would it draw the audiences that it does today? Would they let Marilyn Monroe be a model today? (Are you aware that she was SIZE 16?) Would George Washington succeed as President? JFK? NO! THEY WOULDN'T! All the great war heroes were before Vietnam, because that's the first time the general public was "taken to the battlefield" via. television, and we just don't feel the same about the whole thing. Human nature *NEVER* changes, I agree - we're still reading Latin and Greek literature, and loving it. But the experience of culture does change, and has the power to change our perceptions.
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