Another rant by me. What a surprise. This one actually has some relevance in today’s society, though. Here is the situation that prompted this one: We like to argue a lot in my group of friends here at school. A particular person like to use popularity to gauge and support how good something is. I think that is a very strong, intelligent point. Here’s why: (I know some of these may be somewhat inaccurate or under-stated, but you get the point.)
In the 1940’s in Germany, it was popular to kill Jews, and in Russia it was popular to kill people to industrialize the country.
For several centuries in America, it was popular to have slaves, and start wars if people threatened to take them away.
For thousands of years in Meso and South America (and, at that, the rest of the world), it was popular to sacrifice people for religion.
In the medieval ages, it was popular for European Catholics to board ships, sail several thousand miles, and brave the desert just to die at the hands of Muslims.
During the 1200’s and1300’s, it was popular for Mongolians to become warriors and slaughter everything in their path in the name of conquest.
In in the 1500’s (and subsequent centuries) it was popular in Spain and other European nations to conquer or kill millions of Native Americans in order to get gold.
For several centuries in Rome, it was popular to capture people of non-Roman religions and culture and use them as amusements/tiger bait/pin-cushions in the Colosseum.
That’s just a few examples. So the next time someone (Lopez) says something like asshole soccer is good because it’s popular, there are now sufficient counter examples to 1) discredit that stupid argument, and 2) warrant that person’s immolation and subsequent attack by Bobba Fett.
Popularity: 87% [?]
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