[Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 29, Issue 265

[Paul Rumelhart]

donald edwards wrote:
> You're right, Keely, this is awful.  Even the nastiest mosh pits or 
> concerts I've been to have a code of making sure the people that go 
> down get helped up right away. Thanks for sharing this important 
> reflection of the direction humanity sometimes seems to be taking 
> lately.  Don
>  
> Examples like this have something to say for consumerism in America.  
> Which used to be practically a swear word until mind bending 
> advertising took full effect.

I always hate it when corporations refer to us as "consumers".  I don't 
exist only to consume things.  It also leads to a disposable mindset 
instead of making things that last longer.  I liked the old-fashioned 
"customer", which refers to the idea that each person is being sought 
after for their "custom" (or the idea that they will regularly buy at 
your shop).  That was a much healthier mindset, in my opinion.

Paul