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06-18-2007, 12:01 AM | #1 | |
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Dilemma of Goodness
Pastimes: The Context of Contemporary Leisure Third Edition By Ruth V. Russell
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06-18-2007, 12:43 AM | #2 |
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Depends on who you talk to.
I think it's important for us to retain the past and educate about it...particularly with music. I think I got the short end of the stick on classical and jazz as a kid. But at the same time, our society evolves, and we should enjoy whatever pleases us...within reason of course. |
06-18-2007, 07:35 AM | #3 |
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Morality and being "civilized" is subjective, so no.
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06-18-2007, 04:35 PM | #5 |
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Well for example, if you consider bear-baiting to be entertainment you're probably out of step with society.
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Depends on which one.
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06-18-2007, 04:54 PM | #7 |
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Inherently, no. Though remember that when you're talking about classical music in 2007, you're generally talking about the best of the best, and not all the rotten stuff (q.v. Sturgeon's Law) that wasn't good enough to survive. For a fair comparison, you'd have to look at ALL the music available in, say, 1785, not just Mozart, compared to, say, all the rock music available in 2007.
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06-21-2007, 09:19 AM | #9 |
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In my opinion, I don't think leisure time is not biased by outside factors. There are many things I do by myself that other people have influenced me to do. For example, I don't like painting my toenails, but I do it leisurely by myself because I know other people might think it's pretty. Am I taking the word leisure out of context in reference to what the original post was about?
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It's about social capital in my opinion. Some things cost more and are more accessable to people with more money whilst other things cost less and are therefor accessable to people with lower incomes. Does it mean one is better or worse than the other? Not in my opinion. It's about finance and what you have the opportunity to be exposed to during your lifetime.
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06-22-2007, 11:08 AM | #11 |
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To answer the questions in the original post, there is nothing superior about, I dunno, "WASP" activities and experiences compared to a blue collar layman's enjoyments. Like Ali said, they just have different opportunities with leisure. But one isn't better than the other.
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06-22-2007, 11:27 AM | #12 |
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the more expensive something is to do it automatically limits it to the wealthy therefore becoming "refined"
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