 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
History Forum / General / British History / March 2008Travel Is For The Masses
You know, he has some useful points here. DSH "Peter Jason" <pj@jostle.com> wrote in message news:fsk01j$kes$1@otis.netspace.net.au... > Yes yes, of course. > > But why travel at all? > > "Only dull people need a view" - Oscar Wilde. > > Given the hideous expense and discomfort, and the swarms of rude > tourist-trap touts why not stay at home and be dull? > > There are books, wide-screen TVs, places at home to visit, resting in bed > with the cat. And contemplative quietude! > > Travel is for the masses; don't be one of them! > You know, he has some useful points here. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > Travel is for the masses; don't be one of them! Travel is not a monolithic concept. I hate air travel. It's a necessity like going to the bathroom. I never take trains (once you try the Orient Express, it's the end.) Havent' been on a bus in decades. No Metro. Driving a car can be fun. Riding a nice motorbike on a sunny day is exhilarating, and going on a cruise is simply great. Not to mention a light, fast road bike to get the runners' high sitting down... > On Mar 28, 10:40 pm, "D. Spencer Hines" > <pant...@excelsior.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > get the runners' high > sitting down... I have tried travel in all its forms, including 1000 miles of hitch-hiking in my younger years. It is all overrated. Necessity is the only thing that compels it now. When I was a child & teenager I rode a bicycle, although only on the footpath/sidewalk. These days the poor motorist is assailed by swarms of candy-coloured, aggressive, cyclists all clogging the roads and mooning everybody. I ran one over once (at the cost of a large side-view mirror) and was greeted to the joyous spectacle of his prostrate form bristling with wheel spokes. He was barely injured but I had to repair my mirror. It was a fast efficient way for me to achieve a runner's high. These days we just swear at each other. Well Stated... Travel when young is important -- in order to develop a broader and more tolerant view. Both Domestic & International Travel are essential. But someone who has matured and developed a Sense of History can be far better informed by staying home and using all the media sources at his or her command in order to stay awake and aware. One of my best college professors made just that point -- and at the time I was young, foolish and skeptical of what he told us. I've since decided he was... Spot On. DSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas --------------------------------------- > I have tried travel in all its forms, including 1000 miles of hitch-hiking > in my younger years. It is all overrated. Necessity is the only thing [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > It was a fast efficient way for me to achieve a runner's high. These > days we just swear at each other. >Well Stated... > >Travel when young is important -- in order to develop a broader and more >tolerant view. But as we can all see, it doesn't necessarily have that effect. >Both Domestic & International Travel are essential. > >But someone who has matured and developed a Sense of History can be far >better informed by staying home and using all the media sources at his or >her command in order to stay awake and aware. So that doesn't work either. >One of my best college [sic] professors made just that point -- and at the time I >was young, foolish and skeptical of what he told us. What subject did he teach? Was he the joker who taught you English grammar? >I've since decided he was... > >Spot On. A spotty professor talking to a pimply faced kid. James > Got double glazing, anything else is allowable only at the whim of the > local council... The British Nanny State rears its ugly head. DSH >>> Because it's cold in the winter and I want to be somewhere warm. >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Got double glazing, anything else is allowable only at the whim of the > local council... > You know, he has some useful points here. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Travel is for the masses; don't be one of them! And an unbelievably boring attitude, too. Surreyman The first of these is far less pedestrian than the second. The second illustrates the bankruptcy and banality of the "Something For Everyone" Approach. DSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas <http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/Flags/gb-e-sur.html#coa> |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.