The Manic Maniac: Agents of Chaos, Agents of Change - Jul 24, 2008 - 01:12pm
The world does need reminders, and Americans are getting it now with the economy the way it is, and a dramatic shift in lifestyle looming for the middle class. But this article is bordering irresponsible, if not already naive. And I can't believe I am taking time to respond to this. "The world needs Jokers. As much as we think it hurts us, in the long run, we need agents of chaos to remind us of our humanity. Indeed, maybe we do need a new class of criminal." Really? When were you born Joe Crosby, 2002? I live in NYC and I see the reminders every day about "new classes of criminal" when I pass Ground Zero. We don't need further of these. We need big companies and the sports and entertainment businesses to stop paying gargantuan amounts of money to people who don't deserve it, realistic or not. We need to stop being spoiled, which is something everyone will admit, but do nothing about. I don't think we need the threat of a terror zone to remind us. We need to see long standing institutions and businesses and processes break and improved, measured ones rise up in their place. Chaos is not the answer to everything, angry young man.

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