True enough. It's the mainstreaming that is the thing. It is genuinely contrary to the bedrock principles of our culture and only inflames resentment and desire - flaunting, if you will. Historic Americanism values work, thrift and Judeo-Christian values but, hey, food eaten in secret is sweet - as the Bible says. It also says that those who eat dainties shall eat dung cakes. I'm not calling for an abolition of this kind of behavior, just regret that the culture is so sodden with idiocy to the detriment of solid values that will carry the most people the longest distance. Thanks. It’s good to know that you don’t want to outlaw really expensive cheese. : ),
That’s not to say I would, even if I could afford it, buy cheese with gold flex in it for $93 a pound as I don’t think that would improve the flavor at all. But then I do like some fine imported cheeses and I love Stilton, Huntsman, Brie and in a head nod to my Norwegian heritage, some good imported Gjetost during the Christmas season. I can get them all at my local Wegman’s so I’m both thrifty and supporting a fine American company. And I gladly share them with my family and friends.
I work hard, pay my bills and am pretty thrifty all year long but during Christmas, I may splurge a bit on some treats.
And I like me some very good dark chocolate and make no secrete about eating it. I’ll however pass on the dung cakes, with or without the gold flex. :) ,
Freedom is freedom. However, our system works when we govern ourselves in line with our Nation's core values, er, morality. Nothing wrong with splurges or specialties; it is the flagrant excess that is symptomatic of deeper disorders. Heck, I wet my pants earlier this year when if found and bought a 100 year old corn sheller for $60. The wife thought is was excess (she's never done the job) but I say it was soundly spent money. But this kind of thing (and it's all about crapping gold - that's the end product and the upfront truth), well, when brainless consumption is popularized you get teenagers shooting other kids for $250 sneakers.
I can't change it and I wouldn't pass a law to ban it - never. Just sad that a fine nation is devolving so clearly into a pagan cesspool.