Hey, Matt, with all due respect, you hail from the People's Republic of Cambridge (Massachusetts). You went to Harvard for a time before you dropped out. You dress up and play make-believe for a living, earning sums of money that make it impossible for you to understand the realities of normal Americans. You couldn't even walk into a Wal-Mart without drawing attention. Please, spare us your pithy insights. I have no doubt that you're intelligent, but by virtue of your profession and your lifestyle, and the mindmelt you must undertake to conform to Hollywood standards, you're unqualified to speak at a rational level.
After hearing his comments, I have this picture in my mind of Gov Palin trying to tell him about dinosaurs, and Damon has his fingers in his ears as he makes strange, loud noises to keep from hearing her.
Then I laugh.