The Hughtrain strikes again

[libertango]

Dig this cartoon by Hugh MacLeod (i'm not responsible for verb tenses):

"If you talked to people the way advertising talked to people, they'd punch you in the face."

For that matter, this is pretty cool, too:

"Imagination allows anything to happen.

Imagination equals freedom.

Kill imagination and everything else starts to die."

I'm with John Hertz on this one... Americans are surprisingly suspicious of imagination. One of fandom's endearing traits is, it isn't. Mostly. :)

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[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Along with everything else, MacLeod has a charmingly Rotsleresque line.

I would amend though: Americans are surprisingly suspicious of imagination in the hands of ordinary people -- you have to be a vetted authority to weild creativity. And in that respect there are corners of fandom that are sadly American.