Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...America is the land where the world goes in search of miracles and redemption, California is the land where Americans go. It is America's America, the symbol of raw hope and brave (even foolish) invention, where ancient traditions and inhibitions are abandoned at the border. Its peculiar culture squirts out -- on film and menus and pages and television beams -- the trends and tastes that sweep the rest of the country, and then the rest of the world. If California broke off and dissolved in salt water, America would lose its seasoning...
...indeed feel somewhat foolish in attempting a rational discourse over the possession of a city which has always been won by bloody conquest. No leader in his right mind, whether Jew or Arab, would voluntarily hand over control to the enemy, I began to conclude, as a massive disillusionment...
...semitic screams of Axl Rose and Public Enemy; the homosexual culture, as photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe, and the pornography that is eagerly consumed by women as well as men in this country are all part of our culture. Killing the artist in the name of sensitivity or decency is foolish, however good the intentions of the censors...
...using the B-2 bomber on such missions would be like driving a Porche to the neighborhood Store 24--a Yugo could do the job just as well for much less money. It might be valuable to research stealth technology, but it would be foolish to spend $60 billion producing an unnecessary machine...
Despite the plethora of problems, no one should dismiss the Information Age as little more than a will-o'-the-wisp. It would certainly be a mistake to repeat the glowing predictions of the past. But it would be equally foolish to pronounce the Information Age a hoax. If the industry is to meet its own projections, however, it must recognize that most people are intimidated by even moderately high-tech products -- think of programming a VCR -- and must refine its products and services accordingly. But all that may be just part of the Information Aging process...